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MARTIN PEŇA VÁZQUEZ & YANET GÓMEZ GÓMEZ (EC): MIME TECHNIQUE

The Ecuadorian mime, director and co-founder of Teatro del Cielo, together with Yanet Gómez Gómez, enrich their precise mime technique with cultural elements from South America, creating a unique language of movement acting.

The workshop highlights the body as the foundation of theatre. The principle of theatricality rests on the body, dramatically speaking the language of mime. The teaching approach is based on Étienne Decroux’s technique, providing both a vocabulary of expressive movement and an engine for creativity. Instruction will develop the technical skills and range of expression of the body, leading at the same time to the creation of original compositions in which the acquired skills are applied.    

  1. Technique: study of the different body segments and their different combinations, study of marches and counterweights, study of muscular, musical and contextual dynamo-rythms
  2. Language: study of style figures, organic continuity, poetic lines, causality of movement
  3. Repertoire: modern, postmodern and contemporary approaches to mime.

The workshop is suitable for those interested in corporeal mime technique and its use in movement. The workshop will be of interest to all who express themselves physically, especially students of acting and the theatre arts, as well as professionals.

MARTIN PEŇA VÁZQUEZ & YANET GÓMEZ GÓMEZ

Martin Peňa Vázquez fell in love with music as a child. He began studying theatre in 1998 and was soon working on multi-genre artistic projects, successfully applying his acting as well as musical training. 2006 marked a turning point, when he decided to focus his attention on the body. He studied at the Theatre de l’Ange Fou and the International School of Corporeal Mime in London. His teachers were Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum, who not only provided technique, but also the necessary creative foundations for choreography and directing. He graduated in 2009. He has performed and led movement workshops in many countries around the world, including Spain, Switzerland, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Peru and elsewhere.

Originally from Cuba, Yanet Gómez Gómez graduated in theatre from ENA (National School of Arts in Havana) and then went on to study at the International School of Corporeal Mime in London. She has won numerous awards for her artistic performances.