NEWS AND CURRENT EVENTS
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THEATRE LABORATORY 2024/25
A new 3-month theatre laboratory
This autumn at the Pôle Sud socio-cultural center in Lausanne !
During the 11 meetings of this laboratory, we'll explore tools from different theatrical traditions, including physical theater, theatre anthropology and the theater of the oppressed, with the aim of letting our theatrical “self” reveal itself.
This research will sometimes take the form of acting exercises, sometimes that of group physical and vocal improvisations, sometimes that of an investigation into stage presence through the theatrical use of the body. Since this is a personal quest that takes place within a group, this path will also lead to the search for a collective “we” that will find its own form of expression.
PRACTICAL INFO
Open to participants of all ages and backgrounds from 18 years old - places are limited !
Duration: 3 months, starting on 28 October 2024 until 20 January 2025
Time: Monday evenings, 7pm-10pm + 2 Saturdays (9 November and 7 December , 2pm to 5pm)
MORE INFO AND REGISTRATION HERE
ARTISTIC RESIDENCY AT THE UMBRIAN THEATER CENTER - JUNE 2024
In June 2024, Michele Luchetti and Stefania Casiraghi spent two weeks as artists-in-residence of the Centro Umbro di Residenze Artistiche (C.U.R.A.) in Perugia (Italy).
The artists developed a solo performance initially conceived during a residency at the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw (Poland). The performance reconstructs the existential journey of a night, traversed by a luminous but elusive creature, Nessuno, through their memories, desires and fears. On June 23rd, Michele and Stefania presented the performance with the provisional title "Il viaggio di Nessuno" in front of a selected audience in Perugia, followed by a lively discussion.
On June 25, the duo offered the creative workshop "Stavo Pensando" to the children of Perugia and their caregivers. What a wonderful moment of sharing!
Pictures by: Claudio Massimo Paternò
PAST EVENTS
THEMATIC THEATRE WORKSHOPS
WINTER/SPRING 2023/24
Between December 2023 and June 2024 more than 15 participants from all over Western Switzelard joined three thematic weekend workshops at the espace Pôle Sud in Lausanne!
Voice workshop 1st edition: 2-3 December 2023
Voice workshop 2nd edition: 1-2 March 2024
Self-portrait workshop: 31 May-1 June 2024
During the workshops, participants with different backgrounds explored their creativity and trained their theatrical skills through vocal improvisations, rhytmical exercises, scenic compositions, group narrative activities and more!
QU'EST-CE QUI NOUS REND HUMAIN·E·S?
THEATRE LABORATORY 2022-23
RETOUR EN IMAGES
Who am I? Who are we? What is a "we"? Although these questions sound very philosophical, they actually arise in many familiar situations.
This theatre laboratory has been a 5-months journey of discovery and creation guided by these questions. In the protected and magical space of the laboratory, we explored these questions both individually and as a group.
The result of our exploration was presented to a very attentive audience on March 31st 2023 at the espace Pôle Sud in Lausanne. A warm Thank You! to all of the spectators and the participants to the laboratory
2021-22 THEATRE WORKSHOP SERIES
For the 2021-22 season, Sarvàn Teater organised "Le Chantier de l'Acteur", a series of workshops exploring the physical foundations of acting.
During each workshop, we worked on a different aspect of the art of the actor, from the use of space to physical improvisation, from the embodiment of a text to the use of theatre masks.
More than 15 participants with various levels of experience and from all over Switzerland attended one or more of the workshops. Thanks to each and every one of you!
Below are some pictures from our last workshop "En Masque !" which took place on Sunday 22 May 2022.
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THEATRE RESIDENCY AT THE GROTOWSKI INSTITUTE - JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022
In January and February 2022, Michele has been artist-in-residence at the Instytut Grotowskiego in Wroclaw (Poland), as part of the Institute's training and residency program for individual artists.
Michele's project aimed at exploring the troubled relationship between rationality and spirituality in the context of the human search for knowledge. During this exploration, textual and figurative sources from popular science books, as well as poems, religious songs and interviews to astronauts became sources of inspiration to develop performative materials through physical and vocal improvisations.
On February 10th, the result of this work was presented for the first time with the provisional title "From the closed world to the infinite universe: a journey of knowledge" at the Na Grobli Studio in Wroclaw.
Tutor of the residency: Kamila Klamut (Zar Teatr)
Costumes and artistic advice: Stefania Casiraghi
Stage design and technical advice: Francesco Zenoni
Pictures: Roxana Mehrafzoun and Michele Luchetti
SARVÀN TEATER LAUNCH EVENT IN LAUSANNE - MAY 2021
"Sculpteurs des Métaphores", Sarvàn Teater's first theatre workshop in Lausanne, took place at the Espace PÔLE SUD on May 22-23 2021.
Participants joined a theatre training aimed at reawakening the body, exploring its creative potential, and learning how to control and guide it.
After experimenting with several physical improvisation exercises and games, they built a sequence of physical actions and used it to start working on a monologue or a poem.
