November 5 - 8, 2007
London, UK

International Event at Theatre Kitchen

under the direction of
Sergey Ostrenko

Theatre Kitchen is the hearth of new contacts, ideas, discoveries and inspiration in the atmosphere of group creative process.

The Kitchen is open to performers from different parts of the world who have chosen the way of creation as life-work – the way of constant motion, change, indefatigable exploration of own potentialities and self-perfection in profession. Performers and artists from a wide variety of genres, styles and techniques are welcome to join the Kitchen. This is an opportunity to widen the circle of contacts, to meet other performers and practitioners in London, to exchange creative ideas and develop new collaboration projects.

Sergey Ostrenko is a Russian director and teacher working in professional theatre over twenty-five years. His creative way has passed through the Cold War of the 1980s, collapse of the USSR in the 1990s, creative ordeals in the period of the interethnic tension in the Baltic and joining the New Europe. His creative work is the synthesis of the Russian Theatre School and the newest experiments in various performing arts.

Ostrenko has dedicated many years to exploration of world theatre traditions working with multicultural groups of performing artists. His approach is known internationally as the effective method of growing cohesion and creation of live performances within limited time. Theatre workers from Russia, Europe, America, Asia and Australia who trained with Ostrenko have been using his method in their own creative practice.

PROGRAMME
Intensive practical training, lectures and discussions.

Practical Training

Potential body possibilities.
Relaxation and awareness of the body through movement.
Practical investigation of spontaneity.
Awareness and spontaneity in movement.
Psychological gesture.
Transition from individual improvisation to spontaneous collective interaction.
Methods impelling the group to spontaneous collective creative process.
Possibilities of nonverbal communication on the stage.
Emotional content and will in action.
Space and time.
Voice and movement.
Composition in the space.
Building the structure.
Structural improvisation.

Theory

Methods of Directing
Montage in Performance

SCHEDULE

Monday, November 5th
11:00-13:00 – First meeting. Practical Introduction
13:00-14:00 – Break for lunch
14:00-17:00 – Practical training
 
Tuesday, November 6th
11:00-13:00 – Practical training
13:00-14:00 – Break for lunch
14:00-17:00 – Practical training

Wednesday, November 7th
11:00-13:00 – Practical training
13:00-14:00 – Break for lunch
14:00-17:00 – Practical training

Thursday, November 8th
11:00-13:00 – Practical training
13:00-14:00 – Break for lunch
14:00-17:00 – Practical training