The Center for Movement Theatre

The Center for Movement Theatre Utilizing the innate wisdom of the body, the neutral mask enables us to find freedom, awareness and expression. It is a foundation and point of reference for building all character. It pushes us to our growing edge, guides us into a dialogue with our habits and arrives at the truth through essential gesture.
The neutral... mask is in fact a full-face mask that you wear through a series of exercises. The mask engages a large space and beckons you to expand your presence. The lines and planes of the mask correspond to universal rhythms in nature. In “identifying” with nature, we translate into action the sensations aroused through resonating with the “essence of life”: a method encouraging the actor to discover physical movements and to feel the structure and force of spatial dynamics.
It allows us to experience how the great movements of nature correspond to the most intimate movements of human emotion. It is a refining process of separating "self" from "characterization". It provides a clear slate upon which we can inscribe character.

Working with THE NEUTRAL MASK will:
free your body to respond without the control of the mind
support and develop your physical abilities
heighten your spatial awareness
broaden your play

There are 3 masks:
the one we think we are,
the one we really are, and
the one we hold in common.
This course is open to individuals of all levels.

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http://www.thisisthecenter.com