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Physical Intelligence Workshop
On Thursday afternoon, 12 September, our Drama and Dance students were fortunate to attend
a Physical Intelligence workshop facilitated by two members of Rhodes University's First
Physical Theatre company. Founder of the company and now Artistic Director of the company,
Professor Gary Gordon, Head of the Drama Department at Rhodes, described it as follows in
1997:
" The First Physical Theatre Company is a testament of action - a declaration of
intent amongst artists working in South Africa. It teases together the dynamic elements of
theatre ... dance, music, mime, design, voice, song and movement collide or come together
in an atmosphere that is exhilarating and always illuminating. First Physical charts the
course of our lives ... it has the power to heal and transform. It is a document ... an
artistic document that reveals life in South Africa."
These were some of the images we were able to capture in this hour-long workshop.
  
     
In these clips you can see the class taking
the first
steps, learning
a little more of the routine, following the
master and then trying the dance on their own
in small
groups .
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