EMBODIED SCIENCE WORKSHOPS

EMBODIED SCIENCE is a series of workshops that make science accessible and engaging through movement practices and embodied techniques. The aim of this project is not just to help audiences to understand science, but it’s about revealing that science matters to them. Science might answer some of the questions we have about what it means to be human and how we can shape new practices for a better life on this planet.

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EMBODIED SCIENCE:

Entropy and Chaos

Commissioned by Theatre Deli, for Flexi Space Programme.

The topic of entropy has been fascinating brilliant minds and personalities, who wondered about the meaning and the applications in fields such as physics, anthropology, philosophy or economy. In thermodynamic, entropy refers to the degree of chaos or lack of order in the molecules that constitute a system. The interesting paradox is that a system reaches thermo equilibrium when the chaos, in its particles, reaches his maximum point. More chaos is equal to more equilibrium.

These series of lectures and workshops explore quantum fistic and entropy theories through movement and physical theatre techniques, with a specific focus on:

  • Benoit Mandelbrot and the butterfly effect.

  • Theory of Cyclic Universe: the universe iterates through infinite cycles of expansion and cooling, each beginning with a “big bang” and ending in a “big crunch".

  • The arrow of time and the "one-way direction" or "asymmetry" of time.

EMBODIED SCIENCE:

Microorganisms and Humans

Commissioned by University of Underground in Amsterdam.

Human life depends on the interdependence with the totality of nature. This interdependence begins in the ecosystem we share with the smallest living form on earth: microorganisms.

Of the 100 trillion cells that make up a human body, around one in ten are actually microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. They shape the way we digest, feel and think, and the way we thrive on this planet.

These series of lectures and workshops explore different types of bacterias and viruses through movement and physical theatre techniques, with a specific focus on:

  • Locomotion of microorganisms, morphology of the bacterias and viruses’ body, DNA structure, and reproductive system.

  • Endosymbiotic theory of Lynn Margulis.

  • Language and semiotics in the dissemination of microbiology research to the public.

 

PRICES

We currently run workshops for half a day, full day or a week long masterclasses. Prices start at £400 + practitioners’ expenses (travel, per diems and accommodation if required).

For further information on hiring a Physical Theatre Workshop, get in touch with our Course Leader, Monika Gravagno at monika@facciocose.co.uk or call us at 07429966901.