Back to Back – Spine as a Root

This is an exercise that should be carried out in pairs. It helps to understand the relation of the body with space and gravity. The participants can learn to listen to the information sent by their body muscles and between their partners.

Coxis - Crest

Exercise 1

This is an exercise that warm ups the spine. In the following exercise we consider the human spine as a root in theatre movement.

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Root Emergence

Exercise 2

This is an exercise to work in pairs. It helps to involve the whole body in the movement.

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Breathing Hands

Exercise 4

This is an exercise that helps to control breathing and to relax the body’s tensions. It helps to focus and to prepare to further physical exercises. It helps to feel the inner time.

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Full Body Warm-Up

Exercise 5

In this video you can see a full compilation of a body warm-up for practitioners of physical theatre.

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Finger Grammar

Exercise 6

In this video you can learn 10 finger activations. It helps to to improve your hands and fingers’ coordination, to improve the plasticity of your movement.

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Finger Grammar Improvisation

Exercise 7

This is an exercise that requires a creative way of thinking. You will be asked to improvise taking into consideration the movements you can learn in the video “Finger Grammar”.

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Press/Pull/Transform

Exercise 8

This is an exercise that helps to activate the contact with the partner and to launch creative thinking in simple physical actions carried out in pairs.

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