Adoring the Unknown: laboratory theatre as worship
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Abstract
Workshop: This workshop applies training methods of laboratory theatres to create forms, gestures, and questions for practices of worship. Focused on the value(s) of “not knowing”, this process uses a research-creation methodology to experiment with non-linguistic intuitions towards sacred aesthetics. The session will open with movement proposals to generate collective energy and cohesion, then will layer in materials to elevate images, actions, and encounters participants feel drawn to. This session works best without spectators, with the exception of virtual participants, who may engage within their own spaces. Movement clothing is necessary, ideally without text/images/logos. Bare feet are encouraged.
Presenter Biography
Melissa MacDonald studies process philosophy in relation with experimental performance and alter-economic practices. She is pursuing an MA in Liberal Studies at Dartmouth College and is currently conceiving her thesis performance H O W A L L B E E: an adoration of unknowability with the Bellfall Ensemble Research Guild.
Kean Haunt plays within the arts of duration. In different times and places his work has touched upon ensemble theatre, clown, traditional music, and slow travel. He has performed with the Blue Man Group, Double Edge Theatre, Agile Rascal Bicycle Touring Theatre, and the Bellfall Ensemble Research Guild.