Ruth Zaporah
Class description
LDI 2010 - A SPLENDID MOMENT
What comprises the present moment? Through the Action Theater practice, the improviser learns tools of viewing and resources for responding. Attention becomes current. Ruth's exercises, physical, vocal and verbal, invite the practitioner into unknown yet uncannily familiar territories, territories of the embodied imagination, territories that we all as humans share.
By examining awareness, play, relationship, stillness and silence, actions become enlightened, become fresh. The capacity for feeling is strengthened as are the roots and tools of expression. Participants experience fresh views of themselves, who they are, how they perceive and respond to the ordinary and how vast is their potential. The conceptual mind that insists on defining content learns to share with more spontaneous embodied and imaginative resources. The lights turn on exposing every moment as a splendid moment. This workshop is for those experienced in physical theatre improvisation, those who relish living in a human body and love to move.
Biography
Ruth Zaporah is a New Mexico based performance artist, director and teacher. She is internationally known for her innovative work in the field of physical theatre improvisation. Zaporah spends much of her time on tour, performing and leading trainings in Europe, Israel, Asia and the US. In 1994 she performed in theatres and refugee camps in Serbia and Croatia. In the spring 2000, she added Kosovo and Sarajevo to that itinerary. Zaporah is a two time recipient of National Endowment Choreography Fellowships. In 1994 she was honoured with a Sustained Achievement award by the San Francisco Bay Area Dance Association. Ruth was recently appointed Cultural Envoy for the U.S.State Department. www.actiontheater.com