Total System Reboot
Power Trip Course, Level 1
with Kira Nova
*PROOF OF FULL VACCINATION REQUIRED*
ONE CLASS, TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS
CLASS DATES
Class 1 - Saturday 5/21 from 10 AM - 12 PM
Class 2 - Sunday 5/22 from 10 AM - 12 PM
Class 3 - Saturday 5/28 from 10 AM - 1:30 PM
Class 4 - Sunday 5/29 from 10 AM - 1:30 PM
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TOTAL SYSTEM REBOOT: About The Class
Two weekend workshop offers a unique methodology combining clown work, dance and Japanese Butoh to access a truly unhinged side of you!
Be prepared to leave your “normal brain” for good and immerse into your wildest side you have never met!
ON THE MENU:
How to get out of the head and jumps start creative process
Writing and speech practices “outside the brain”
How to capture ideas and turn them into bits or characters
Method for creating solo shows
How to be captivating and have endless fun on stage
FIRST WEEKEND: May 21-22
Think of this weekend as Ayahuasca trip sans drugs! Ideas that come from “nowhere”, actually come from limbic system aka subconsciousness. We are rarely operating in that mode — this weekend will be dedicated to activating that part of the brain through verbal, physical and written exercises.
SECOND WEEKEND: May 28-29
So now that we tripped enough and got tones of new ideas — we will be practicing a number of tools to create new content “outside of the brain”. This method will be particularly useful for people creating solo shows, stand up pieces, ensemble improv, and clown work. I will also show how to use this methodology as a warmup for creators of other mediums (for instance painters or writers).
WEEK IN BETWEEN: May 23-29
POWER TRIP video course. After the first weekend, participants of the TSR course have an option to add a 7 day video program. Adding this program will help the artists to continue staying in the state of free flow of ideas that we will activate in the first weekend.
These video classes were created by a group of visual and sound artists. With original music and sound mixed to match the movement, videos are composed in 3D surrealists environments. As much as possible, the aim of these classes is to create an immersive visual-audio experience, in order to activate a broader cognitive apparatus. The exercises in the videos are arranged as an ongoing flow, bringing the person into a light state of trance.
ABOUT THE POWER TRIP METHODOLOGY
Power Trip is based on a practical adaptation of Extended Mind Theory. The approach that examines thinking and creating “outside the brain”. Somatically it is rooted in Butoh training, action theater, physical comedy and therapeutic modalities. It has been developed over the past 10 years within the academic environment of Lund University in Sweden.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Kira Nova is an artist, comedian and producer.
Over the past 10 years she has created 5 solo shows and curated a number of variety theater productions. Among which was a show she created with Michael Portnoy and Reggie Watts — “Alligators! Experimental Comedy Lab”, presented in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Nova has presented he breed of one-woman shows at such venues as MoMa PS1, MET Breuer, The Kitchen in New York; Center Pompidou in Paris, Royal Academy Theater in London, Art Basel in Basel among many. While as a comedian Nova performed in many venues around NY, which include larger productions at The Box and House of Yes.
For the past 10 years, Nova has been leading workshops and teaching at many North American and European Art Academies, that include: Columbia University in New York (US), Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta (Canada), Paul Klee Center in Basel (Switzerland), Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), de Appel Curatorial Program in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel (Germany), Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Since 2013 Nova works as a professor at Lunds University (Sweden).