Description:
At the crossroads of theatre, clowning, and visual arts, Object Theatre is a fascinating multidisciplinary artistic form! In this workshop offered by the Vancouver-based theatre company Kleine Cie, students are invited to explore the symbolic and metaphorical power of everyday objects through improvisation, physical theatre, and clowning. By highlighting objects on stage, transforming them, and exploring their interaction with the bodies of the performer-creators, students will create unique short theatrical pieces that reflect their personal universe.
Goals:
To practice expression and communication skills in a fun, artistic activity in front of an audience. To build confidence by expressing one’s imagination. To develop critical thinking and individual aesthetic sense. To work on scale and proportion. To introduce students to another artistic language, that of Object Theatre. To help them see everyday objects in a new light—as creative, evocative, and meaningful tools.
Material:
A (performance) space, 2-3 tables, and chairs.
Age:
6 to 18 years old (the exercises are adapted to different age groups)
Anaïs Pellin is an actor, creator, puppeteer and writer who has appeared in several stage plays, Detto Molière (Manège.Mons [MARS]/Teatro delle Albe), Les Théâtres de Marguerite Duras (Grütli), and La jeune fille folle de son âme (Théâtre du Peuple/Rideau de Bruxelles). In Vancouver, Anaïs regularly works with Théâtre la Seizième, and last season appeared in the company’s young audience show Le Merveilleux voyage d’Inès de l’Ouest (postponed because of COVID-19). She also works with Vortex Théâtre, Presentation House Theatre and Théâtre de la Pire Espèce.
In March 2020, Anaïs founded Kleine Compagnie, with which she created the object theatre shows Clémentine and Petite Sirène in collaboration with artists from Vancouver and Montreal.
She benefited from La Seizième’s dramaturgical development program to write a play for young audiences, La Befana.
Anaïs is a graduate of the Conservatoire Royal de Mons acting program and holds a master’s degree in theatre studies from UCLouvain. She received the 2017 Roland Mahé–National Bank Award from the Fondation pour l’avancement du théâtre francophone (FATFC) au Canada for Clémentine, and the FATFC’s 2019 Prix du Centre des Écritures Dramatiques – Wallonie-Bruxelles for La Befana.
Comédienne, créatrice, marionnettiste et autrice, Anaïs a joué dans divers spectacles, dont Detto Molière (Manège.Mons (MARS)/Teatro delle Albe), Les Théâtres de Marguerite Duras (Grütli), La jeune fille folle de son âme (Théâtre du Peuple/Rideau de Bruxelles). À Vancouver, Anaïs collabore régulièrement avec le Théâtre la Seizième et était la saison dernière à l’affiche de leur spectacle jeune public Le Merveilleux voyage d’Inès de l’Ouest (reporté en raison de la Covid-19). Elle travaille également avec les compagnies Vortex Théâtre, Presentation House Theatre, le Théâtre de la Pire Espèce.
En mars 2020, Anaïs fonde la Kleine Compagnie avec laquelle elle crée les spectacles d’objets Clémentine et Petite Sirène, en collaboration avec des artistes vancouvérois et montréalais.
Anaïs bénéficie du programme de développement dramaturgique de La Seizième afin d’écrire une pièce de théâtre jeune public, La Befana.
Diplômée en jeu du Conservatoire Royal de Mons et détentrice d’un Master en études théâtrales de l’UCLouvain, elle est récipiendaire du Prix Roland-Mahé Banque Nationale de la Fondation pour l'avancement du théâtre francophone au Canada (FATFC) 2017 pour Clémentine et du Prix du Centre des Écritures Dramatiques Wallonie-Bruxelles de la FATFC 2019 pour son texte La Befana.
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Workshop
Free
Francophone
Theatre
Youth