Open Session: Movement Direction
Friday 7 August
3.00pm – 5.00pm
In this session, theatre maker Sandra Preciado will discuss the art of movement direction and how this craft can inform your directorial approach going forwards. This session will help creators increase their toolkit and when it comes to exploring movement for theatre.
The session aims to cover the following areas:
- Multi-purposing objects through movement.
- Playing with opposites: Levels, rhythms, speed etc.
- The beauty of unison/ cannons.
- The artists input: utilizing the wealth of experience in the room.
- Breaking reality through theatre.
- Not stating the obvious but enhancing it when necessary.
- Angles and directions.
- Creating portals with props and movement
- Devising
- Taking a story and telling it only with movement.
- Color and texture as part of movement.
At the end of the session participants will be able to look at any given piece and reimagine its staging possibilities.
The session is for anyone with an interest on how movement works onstage. Directors and designers welcome. Participants can feel free to bring any movement related questions for specific scenes to discuss with the group.
Please confirm you are attending this session by clicking the sign-up button above. Please also let us know if you have any access requirements.
Zoom details will be emailed to you on the day of the session.
Open Session is an initiative for directors, designers or producers on the Genesis Network to run a one-off session, discussion, or initiative.
This is a peer-led session that is not curated by RTYDS or Young Vic.
Sandra Preciado is a multidisciplinary artist and theatre maker. She has directed / choreographed musicals and plays including Newsies (Teatro del IMSS, Mexico) and Hairspray (Teatro Torres Bodet, Mexico) as well as various pieces of new writing around Switzerland, Mexico, Canada and the UK.
With a movement background, Sandra has been able to explore the creative process of physical theatre and modern circus through her collaborations with the Finzi Pasca Company in Switzerland. As a director, she is always looking for opportunities to enhance the text with creative movement.