PAN.OPTIKUM
Germany’s PAN.OPTIKUM are the world’s giants in outdoor theatre. PAN.OPTIKUM views itself as related to the traditional outdoor productions of France and Spain in terms of its theatrical language and forms of expression. Nevertheless, it has developed a style entirely its own with the focus of the productions being visual and musical.
First formed in 1982 in Berlin, in 1989 PAN.OPTIKUM, led by Sigrun Fritsch and Ralf Buron moved to Germany’s Southwest. By 2001 PAN.OPTIKUM had 35 permanent members and the production site moves from Stuttgart to Freiburg. PAN.OPTIKUM consciously strives to artistically walk the tightrope between the genre of action theatre and subjects taken from literature, classical theatre and opera.
Workshop 1
'Exercises on Presence' (Sigrun Fritsch) Exercises on the unique meaning which body and energy gain through the absence of one main focus in outdoor productions and other environmental performances
Improvisations: movement series based on a text
Exercises on the clear visual definition of a character (costume, objects)
Workshop 2
'Exercises on Voice' (Matthias Rettner)Individual 30-minute lessons on the economic use of the voice in relation with breath and body
Basis of this workshop are Pan. Optikum's experiences with partly classical as well as non-classical vocal compositions in extreme physical postures, as well as Feldenkreis, work on breath (Middendorf) and classical singing training.
