Date and Times:   Saturday, 27th November, 12 – 5pm &
Sunday, 28th November, 4 - 7 pm

Venue:

Siobhan Davies Studio

85 St George's Road

(Tube:  Elephant and Castle)

London, SE1 6ER

Prices: £70 / £60 (for both days)

Bookings: Email info@theatretraining.org.uk or book now:

Performer and author, Yael Karavan explores some of the tools developed in her solo performance process. Drawing on elements of Dance, physical theatre, Butoh and mime, she explores some of the key issues for the solo performer such as ‘presence’, and how to relate creatively to material, objects and space, particularly within the challenges of a solo performance. She uses a number of rich approaches to facilitate the imaginative journey for performer and their audience in the creation of ‘self-portrait’ in solo performance.

About Yael Karavan

Performer and Director Yael Karavan was born in Israel and grew up in Florence, Paris and London. At the age of 13 she began an acting career in the National Theatre, television and films in Israel.

In 1995 she began travelling through Europe, N.Y, Brazil and Japan searching to develop a contemporary physical language of expression bridging between east and west, dance and acting. Yael has studied with master-teachers and performers from all over the world including: Anton Adassinski and Tanya Khabarova from Russian theatre DEREVO, Philippe Gaulier, Philippe Genty, Monica Pagnieux, Jerzy Winnicki from the Grotowski Centre, Nigel Charnock from DV8, Sue Morrison (North American traditional Clown), Ricardo Puccetti from ‘Lume Teatro- Brazil and Butoh masters Kazuo Ohno, Tadashi Endo, Carlotta Ikeda, Yumiko Yoshioka, Akiko Motofuji and more. She has collaborated amongst others with Ephia from Djalma primordial science, Linda Remahl, Fran Barbe and Marie Gabriel Rotie.

Her work is often described as visual poetry, whilst constantly balancing on the fine line between the tragic and the comic. She has created and performed 5 solo shows, touring world wide, and in 2006 was awarded the TEATRONETO prize for best performance with her solo The Way Home. She has been, amongst others, member of Derevo  physical theatre company, Mamu Dance Theatre of Tadashi Endo, Ten-Pen Chi of Yumiko Yoshioka and Adapt- Theatre Picture Collision  as well as collaborating with various artists, actors and dancers internationally. 

In 2010 she has created The Karavan Ensemble, an international Dance/ Physical theatre companybased in Brighton with which she has created A Ship of Fools for the Brighton Fringe.
For more info please go to www.yaelkaravan.com

The World Reflected in a Drop of Water: (Self)-Portrait in Making Solo Performance

with
Yael Karavan