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In 1996, a young group of students started experimenting and studying with improvisation with the aim of creating a performance that was completely improvised. This work was performed in several theatres around the country. This is how La Gata was born. Until today La Gata has kept developing new improvised performances as well as competing against leagues from Belgium, Amsterdam, Spain and USA in Improvisation Matches in Barcelona, Argentina, Madrid, and Amsterdam.
La Gata ShowsGOOD for Nothing A marginal destiny, “Good for Nothing” is an improvisation show in which the audience suggests the titles of each of the improvisations performed during the show; this can be a simple sentence, a fragment, an expression, or anything that can be developed into an interesting improvised story. Once a title is decided, one of the actors asks an audience member to randomly pick a style out of a container. The styles that the improvisation may be performed in include: Shakespeare, Action, Soap Opera, Children’s Theatre, Western, Dance Theatre, Musical Theatre, Garcia Marquez, Silent movie, Horror and Science Fiction among others. Each improvisation starts having only the title and the style to use as guidelines. Chumbimba SEE IT BEFORE WE ALL KILL EACH OTHER … This time the improvisers will submerge themselves in the most unbelievable adventure, in a performance with no precedents. La Gata’s version of the Harold Three actors, three different stories inspired by one word given by the audience. The challenge is to see if all of the stories will end up being part of the same world. Can it be done? It will take a lot of imagination with only three rounds to make it happen. See how the actors create stories so different that when they all come together in the end it is short of a miracle.
La Gata workshopsVoice Training for Actors The objective of this workshop is to free, develop, and strengthen the natural voice. The focus will be on freeing all those physical tensions that prevent a natural and correct use of the voice as the actor’s most important tool. To achieve this, we will concentrate on the Linklater Method (Voice training method developed by Kirsten Linklater), which consists of studying the vocal apparatus, breathing methods, exploring resonators and building a larger vocal range. Although this is not a workshop for singers, we will use songs, as well as theater exercises, to develop a strong speaking voice. Clown This workshop is designed to find the essence of the true self. It will help us discover the clown that lives within us all. Through the exploration of this other self we can discover it hides in our defects, fears, our inherent optimism, and our childhood freedom. Among other things, this workshop will teach a different way to relate to an audience, the discovery and creativity that arises from failure, the ability to live in the moment, and the search for pleasure and playfulness in front of an audience. Improvisation Basic Level The objective of this workshop is to introduce the actor to improvisation. It will provide the actor with the tools necessary to discover the basic dramatic elements (who, what, where, when) through the use of spontaneity and improvisation games. Improvisation Advanced Level The objective of this workshop is to reinforce all the basic elements of improvisation and to work deeper into more complex aspects of improvisation, such as multiplicity of characters, space, and time within a storyline. Within this workshop we will also discover how to the use physicality as the staring point and an endless resource for moving the story forward.
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