May 12 – 15
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The Synetic Intensive is a 4-day professional workshop for actors and movement artists seeking to train in the core principles of Synetic’s physical theater technique. Participants will work directly with Irina Tsikurishvili—Co-Founder of Synetic Theater and an award-winning choreographer behind dozens of the company’s productions.
Through a rigorous, hands-on curriculum, sessions explore Synetic’s distinctive, story- and character-driven approach to mime, character movement, physical improvisation, dance-as-narrative, and ensemble performance. Emphasis is placed on developing the actor’s ability to communicate clearly and dynamically through the body.
Participants should expect an intensive training environment and will leave with a deeper, more practical understanding of how to express character, emotion, and story through movement.
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Open to participants age 18+ by the start of the session. Please bring water and movement-appropriate clothing.
A native of the Republic of Georgia, Irina has been nominated for the Helen Hayes Award dozens of times and a 14-time recipient for her outstanding choreography and acting. Irina has choreographed all Synetic Theater’s productions including The Crackpots, Dracula, Host and Guest and Frankenstein, Island of Doctor Moreau, Salomé, Bohemians, Jason and the Argonauts, The Dybbuk, Faust, Frankenstein, Macbeth, Animal Farm, The Fall of the House of Usher, A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, Carmen, Dante, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, King Arthur, King Lear, Don Quixote, Othello, Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing, Three Musketeers, Alice in Wonderland, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Jekyll & Hyde, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Immigrant, and much more. She has taught at Georgetown University and continues to run intensive movement workshops and train Synetic cast members. With her husband Paata, she is the co-founder of Synetic Theater. They were named Washingtonians of the Year in 2013. Irina graduated from Chabukiani National Ballet Academy in Tbilisi, Georgia, and holds BFA in Performing Arts.