'Performing biographies - Short Solos by seven unique performers'

A series of ten meetings in the form of workshops led by Lia Haraki, addressed to performing artists and performers who wish to further explore the autobiographical solo as a genre. At the end of this series of workshops, the participants’ short solos will be presented on Rialto’s stage.

Description

The “Performing Biography - Α stand-up solo performance practice” focuses on how autobiography and personal stories may become substantial sources of material for the stage. Partly inspired by the principles of stand-up comedy, as well as the artist's methods of embodiments, the workshops will focus on how self-reference, self-deprecation and experiential information become relevant to others, bridging the subjective with the objective, and the personal with the universal. An in-depth exploration of how one’s experiences may become transformed into tools connecting the performers with the audience through empathy, vulnerability, honesty and humour.