The Spectrum of Tension: Movement for Theatricality

Sat Jul 12 2025 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm UTC-07:00

Joe Goode Annex | San Francisco

Detour Dance
Publisher/HostDetour Dance
The Spectrum of Tension: Movement for Theatricality
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A 4-hour workshop facilitated by Kacie Boblitt, part of Detour Productions' Summer 2025 Intensive Series.
About this Event

SCHEDULE
  • Saturday, July 12, 11:00am - 3:00pm



ABOUT THE "THE SPECTRUM OF TENSION" WORKSHOP

How do we awaken the body as a vessel for storytelling? This movement-based devising workshop explores Lecoq’s States of Tension as a tool for physical storytelling, character development, and ensemble creation. Through guided improvisation, sensory activation, and dynamic play, we’ll move between ease and extremity, discovering how shifts in tension shape movement, presence, and emotional texture. We’ll also sprinkle in Fosse’s precision and dynamism, exploring how stylized movement enhances storytelling.

Ideal for dancers, actors, and movement artists looking to expand their expressive range, this workshop prioritizes physical exploration over text. Participants should bring a short scene (30-60 seconds) from a play or screenplay—a simple entrance-event-exit moment rather than a monologue. Examples:

  • Macbeth encounters the three witches, hears their prophecy, reacts, and exits.
  • Stanley overhears Blanche talking, enters, confronts her, and she leaves in distress.
  • Dorothy meets the Scarecrow, helps him down, he stumbles, and they exit together.

Some movement experience is helpful, but all bodies ready to play are welcome.



ABOUT DETOUR'S SUMMER 2025 INTENSIVE SERIES
  • Participants will be immersed in Detour Productions' approach to devised theater, experiential work, and drag artistry;
  • Each workshop is facilitated by Detour collaborators, offering unique vantage points into the company's creative process;
  • These workshops are geared towards advanced, pre-professional, and professional level dance & theater artists;
  • Detour is offering sliding-scale tuition for each workshop, with no one turned away for lack of funds;
  • All workshop venues are ADA accessible and have gender-neutral restrooms;
  • Masks are encouraged, not required;
  • If you have any questions, please email [email protected]



ABOUT KACIE BOBLITT

Kacie Boblitt is a NYC based artist specializing in movement, immersive theater, and commercial dance. She has been a performer with The Metropolitan Opera, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Detour Productions, OddKnock productions, THE SHED, Broad City, and Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof, and as a concert dancer, she toured domestically and internationally for several years with Keigwin+CO and Schoen Movement Company.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco, United States

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USD 65.87 to USD 215.26

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