Swindlers — The art of twisting the path

Module 1 of the Creative Immersion Triptych

Description

There are figures who do not seek your approval.
They'll come in through the back door, laugh at the deals that were too neatly sealed, and lift the carpets to show what we've swept underneath.

The Deceiver is that one anarchic god of change: ambiguous, unstable, hungry, penniless.
Relative of Coyote, of the Raven, of Hermes And of the thieves, it dwells on the margins and appears precisely when the established order becomes rigid, solemn, or predictable. It is the presence that disrupts, that unsettles, that It throws away what we thought was safe.

He's not on your side. Switch sides.
It sneaks in where it has been excluded to remind us that every system —including the creative one— needs to ritualize its own rupture or it begins to rot from within.

In this module we approach this figure to explore how it permeates our imagination, our presence, and our creative practice.
An invitation to work from the edge: where things are questioned, the order is reversed, and everything can start again.

Methodology and work approach

The proposal combines physical, imaginal, and performative practices to activate the principle of the Deceiver in the body, in our imagination, and in creative composition:

• I work with masks and liminal figures

• physical improvisation through interruption, diversion, and inversion

• Exploration of trickster myths and their resonance in the personal imagination

• exercises in perception, provocation, and ritual play

• writing, drawing, or intuitive materials to expand internal images

• individual, duo and group work

Who is it aimed at?

To creators of any discipline — theater, dance, visual arts, writing, music — and people interested in exploring the imagination through the body, myth and play.
No prior experience is required: just curiosity, a willingness to move and engage with internal images that question, displace, and transform.

Note on the approach

The work is based on the tradition of physical and mask theatre linked to the pedagogy of Jacques Lecoqwhere the body is a source of play, knowledge, and profound imagination. It engages in dialogue with the depth psychology, understanding myth and symbol as collective psychic landscapes, and is inspired by the methodologies of Thomas Prattki Center, which proposes a path of embodied creation through the mask, the body and imaginal poetics.

Days and times

January 10th and 11th
From 10:00 to 19:00 hours

Module cost

1 Module: 100 Euros

Check for discounts if you add other modules.

Early bird discount on all options: 10%

Registration

Write to salalacuadra@gmail.com

Requirements: comfortable clothing, paper and pen.