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Open workshop of the GCM's Creative Drama & Arts Centre |
We invite you to a unique workshop of creative drama expression, at the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria. The workshop will be facilitated by the artist Steve (Stathis) Grapsas. This four-hour intensive workshop aims to give the participants an opportunity to examine the timeless pieces of Ancient Greek Tragedy and consider their relevance today. The method will be similar to that used by Stathis with other groups he has worked with, where the primary focus includes participants becoming a vessel for the material they transmit to their audience. After an initial introduction, there will be a warm-up to prepare the body for the work. Groups will be allocated a specific extract each to work on and finally present to the group. More specifically,the warm-up that will be conducted and the ‘deconstruction’ exercise that will follow, belong to the Attis training method which Stathis has worked on. Both of these exercises prepare the group mentally and physically for the work. The ensemble work will cover principles previously examined with the groups in prison, which bring forward the power of the masses texts form Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides will be worked onÂÂ there is an element of improvisation in the workshop some video material may be used as examples. Stathis Grapsas has trained as an actor in Melbourne, London and Athens, and has performed in most major cities in Europe, at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia, at the Ancient Theatre of Epidavros and the Herodes Atticus in Athens. In Post-War Belgrade (2001) he organized and conducted theatre workshops for beneficiaries in 10 institutions for the homeless and parentless children and youth. He was the assistant director for the BBC on location in Greece for the November 17 documentary. In June 2010, he undertook a project with migrant primary school students and presented a provocative text titled 'Furtive Life’. |