Workshop Series 2023/2024

Workshops: Body.Mask.Play

Dates: 18th-21st January 2024, 22nd-24th March 2024, 1st-5th May 2024

Fee: 10% discount when booking two workshops, 20% when booking the three workshops
Venue: Studio Flöz, Lehderstr. 39-41, 13086 Berlin
Info and application: info@floez.net

Familie Flöz is pleased to announce a new workshop series:

Body and Movement for Physical Theater & Mask

Encounter with the Mask

Characters and Play

Making masks for the stage

 

We are delighted to share our passion for mask theater with you again this season in Berlin.

Our workshop series entitled, "Body.Mask.Play", which ran last year, will be relaunched due to high demand.

Like last time, we will once again offer 3 courses that build upon each other, giving participants a deeper insight into individual aspects of the physical body and mask work.

Scroll down for additional info! We look forward to seeing you there!

Encounter with the mask

22 - 24 March 2024
Fee: 250,00€
Venue: Studio Flöz, Lehderstr. 39-41, 13086 Berlin

Schedule: Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (one hour break)
Duration: 18h
Info and application: info@floez.net

Led by Fabian Baumgarten

The goal in this 3 day workshop is to develop a basic sense of what it takes to play mask. 

Part of our work will look at the basic techniques of mask playing, while time will also be spent delving into the playfulness and energy necessary to breathe life into the mask.

First, we start by exploring the possibilities of expressing ourselves beyond words. 

Next, we will transfer these experiences to the mask and find out together what the mask needs to come alive. 

We will be working with levels of tension, breath, focus and physical transformation. 

Throughout, we will always be looking for authentic moments. The mask will be our closest ally to identify these moments. Let's follow the mask!

Characters & Play

1 - 5 May 2024
Fee: 450,00€
Venue: Studio Flöz, Lehderstr. 39-41, 13086 Berlin

Schedule: Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (one hour break)
Duration: 30h
Info and application: info@floez.net

Led by Thomas Van Ouwerkerk and Andres Angulo

During this 5-day workshop, we want to give you a handful of tools to create a character and develop short scenes.

We will draw from our work on productions for Familie Floez (Teatro Delusio and Feste) and complement that with our personal artistic experience, sharing with you different perspectives to approach the creation process.

The mask is just the tip of the iceberg in this intense and conscious work with the body which acts as a vessel for the energy and intentions of the player. We will explore ways to develop a character through a variety of approaches and exercises. As this work is character based, we will also build stories for them without using text.

This workshop is designed for people who have already learned a basic technique with us or who already have experience using masks. If this is your first time playing with mask, we recommend the workshop Encounter with the mask, led by Fabian Baumgarten, to get in contact with the technical aspects of playing with a mask. The more confidence you gain with the technique, the more you can be free and creative on stage.

Making masks for the stage

3 – 12 June 2024  @ STUDIO FLÖZ, Berlin, D
led by Hajo Schüler

Mask making - like all activities in theatre and devised performance - is part of a multi-layered creative process. The mask maker is a creative artisan working at the intersection of the fine arts and the performing arts.

This 10-day workshop will offer each participant the opportunity to create a self designed full mask from paper mache. In addition to an exploration of the craft of mask making, participants will be encouraged to develop a strong sense of creative ownership. Starting from their own initial ideas and designs, participants will search for their own form. They will develop a character all the way to a form modeled in clay before creating the full mask in paper mache. The entire process will be supported throughout via critical feedback and helpful advice.

Alongside technical information about the process of mask making, participants will learn about essential factors such as asymmetry, anatomy, mask as projection, light, etc., which help the mask to play on stage.

Hajo Schüler is director, performer, mask maker, Artistic Director and co-founder of the company FAMILIE FLÖZ.

Schedule: everyday 10am - 4pm, workshop remains open till 6pm)
Location: STUDIO FLÖZ, Lehderstr. 39-41, 13086 Berlin
Fee: €950 per person - all materials included. Max 20 participants. Registrations to info@floez.net