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Abstract
Project of Training, Research, and Devising for actors/dancers/singers/musicians

Lecture/demonstration: Kalarippayattu – technique and artistic creation led by Elizabeth de Roza

How the training (esp that of Kalaripayattu) leads to the embodiment of physical awareness of an actor. Investigating ‘ the point of resonance’ that is akin to ‘presence’. Through this investigation, the actor develops a physical score that works on 5 basic rules of the body-in-space (soft fireworks). This active visceral response paired with the intellectually vivid physical vocabulary of Kalaripayattu retrained the actor’s body awakened to the creation of the body in performance (image-actions).