Venue: To be decided
Time: 2 October  9.00-12.00
For professionals and students at a higher education.
Free of charge but requires registration

In collaboration with TeaterAlliansen and Dansalliansen
with support from the International Theatre Programme at the Swedish Arts Grants Committee

From Individual Impulse to Collective Body
How can an individual action transform into a collective reaction? How can a group of performers function not merely as a sum of bodies, but as a single, unified stage organism?

“From Individual Impulse to Collective Body” is an intensive workshop on corporeal mime and physical creation, focusing on the relationship between technique, movement dramaturgy, and choral composition.The work will draw upon tools developed by Mai Rojas and Los Escultores del Aire, rooted in their performance practice and creative processes.

Through the study of “dynamo-rhythms,” we will investigate how speed, intensity, interruption, and energy distribution alter the way an action is perceived.We will explore various action-reaction dynamics based on principles of causality: Agreement, Resistance, and Rejection.

The work will proceed through processes of stylization and amplification — starting with clear, legible actions and situations — to progressively transform and unlock new poetic possibilities. Ultimately, these tools will culminate in a choral composition laboratory. The group will explore mechanisms such as propagation, echo, contrast, synchrony, accumulation, and transformation to construct a brief, collective physical piece.The goal is not to learn a specific choreography or replicate a particular aesthetic, but rather to experience a creative methodology.

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Från individuell impuls till kollektiv kropp
Hur kan en individuell handling omvandlas till en kollektiv reaktion? Hur kan en grupp skådespelare fungera, inte bara som en samling kroppar, utan som en enda, enhetlig scenisk organism?

“Från individuell impuls till kollektiv kropp” är en intensiv workshop i kroppslig mim och fysiskt skapande, med fokus på samspelet mellan teknik, rörelse-dramaturgi och körkomposition. Arbetet utgår från metoder utvecklade av Mai Rojas och Los Escultores del Aire som grundar sig i deras egen sceniska praktik och kreativa process.

Genom studier av “dynamo-rytmer” undersöker vi hur hastighet, intensitet, avbrott och energifördelning förändrar uppfattningen av en handling. Vi utforskar olika dynamiker mellan handling och reaktion utifrån principer om kausalitet: samtycke, motstånd och avvisande. Arbetet går igenom en process av stilisering och förstärkning – med utgångspunkt i tydliga, läsbara handlingar och situationer – för att förvandla det fysiska uttrycket och frigöra nya poetiska möjligheter. Slutligen mynnar arbetet ut i ett laboratorium för körkomposition. Gruppen utforskar sceniska mekanismer som reproduktion, eko, kontrast, synkronicitet, ackumulering och transformation för att skapa ett kort, kollektivt fysiskt verk. Målet är inte att lära sig en specifik koreografi eller att efterlikna en viss estetik, utan snarare att få erfarenhet av en kreativ metod.

Mai Rojas is a Costa Rican-born, Barcelona-based theatre creator, performer, director and pedagogue specialising in physical theatre and corporeal mime. He trained at Madrid’s RESAD and at the International School of Corporeal Mime in London, and has developed an international career spanning more than two decades.

He is co-founder and artistic director of Los Escultores del Aire, a physical theatre company founded in 2014 whose productions have toured across Europe and the Americas and received numerous awards. His professional experience also includes collaborations with internationally recognised companies and institutions such as Cirque du Soleil.

Rojas’ artistic work combines physical precision, visual dramaturgy and contemporary mime, exploring the body as a vehicle for narrative, emotion and poetic transformation. Alongside his work as a creator and performer, he has developed an extensive pedagogical practice focused on connecting technique, repertoire and creation, helping performers transform movement into a precise, personal and expressive stage language.