Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop

a program of the Manhattan Arts Center in Manhattan, Kansas

Category: 2012

  • Session 6: Images

    Session 6: Images

  • Session 5: Gao and shange

    by Gwethalyn In the first part of session 5 we played a little bit of a game we have coined Pineapple Umbrella. It is really just a slight variation on our usual shape making exercises where we have added the element of calling out words when the participants are to change shapes, rather than just…

  • Session 5: Movement

    Session 5: Movement

    If you play all videos at the same time, that’s ALMOST what the workshop feels like. Also I now want to make a remix of Gweth giving directions… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4m–3XrUew] direct and indirect movement – shapemaking with sustain and tension [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emm4wwH6q5E] pineapple umbrella [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zke1q5B0e8Q] blind walk building a mountain

  • Session 4: Movement

    Session 4: Movement

    I have been having camera troubles this year (not to mention lighting troubles with the theater space we’ve been working in, we really need more lights hung). But here’s some exercises from session 4: al-Hakim and Akalaitis. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_BUnUMTn_8] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF-Bkj3AvOc] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRTBz0I-n5c] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVPkUw0I3c] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLq6sXgbgrQ] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn0PLA58mPQ]

  • Target Story List: After Round 1

    A Clockwork Orange All Quiet on the Western Front Echo and Narcissus Hamlet James and the Giant Peach Jason and the Argonauts (Quest for the Golden Fleece) Judgement of Paris King Midas Labors of Hercules Little Red Riding Hood Lolita Macbeth Mazlo’s Heirachy of Needs Princess and the Pea Prometheus Rapunzel Robin Hood Romeo and…

  • Session 4: al-Hakim and Akalaitis

    Session 4: al-Hakim and Akalaitis

    by Gwethalyn In session 4 we knew we were going to lose several participants to a choir concert half way through the session, so we spent a little more time in the movement exercises before the readings than we usually do, for we were working on one of the true staples of our staging techniques,…

  • Target Stories 2012

    A Clockwork Orange A Doll’s House A Midsummer Night’s Dream All Quiet on the Western Front An Enemy of the People Ballad of Mulan Book of Job Book of Jonah Candide Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Circe Echo and Narcissus Hamlet Harry Potter James and the Giant Peach Jason and the Argonauts (Quest for the…

  • Session 3: Grotowski and Foreman

    By Gwethalyn In the first part of session three we did a little of the exercise called lay/sit/stand, led by Chad. This is an exercise in which you can either be (you guessed it) laying, sitting, or standing, or moving between one and the other. It is about stopping and starting and precision in transition,…

  • Session 2: Kokoschka & Brecht

    By Gwethalyn We started session two with some vocal work. We used the surprisingly hard to articulate but truly tasty sentence: “Breathing dark things became clear to me.” Taken from one of our readings later in the day. We only did about ten minutes of work with this sentence, but by the end it was…