Gormenghast

Gormenghast: gritty, gothic and glorious. My starting point and inspiration is the world created by the tortured genius of Mervyn Peake but its fantastic architecture will take me elsewhere. Maybe to a castle or a dungeon, a gate, a stairway, a mountain, a labyrinth of infinite possibilities. There's a boy, a servant and a lover. A conquest, a deluge, a burning and a room full of bright carvings. More real than real yet made of images worthy of a dream.

The school is open to actors, circus performers, dancers, musicians, visual artists and technicians from all disciplines and to all those with a desire to embark on a multi-faceted creative journey. The process is intensive and demands commitment and physical stamina. For 14 days participants will work alongside a team of international artists under the Artistic Direction of Firenza Guidi. The work will culminate in the performance-montage, the internationally renowned performance training method and style of presentation created by Firenza Guidi in 1989. Participants will be supported and encouraged to expand their skills and engage in an exhilarating process fuelled by structured creative impulses. For years, the Italian director has been developing her style of performance, based on an unique physical language, developing circus skills into a fusion of text, sound, music, visual arts and a constant re-defining of the relationship performer-space and performer-spectator, both seen as co-players in the creative process.
All participants are expected to arrive in the morning of 18th August to register at the hostel, refresh and be ready for 4pm Registration and 5pm: Meet and Greet and first session.

Info :

• The school lasts 14 days
• It is full-time
• The school is conducted in English, Italian, French
• Participants must be 17+
• Admission to the school is by invitation and/or audition
• Number of participants : up to 35 performers + 10 designers / technicians / creative team

Costs:

• School: 235 Euros
• Food: 185 Euros (includes breakfast and evening cooked dinner)
• Hostel: 18 Euros per night (to be paid in cash to the hostel staff upon arrival)
• Participants are responsible for their own travel and insurance. The nearest airport is Pisa and it is well-served by low cost airlines including Easyjet, Ryanair, Jet2.

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