A Three-Sunday Performance Lab/Workshop: From Impulse to Performance
- Theatre
- Amsterdam
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About this event
From Impulse to Performance (possible to attend 2 sessions: the first and last session or the first and second; send me a message for a discount for 2 sessions)
Come without a finished idea. Leave with something you created.
You don't need to be an actor. You don't need to be confident on stage. You don't need to arrive with an idea.
We will discover the material together.
What if you started with a movement, a sound, an image, a memory or simply an impulse?
Over three Sundays, we will explore how these small impulses can grow into original performance material through movement, voice, improvisation, writing and collaboration.
What will we do?
Through practical exercises inspired by physical theatre, improvisation and devising, you will:
- explore movement and physical expression
- experiment with voice, breath and sound
- use imagination, images and writing as creative starting points
- improvise individually, in pairs and as an ensemble
- develop your own ideas through collaboration
- transform spontaneous impulses into short performance material
The laboratory is a process of experimenting, playing, discovering and composing rather than trying to perform perfectly.
3-Sunday Lab
Sunday 1 DISCOVER
From Impulse to Collective Creation
- Welcome & introductions
- Group connection and embodied warm-up
- Movement and improvisation practices
- Imagination and sensory exploration
- Reflective writing
- Composition and collective creation
- Sharing & reflection
Sunday 2 DEVELOP
Breath, Voice & Storytelling
- Body and voice warm-up
- Breath and vocal exploration
- Resonance, articulation and projection
- Partner and ensemble exercises
- Storytelling through images and imagination
- Integrating voice, movement and text
- Sharing & reflection
Sunday 3 COMPOSE
Composition & Sharing
- Ensemble warm-up
- Collective movement and listening practices
- Expanding and refining personal material
- Performance composition
- Presentation of individual works
- Group reflection & closing
What will you leave with?
- practical tools for improvisation and devising
- new ways to work with movement and voice
- original creative material
- experience creating through collaboration
- a short performance score that you can continue developing
- new connections with an international creative community in Amsterdam
Who is it for?
Anyone curious about performance, movement, voice, storytelling or creative exploration.
You might be an actor, dancer or artist, or have no previous performance experience at all.
This is a welcoming space to experiment, collaborate and create.
About the facilitator
Halina Mihutskaya is a performer, theatre maker and performance researcher based in Amsterdam. She has around seven years of experience teaching and facilitating theatre and performance workshops and has trained in physical theatre and movement with different European practitioners and schools.
Her practice explores the relationship between body, voice, imagination and personal experience. She works with movement, voice, improvisation and collective creation as tools for artistic exploration.
Practical information
Dates: Sunday 20 September Sunday 27 September Sunday 4 October 2026
Time: 11:30–14:30 Location: Q-Factory, Amsterdam (Large Studio) Language: English Duration: 3 sessions × 3 hours Level: No previous experience required What to wear: Comfortable clothes that allow you to move freely Bring: Water
Small group · Limited places
Come curious. Come open. Come without knowing what you'll create.
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