ABSTRACT

First, pick up a copy of Rachel Rosenthal’s inspiring The DbD Experience; Part manual, part manifesto, part memoir, then head for Los Angeles…

FRIDAY - Origins
Arrive at the Doing by Doing workshop to be greeted by Rosenthal, pioneering theatre explorer and your host for the weekend ahead. Explore non-human ways of living and moving. Begin to develop a shared vocabulary with your fellow students through exercises.

SATURDAY - Connections
Continue to connect with the group on an energetic level. Make the journey from Kansas to OZ. Collaborate and create as a group, moving and vocalising without language. Improvise boldly at every step. Treat music, voice, lighting, costume, sets, props and fellow performers as equals.

SUNDAY - Power
Learn to arrive in the moment when you are needed. Engage with transformative processes and take part in the Star Meditation. Understand your own individual power, joining your physical and emotional self. Perform solo improvisations and the Rambler – the final, extended culmination of everything that you have learned through the 34 hour experience.

chapter |21 pages

Introduction

chapter |8 pages

What is Doing by Doing?

chapter |5 pages

Writing the DbD book

chapter |5 pages

Friday: “Origins”

chapter |4 pages

Just Do It!

chapter |6 pages

Guided Standing and Moving Meditation

chapter |1 pages

Mirrors

chapter |6 pages

Dolls

chapter |10 pages

Units

chapter |13 pages

Saturday: “Connections”

Circle Talk: “Connections”

chapter |1 pages

Head Roll

chapter |1 pages

Breath

chapter |1 pages

Vibration into Sound

chapter |18 pages

Voice Circle

chapter |23 pages

Sunday: “Power”

chapter |6 pages

The Dibidi Story

chapter |9 pages

Addenda: Post-DbD Letters