JANUARY 2022
13 & 14 JANUARY 2022 | ONLINE COURSE
A PHYSICAL LAB WORKSHOP WITH YORGOS KARAMALEGOS
WORKING WITH YORGOS
A search for authenticity and presence in acting.
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The point of entry is the body.
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This Lab will focus on stripping down acting habits,
rooted in social and cultural conditioning.
We will share grounding techniques as tools for presence and deconditioning. The aim is to explore a performing state where the body, mind (conscious and subconscious), emotion and instinct, work together moment to moment.
FREE YOUR BODY
Photo: Kate Stephen
YORGOS KARAMALEGOS
Born in Athens, Yorgos is an actor, director, producer and acting coach. He previously co-founded Tmesis Theatre Company and the international festival of physical theatre Physical Fest. He was a co-artistic director of both organisations until 2010.
In 2011, Yorgos created Physical Lab, and since then he has taught at LAMDA, RADA, Drama Centre of Saint Martins, & Williams College (USA).
Utilising his own performance-based methodology developed through the laboratory, Yorgos has coached acting and movement for numerous productions throughout Europe and the US.
Some of his latest work includes the site specific theatre productions West Walls and The Dream, and the multidisciplinary experimental theatre piece Home based on Euripides’ Medea, which opened in London. Yorgos played the role of the communist Nikos Mariakakis in Padelis Voulgaris's feature film The Last Note, which has won several awards in Greece and the US, and he appeared in a theatrical production of Lorca's
Blood Wedding, adapted and directed by George Richmond Scott, in London.
His resume includes collaborations with Yoshi Oida, Lorna Marshall, Fin Walker, Nigel Charnock (DV8), Malou Airaudo & Pau Aran Gimeno (Pina Bausch Tanztheater), Tanya Khabarova (Derevo), and Linda Kerr Scott (Complicite).
For more information please visit: www.yorgosk.com
ABOUT THE LAB
In this Advanced Lab, our aim will be to de-condition and strip down acting habits rooted in social and cultural conditioning as well as challenge your scene and character choices.
We will explore the scenes both for theatre and camera acting.
Only actors/performers with good Lab experience can apply.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is online and will be limited to TWO ACTORS only.
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Venue:
online course
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13 & 14 January 2022
10:00 - 13:00 UK time | 11:00 - 14:00 FRA time
Two 3-hour sessions for two actors only
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Price
£200 full price
£180 Labbers/students
CANCELLATION POLICY
We have a cancellation policy of three weeks prior to the start of the Lab for short workshops and one calendar month for residencies. After this, we cannot offer refunds unless another participant can be found to take the place.
Photo: Kate Stephen
APPLY NOW
APPLICATION DETAILS
To apply, please email Yorgos at yorgos@physicallab.co.uk and include a photo or reel, CV, and a couple of sentences on why you want to do this course.
DEADLINE
There is no application deadline but if your application is suitable, a place will be offered immediately and places are limited.
PREPARING FOR A LAB
For the workshop with Yorgos, we ask everyone to prepare and learn a piece of text. This can be a monologue, or if you know some of your fellow participants, you are welcome to pair up and work on a scene (though this has to be arranged in advance). We encourage our participants to work in whatever language is most comfortable to them.
We recommend preparing a maximum of one page of script though as little as 10-20 lines is enough to work from.
We always say it's better to feel secure with a short text than spend three days distracted and worrying about your lines.
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You are welcome to choose your own text, but the downloads below offer a selection of suggested scenes that we feel are well suited to our work, taken from previous lab productions and residencies.
Please bear in mind that we work from the body and our classes include movement exercises so wear suitable clothing.
It's also helpful to come prepared with a notebook and water.
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Other than that, all we ask is that our participants arrive with willing, open minds and bodies.