Listening as a tool for performing arts training
Total hours: 20h
Contact: obrador@salabeckett.cat
This course will be taught in person. Should it ultimately not be possible to hold it at the Sala Beckett, it will be cancelled.
In “representation” only two of the fourteen letters allude to the act of repeating. The other twelve refer to the action of presenting. However,“the terrible habit of theatre” means that the coefficient of the present gradually decreases under the weight of the repetition.
In the face of this habitual danger, the action of listening turns out to be a powerful tool for being there again and remembering that, since without a present there is no theatre, the body must always be open to its lack of foreseeability, like an alert animal, listening to the heartbeat of things.
In this workshop we will occupy ourselves with the action of listening and the mystery of its repercussion on the body. The idea is to perform a series of exercises that put the focus on this sense, not as a medium for resolving a scene, but as a way of accepting it as a process of development that is never completely resolved.
Each participant must have a text learned by heart, of no longer than a page and no less than half a page.
Suggested reading:
-CAGE, John, Silencio. Ediciones Ardora
-OLIVEROS, Pauline, Deep listening. Una práctica para la composición sonora. EdictOràlia
Within the GREC 2021 Festival of Barcelona.
Pablo Messiez participates in the project Fabulamundi. Playwriting Europe
Pablo Messiez is an actor, playwright and theatre director. Born in 1974 in Buenos Aires, since 2009 he has lived and worked in Madrid. Notable among his plays are Los ojos, Las canciones, Todo el tiempo del mundo and La voluntad de creer.
Apart from these plays, he has directed texts by Samuel Beckett, Federico García Lorca and Jean Genet, among others. In 2015 he received the Premio Max for directing La piedra oscura by Alberto Conejero for the Centro Dramático Nacional. In 2018 he was finalist of the Premios Valle-Inclán for his mise-en-scène for the play by Santiago Loza He nacido para verte sonreír for the Teatro de la Abadía. And this year, his production of La voluntad de creer has won the Premio Max and Premio Godot for the best play of the year, along with the Premio Godot for the best text. Moreover, he has been nominated for the best direction by the Asociación de Directores de Escena de España.
In December 2023 he premiered his play Los gestos, in coproduction with the Centro Dramático Nacional and Teatro Kamikaze.
Along with his work as a playwright and stage director, he has developed his teaching activity in several institutions such as the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the Sala Beckett in Barcelona, the Universidad Menéndez Pelayo in Santander and the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas of the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
He has published Asymmetrical-Motion; Notas sobre pedagogía y movimiento ―coauthored with Lucas Condró―, Las palabras de las obras (compilation of some of his plays), El tiempo que estemos juntos, Las canciones, El texto infinito y La voluntad de creer, all released by Continta Me Tienes. This year the Centro Dramático Nacional will publish Los gestos.
Admission to the course will be based on order of arrival and CV assessment, which should be sent (with photograph included), filling in the form on the right.
Places on courses are limited. Places will be reserved once the course amount has been paid. Payment must be made within one week of receiving the corresponding acceptance email.
The dates indicated for each course or seminar may be subject to variations in exceptional circumstances. These will be notified when applicable.
For the course to take place, a minimum number of students must be registered. If this number is not reached, the course will be cancelled and the student will have the option of registering for a different course (providing that there are places available) or alternatively will receive a refund of the amount paid (100%). If a student withdraws, a refund of 75% of the registration fee will be applicable, providing that written notice is given at least 10 days before the start of the course.