Class Type Open
Dates Thursday November 12, 2027
Times 10am-5pm
Location Madilyn Clark Studios, 10852 Burbank Boulevard, North Hollywood, California 91601
Instructors Ivano Conte
Cost $125

An intensive one-day workshop designed for performers, clowns, actors, and dancers seeking to develop a subtle scenic presence and a deep rhythmic sensitivity.

The journey begins with somatic listening to "tune" the bodily instrument: through targeted work on breath, the spine, and gravity, we will free the body from parasitic tensions to reach a state of total availability and presence. Subsequently, this internal awareness will be projected into space through mimodynamics: we will learn not to "dance" or illustrate the music, but to embody its invisible structure—forces, tensions, suspensions, and explosions—applying it directly to scenic action and the spoken word.

Ivano Conte is a theatre and movement teacher trained in the Lecoq pedagogy. He graduated from Il Cantiere Teatrale in Rome, where he later became a founding member and teacher. He studied with renowned masters such as Norman Taylor, Amy Russell, Philippe Gaulier, Lassaad Saidi, Carlo Boso, Antonio Fava, Vladimir Olshansky and Emmanuel Gallot-Lavallée. Ivano is an Associate Lecoq Pedagogue at Embodied Poetics, where he contributes to the transmission of Jacques Lecoq’s methodology, with a focus on movement analysis, Commedia dell’Arte and the creative process. He has taught internationally, leading workshops in Italy and Canada. In addition, Ivano is a certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method®, integrating somatic awareness into actor training to deepen presence, precision, and creative freedom. His approach combines rigorous physical discipline with imaginative exploration, guiding performers toward authenticity, expressiveness, and a vibrant theatrical presence.

Ages 18 and older.

Prerequisite: None