Workshop A Farewell Opera at NOTAFE this year!
Kati Ong
Hei, armsad!
Andeks, et olen oma igasuguste osalemisvastutsega viivitanud, aga kõik oli alles selgumisel. Nüüd, istudes bussis, mis viib mind lennujaama, tean, et kahjuks ei saa osaleda ei pöörasel pööriöö üritusel ega suvelaagris. Kahju, tahtsin ju mõningaid töötubasid teha. Aga all näete kirja Peterilt, kelle eelmist töötuba NoTaFe'l tahtsin teile tutvustada. Ta tuleb jälle Eestisse! Minge, kui vähegi saate, ta on äge!!!
Saadan teile varsti Lõuna-Prantsusmaalt sooje tuuli!
Musid,
Kati
From: "peter stamer" <peter....@gmx.at>
Date: 17.06.2015 0:47
Subject: My workshop A Farewell Opera at NOTAFE this year!
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A Farewell Opera
A theatre workshop on how to say, sing, dance ‘goodbye' at NOTAFE Viljandi from July 5 - 11
“I say hello, you say goodbye!” (The Beatles)
We want to explore, practice and choreograph the social and gestural ready-mades implied in the act of saying farewell to someone, to a situation, to a relation. The less discursive language is used, the more ambiguous, ambivalent communicating goodbye seems to be. Once for example it comes to hugging the other, difficulties arise. We all have witnessed hugs intended to express some affection or some sort of friendship and closeness, intended to communicate thankfulness and kindness going wrong: Is the hug appropriate after all? Is this the right moment? Does the other respond to it at all? Now, which side first? What do I do with the head, turning it towards or away? Do I pad the back? Do I kiss his/her cheek? Oh, do I give a full hug or just a one-armed one? Do I press my pelvis against the lower part of my hugging partners body? Well, which starts to be a sign of affection may turn into a piece of slapstick, an awkward moment that makes both, the one who initiates and the one who receives, feel uncomfortable. It seems as if one’s corporeality stands in the way of communication – which turns good intentions into a comedy of human misunderstanding!
In the workshop we will look into social choreographies of saying farewell and explore the affects that are being both displayed and produced by diverse goodbyes in dance, film, everyday life. Rehearsing movie hugs, watching epic, teary goodbyes from Hollywood, singing farewell songs together, and reciting poems of farewell will also be part of our venture as well as choreographing farewell tableaus and stage dramatic situations of goodbye: let’s embrace the farewell like no one has done before!