Object Theater Workshop with Yael Rasooly

Participants will explore the dialogue and relationship between the performer / character and "ready made" objects. We will be looking at objects that are charged with symbolic associations or objects that hold an emotional cargo from personal memory and story.

We will be doing exercises and improvisations in a group, and also touching  on the theme of individual solo creation, a starting point for future development. We will be using our bodies in relation to the objects and their manipulation, as well as the voice both in speaking and singing.

Above all the workshop aims to dive into the process of creation itself, giving tools for when working with others and working alone. Stepping into the inner space of invention and playfulness, passing through artistic blockage, improvising, working fast, with heightened sensitivity and with pleasure.

Yael Rasooly is a critically lauded visual theater director, actress, singer, and puppeteer. Born in…