Multiplying Gestures, performance workshop led by Romina de Novellis

Multiplying Gestures is a workshop for people of all ages, cultures and professional backgrounds living in Beirut, aimed at the creation of a final performance in collaboration with Romina De Novellis and Nadine Sures.

During the initial 2 days of the workshop, Romina will guide participants to awaken their knowledge of the body. By means of movement improvisation and release techniques, participants will prepare themselves and develop their physical and mental ‘presence’ in order to respond to impermanence and unpredictability in their performing environment.

The gesture and the capacity to express emotion through a repetitive language code will be at the heart of this workshop, which aims to unveil each participant’s body narrative. A state of trans will be provoked as a result of repeating gestures, permitting the release of emotions and opening a connection to a deeper, inner truth. This research technique paves the way to a performance style based in human integrity, which acts as a mirror the rest of society.

The second part of the laboratory is mandatory and takes place in the street, firstly to integrate the information that was learned in the studio, and secondly to allow participants to take part in the realization of a street performance. This part of the laboratory will include Nadine Sures, co-author of the performance La Multiplication with Romina De Novellis
Romina De Novellis is an Italian performance artist living in Paris. She works with the concept of the body in procession within urban spaces. Inspired by non- verbal human behaviors, Romina tells stories about people within social and cultural contexts.

Special Feature:130,000 LL
100,000 LL for students