ABSTRACT
The workshop is a little like the children’s game blind man’s buff that we played before. Its purpose is to develop the senses, the sensory memory and the imagination and to heighten the use of senses other than sight. Performers with other training, and this is especially true of dancers, will explore the space using all their body surface and their hands may not be the primary tools of exploration. Feet, buttocks and back can lead and a dancer will immediately work on different levels, close to the floor or reaching high into the air. Most cultures have a concept of a sixth sense, of an intuitive sensing of the world that is beyond the physical. Intuition is an important skill for an actor, perhaps more important than the merely physical skills which most actor training develops. Many of the workshops in this part of the programme are designed to stimulate and develop intuitive skills.
