About the Masterclass:
Reality is the source from which all people who dedicate themselves to creation drink, in one way or another. Some draw on it to generate fiction, others to sew a documentary, and some move between the two disciplines. But reality is not just an inspiration, it is here for us to intervene in and it is something we can lean on and which can support our creation of a story, a performance or a show.
We understand the performance space as being beyond what happens on a stage; To find the right stage for a story, you have to open yourself up and look at the world. Walk through it, and let it open the multifaceted doors it contains to you. This workshop is practical in nature. It will consist of exercises of observation, writing and intervention all connecting reality and space, using the tools of dramaturgy and performance in public space to see what reality offers us and exploring different spaces and their dramatic possibilities.
Booking:
This 3 hour masterclass is part of Rosorcas Festival. To access the masterclass please buy a Saturday day ticket for the festival, these are available for €55. This will give access to the masterclass along with the shows and other workshops taking place on that day. More info on our website here.
About the facilitators:
Lali Álvarez Garriga
Lali Álvarez Garriga is an author, stage director, creator of participatory art projects, poet and teacher. Her work focuses on documentary and artistic creation inspired by reality, work in non-conventional spaces and research of spectator relationship and participatory creation, with the overriding theme of sustainable culture research. She studied Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, Stage Direction and Dramaturgy at Institut de Teatre of Barcelona. She also trained in audiovisual production, writing, politics and artistic creation in public space. Her pieces have premiered in theaters such as the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona, National Theater of Catalunya and Antic Teatre or at festivals such as Festival Grec, Festival Temporada Alta and FiraTàrrega, amongst others. She teaches acting at EOLIA Superior Center for Dramatic Arts in Barcelona as well as teaching courses and workshops on reality-based creation, creation in unconventional spaces, and participatory artistic creation with the community.
Gary Shochat
Gary graduated from film school, majoring in screenwriting, and worked as an art director and screenwriter for television and as a video game designer and producer in Israel and in the U.S.A.
In 2001 he arrived in Barcelona, where he trained as an actor and clown. He collaborates in different street theatre companies and is a co-founder of Kamchàtka street theatre company, with which he has performed more than 500 shows worldwide focusing on performing in public space and site specific shows winning numerous international awards.
As a screenwriter and sound designer he plays a leading role in the ‘NCNC’ collective dedicated to territory driven artistic projects. The collective has created over 13 large scale site specific projects blending elements of cinema, street theater and community work.
Gary has given dozens of courses, presentations and workshops on theatre in public space and artistic creation in the territory in various groups and institutions such as FAIAR (‘Formació Artística Itinerant per les Arts de Carrer’ in Marseille, France), 101 Outdoor arts (National Centre for Street Arts in England) and ERAM (University of Girona).