RasaLab: An Intro Workshop to Rasaboxes and Emotive Agility

You may be interested in coming to a RasaLab if you are interested in the following questions:

• Where is theatricality located in the body?
• Which elements of physicality do you use to communicate emotion to others in performance or in everyday life?
• Does changing your expression change how you feel?
• How do you invite others to taste your emotion to elicit empathy, or to hold boundaries
• How can you increase authenticity when performing on stage/on camera/in daily life?

What is a RasaLab?

Whether you are working on a performance or artistic project, interested in the science of emotion or you’re seeking new methods to regulate your emotions through movement, this RasaLab is a place of self discovery for movers of all types, especially those interested in psychophysical work.

This introductory workshop will guide you through a series of exercises to explore the ancient Indian theater concept of rasathrough Richard Schechner’s rasaboxes actor training technique.

No acting experience is necessary. All the emotions, interactions and life experiences you’ve lived to date are preparation enough.

This workshop will explore the rasaboxes through the lens of Emotive Agility, the ability all humans have to manage emotions through their own physicality.

Participants will draw direct applications from Emotive Agility trianing to build skills in navigating challenging conversations.

What to Expect:

This workshop involves invitations to breath work, voice work, yoga-like movements and some improvised interaction. Everyone participates at their own level.

Schedule

This is a 2-day workshop. The eventbrite ticket purchased for 10/26 covers both days. Please see the 2-day agenda below:

Location:

Ellenwood Studios

Agenda

Day 1 : Saturday 10/26 from 10:30pm - 4:30pm CT

-Introduction to rasa

-Experiential rasaboxes exercises

-Introduction to Emotive Agility

-Applying "rasa skills" to enhance performance & everyday life

Day 2: Sunday 10/27 from 12:30pm - 3:30pm CT

-Deeper exploration of rasa and emotive agility exercises

-Prompts to apply rasa to your own proejcts or personal conversations

-Open discussion how an ongoing Rasalab might take shape

About the Facilitator

Berit Elizabeth has degrees in directing and social psychology from Carnegie Mellon and NYU. She has trained with Schechner and his actors extensively in the rasaboxes and has trained in and researched the work of Jerzy Grotowski in Brazil and Poland. She has led workshops adapting rasaboxes exercises for the past15 years for actors, teachers, children, and various types of organizations. Berit is certified in body language training, fitness training, and emotional intelligence assessment. She is the founder of Emotive Agility Training and Practice Axis, a CRM for mental health therapists. Above all, she believes all humans have the power to shift feelings through our physical expression and is an avid "emotional athlete" in training.

Rasa Resources
Learn more about Emotive Agility through Berit's guide to Rasa in Everyday Life

Read about the origins of rasaboxes actor training by Richard Schechner in his article, and at https://rasaboxes.com.

Host or Publisher Berit Elizabeth