SESSIONS

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PARIS, FRANCE ​

June 29 - July 12, 2026

 

Led by Justine, Katie & Emmanuelle

 

Join us in Paris for a two-week intensive in acting and performance-making as we bring together training in play, games & clown, vocal & musical exploration, neutral mask, and Lecoq-based movement work.​

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We'll explore the actor's pleasure in playing, and what brings each actor uniquely to life on stage, and we'll investigate the principles of play that sit at the heart of the theatrical event and give life to the comic world.

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Through physical training based in play, games, clown, neutral mask, and the pedagogies of Jacques Lecoq – alongside vocal training based in Roy Hart, Linklater, CircleSinging, Sound Painting, vocal improvisation and musical exploration -- we'll investigate how the body, voice, imagination and playful spirit of the performer work in unison to bring feeling, character, story and worlds to life on stage.

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We'll look at how the essential elements of play -- presence, pleasure, appetite, impulse, rhythm, repetition, timing, stakes, scale, stillness, attack, and more -- are carried in both the voice and body, and can be tools for resonant storytelling. Through a series of guided improvisations and compositional exercises (solo and in groups) -- we'll see how the actor-creator moves their playful investigations into action and creation. 

 

Called OPEN CANVAS, these explorations will enlarge the actor-creator's sense of presence and play, and encourage them to meet the audience as partners in play and in creation.​ As each performer builds their capacity to play sensitively and valiantly, and as they build a confidence in their playful impulses -- exciting, and seemingly endless, theatrical possibilities emerge on stage. 

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The encounter of these three pedagogies will ignite new perspectives and creative frictions, and empower artists to bring their skills and discoveries to all manner of theatrical styles and worlds.​

 

Tuition for the two-week program is sliding scale | 1200 - 1500 euro 

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Early Bird Pricing: 1100 euro if you register by April 1

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There will be partial and full training scholarships available for global majority and disabled artists / artists who may experience barriers to training and performance opportunities, please inquire if interested.