Physical Training for Performers: Open Work (with commentary)
Video
These six videos document a research in solo physical training developed by Massimiliano Balduzzi over more than fifteen years. Finally, he is puts all the previous elements together in ‘open work’.
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Commentary
by Ben Spatz
Ben Spatz describes the ‘exercise-actions’ and movement sequences of Balduzzi’s demonstration, and situates his process in terms of European and Balinese traditions of physical training.
Practitioner
Massimiliano Balduzzi is an Italian performer, director and teacher based in New York. Before moving there in 2008, he was based in Siena, where he co-founded performance group Teatro della Pioggia.