Integral
Transpersonal Theatre
Poetics of the invisible. A Transpersonal
Approach to Theatre and Acting.
Introduction
Beauty is in the eye of
those who see. Art is in the eye of those who observe. Gaze sees, reproduces
and transforms life in artwork, and life itself is transformed by it.
The artist’s gaze isn’t only sight, but it concerns every sense,
together with intellect of course, but also with intuition, instinct and
Transpersonal perception – or Vision.
Transpersonal regards the
field of the highest qualities of human beings – such as the dimensions of
consciousness, soul, creativity, transcendence, for example, that pass through
the overcoming of individualism and egoism, reaching a way of being in the
world and of doing things that go beyond appearances - which, as such, belong
to the heroic journey of the individual towards awareness, synergy, sharing,
resonance, interconnection, naturalness, respect, listening, acceptance,
responsibility, emotional mastery, self-knowledge and so on.
An artistic process willing to be transformer for one’s self and
for the community passes through a systematic training of Observation,
Sensibility and Awareness, along a two-way path, outside-in and inside-out; its action field is humanity in its
entirety, in what can be called holistic
vision considering the five levels
of the individual: physical, emotional,
mental, energetic and spiritual (or transpersonal).
Through Observation,
Sensibility and Self-Awareness of
one’s own framework, muscles, personal history and so on, an evolutionary and creative journey begins,
able to tell and represent stories through one’s own body and voice, in a
sincere, responsible, quality and why not, magic way.
I become an instrument of
pure perception (pure body, pure sight, pure mind), where reality meets
mystery, dream, where I create knowing when to lose myself, and how to come
back and do it over and over again…until magic happens, alone.
Only through play and responsibility for what I plan and project I
can stimulate some kind of transformation
or new awareness in others and
myself: this is the power of art, the power of human beings in the world, this
is a Transpersonal Approach to Art.
Poetics of the invisible represents the
place of creativity that cannot leave aside all the realities and invisible forces,
archetypical and subtle, that exist and act in and around human beings, and that as
such must be object of observation and artistic reproduction as much as the
visible, perceivable, material and explicit ones.
Therefore, a Transpersonal
Approach to Theatre proposes a stimulant journey of knowledge of the soul
through art and of art through the soul, by an Integral work on Human beings, in
an evolutionary process on (on and off) stage and outside.
Using different theatrical and therapeutic practices, Valentina
Lattuada, after many years of study, stage-work and rehearsals, created a
Method, in constant evolution, which through a psycho-physical-spiritual study of one’s self and of the character,
allows to enter in contact with Human Nature from different points of view, and
to perceive its unity.
This perception stimulates stage
intelligence, acting abilities and most of all frees the actor’s and the
beginners’ soul from everything obstructing the creative impulse, joy of life,
authenticity, presenting theatre as a responsible game, as a development of
one’s own talents and as a source of individual and collective healing.
Through specific practices and techniques that act on the body,
voice, soul and mind, consistently with the Holistic Vision of the Subject,
work is performed simultaneously on the actor, the character and the
collectivity, whether it’s group of study, theatre, therapy or Society itself.
Those who decide to open themselves to this stage and non-stage
journey, are prepared to perceive and transcend themselves, in a wider
comprehension of Feeling and Behavior, this way laying the foundations of Self-acceptance
and of the character they wish to
represent, whatever its features are, recognizing in this capability of
complete observation and acceptance the fundamental element in order to express
it, represent it, artistically recreate it, with love and intelligence.
This kind of study and practice, based on Sight and Sensibility
Training, as tools to comprehend others and to allow others to comprehend us,
provides an intuitive, sensible and original development of one’s own talents
and allow access to an authentic artistic
creation.
Through this kind of training, it’s possible to access the rediscovery of the invisible as an
integrant part of reality. The poetic act
of living, represented and transfigured through the shamanic-esthetic act of artistic construction, passes from an individual level to a social level through a journey of love,
observation and discipline, where changeability
is a prerequisite for evolution and represents the richest characteristic of
life, re-proposed on stage.
The study of both theatrical and literary texts is part of the
journey, favoring contact with the collective unconscious and its archetypes,
providing not only the basis for a theatrical work, but also for one of sharing
and stimulus of a critical attitude as a first step towards coexistence,
evolution and creation, not only of an artistic product but also of new archetypes, able to act on the
collective unconscious and the contemporary world.
The seminar
I propose a formative
journey for actors and non-actors, a journey that considers human beings as an
unlimited source of life and myths, as Cosmos and Cosmogonist Author at the
same time.
The seminar is ideal for people with any kind of background,
social background, age and profession, who are interested in entering in
contact with a different way of thinking about art and life, according to humanistic guidelines and allowing a
journey, even if short, of intense research and awareness.
The seminar begins with simple information and exercises,
discussions and basic but innovative practices, in order to later reach moments
of individual and collective creation, starting from texts or personal
experiences re-experienced as Subject and not as Object, as actor-director, as artistic transformer
and as Poet of the invisible.
Some of the proposed exercises find their origin in the Method of
the Brazilian Director Antunes Filho, in Biotransenergetics and in many masters
of the art of acting (Suzuki, Kazu Onho, Meisner, Uta Hagen, Anne Bogart etc.),
among who (which): Funambolo, Bolla, Blues, Maria Callas, Follia,
Disequilibrio, Statue Suzuki, stock fight, Captation, Repetition, Pret a
Porter, Monologue, Improvisation, March, Butò Kazu Onho, presentation, genesis,
visualization, contact with Chakras, mimic, drammaturg disposition, vocal
exercises based on resonance and on Chi, sacred dances.
Valentina Lattuada, actress,
director, writer, producer, Transpersonal Counselor, with a
University degree in science of Cultural goods at universita statale di Milano,
has studied research and has worked in theatre for many years throughout
different countries among which Italy, USA, UK, Spain and for a long time
Brazil where she founded Butterfly International, followed by Blacky Martin
Productions based in Spain, production companies through which she promotes
artistic-cultural exchanges and creations between Europe, Brazil and the USA.
Founder of the Integral Transpersonal Theatre.
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