..a sense of psychic intimacy through mythic stage images, poetic dialogue and otherworldly spectacle..
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- Members:
- Artistic directors..
Jay Ruby
Kristen Greco
Varrick Grimes
Ensemble members..
Anson Smith
Isabelle Kirouac
Daniel Bear Davis
Aurelia Cohen
Christopher Mankowski
Kat Macmillan
Leslie Castellano
Annajoe Doerr
Erik Arturo
Oswaldo Villanueva
Shawn Lavoie
Emma Leak
Isabella Coehlo - Genre:
- Physical Theater & Acrobatic stilt
- Hometown:
- San Francisco, CA
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- = Focusing Twilight=
martamarta's HoP SHoP
Friday, December 18 at 6:00pm - Stiltasana Workshop
Willits, California @ City Hall Com...
Tuesday, November 10 at 4:00pm - Grotest Maru Workshop
Portland Oregon
Wednesday, November 4 at 1:05am - Next stilt workshops September...
Golden Gate Park
Saturday, September 19 at 12:00pm - Public presentation in Seattle...
Cal Anderson Park
Thursday, August 6 at 5:15pm - 'You don't know Jack' & 'Undine'
Milepost 5
Sunday, July 5 at 8:00pm
Vero Cardenas I miss all of youuuu kisses and hugs for everybody and the best of the best for this 2010
Bre Yeeeeeeeeei, quiero que vuelvan a Monterrey, los extranamos mucho!, ya quiero que sea primavera, no nos pudimos ver por la mugrosa influenza ajajajja. Les mando muchos besos y abrazos. Jay. Varrick, Kristen, Ana, Leslie, Shawn, Emma, Anson, Isabella, buena vibra desde aca. Soy Brenda la bruja mayor :)
Layo Pura Vibra
que esten de exito se les extraña
pura vibra. monterrey mexico.
Sarah
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Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater
=Focusing Twilight=
A physical theater/winter solstice workshop
Reclaiming intimate darkness in public space
With Jay Ruby, Director of The Carpetbag Brigade
Focusing twilight harvests individual performance material from the diverse disciplines of butoh dance, contact improvisation and physical theater. Us...ing body and voice we evolve frames of improvisation and altered states that are crafted into intimate collaborative scenes with one another and then released as an offering into the public consciousness.
Workshop participants are asked to bring a text or song relevant to the theme of darkness to share with the group.
Training and composition will begin Friday the 18th of December from 6 – 9 pm at martamarta’s HoP SHoP, 150 McLean @ Powell, 2nd Floor and continue from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th. Optional presentations of the work in participant chosen public spaces will be on Monday 21st.
The workshop is limited to 12 spaces.
Deposit - $75
Registration Fee - $210
Early Registration Fee - $145 (until December 7th )
To reserve a space, make a deposit by contacting Jen McLeish Lewis at 604-838-2342 or jenmcleish@hotmail.com
If you have specific questions about the workshop please contact Jay Ruby at info@carpetbagbrigade.com
Jay Ruby is the Director and Founder of The Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater Company. The Carpetbag Brigade has presented touring performances throughout Europe, North and South America and done groundbreaking work mixing the genres of acrobatic stilts, butoh dance, contact improvisation and physical theater. He has intensively studied with Roberta Carreri of Denmark’s Odin Teatret, Mexican Ritual Butoh Dancer Diego Pinon and David Clarkson of Australia’s Stalker Theatre. In addition to working with his company Jay Ruby teaches and directs throughout Europe and the Americas.
A physical theater/winter solstice workshop reclaiming intimate darkness in public space
Time:6:00PM Friday, December 18th
Location:martamarta's HoP SHoP
Jennifer excited
Salvador Pura Vibra eeeeiii jay,krsiteen,chaw.emma como estaaan.!!! soy titooooooooooo.!!!
Layo Pura Vibra
k esten de lo mejor .
monterrey los espera de nuevo
pura vibra.!!
Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater
Jay Ruby of The Carpetbag Brigade will be conducting a stiltasana workshop in Willits, California from the 10-12 of November from 4 to 7:30 pm at the Willits Community Center
We can provide a limited number of participant the use of high tech acro-stilts. Participants can also bring their own stilts.
The cost is $155 wi...th your own stilts and $195 if you use ours
Please email info@carpetbagbrigade.com if you have any questions
You can register by contacting Aurelie Clivaz at 831-359-0881
Stiltasanas
The Carpetbag Brigade’s vocabulary of acrobatic stilt work
Stiltasanas are the pure technique base for the acrobatic stiltwork as practiced by The Carpetbag Brigade. Acrobatic Stiltwalking has been at the core of The Carpetbag Brigade’s evolution and international success. Directors Jay Ruby and Kristen Greco have created diverse techniques and exercises to prepare the body for the intense physical impact of stilts and simultaneously developed a way of integrating a sense of theatrical aesthetics into the teaching of their work.
Preparatory work includes core strength and balance building through the administration of exercises from ashtanga yoga and pilates. Body mind centering exercises are used to evolve the sensitivity and movement patterning of the participants.
Specific stilt skills taught can include lifts, falls, partner exercises, still point encounters, stick work, groundwork, and geometrics. Eventual work with choreography, character and dynamic narrative can occur with longer workshop and seminar settings.
Jay Ruby is the Director and Founder of The Carpetbag Brigade, an international physical theater company that evolves and synthesizes the overlapping worlds of circus, theater and dance. He has studied acrobatic stilts with David Clarkson of Australia’s Stalker Theatre, Butoh Ritual Dance with Diego Pinon of Mexico, Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton and Physical Theater with Roberta Carreri of Denmark’s Odin Teatret.
Time:4:00PM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Willits, California @ City Hall Community Center
Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater
Grotest Maru is physical theater company from Berlin, Germany that Carpetbag Brigade director Jay Ruby knows from his time of living in the Kule Arthouse squat with Grotest Maru director, Ursula Berzborn.
Grotest Maru is coming to Portland, Oregon to do a 5 day physical theater workshop concluding with a presentation at... Pioneer Square about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Grotest Maru has roots in Butoh and has spent time working as students with the amazing Russian performance group, Derevo. This workshop is a unique opportunity to experience the working process of a modern european street theater company.
Jay Ruby is assisting in the organization of the workshop and is encouraging people who are interested in the Carpetbag style of performance work to attend. Stilts are optional and not required.
Take a look at our photo gallery for Grotest Maru from when they were hosted by Tsunami on the Square their last stateside visit. You can also visit their website www.grotest-maru.de
If you are interested in attending by email Jay at info@carpetbagbrigade.com
The workshop is from the 4th to the 8th of November from 1-7 pm and costs $130. It is being sponsored and subsidized by the German American Society.
Time:1:05AM Wednesday, November 4th
Location:Portland Oregon
Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater Under the surface o daily movements and actions Grotest Maru approaches the abyss of human existence searching for images of now and the poetry in between
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