LUDUS Lab - Zack Fuller

In this LEIMAY LUDUS Lab (Improvisation into Performance) Zack Fuller focuses on creating possibilities for improvisation through the development of an omni-centered body. Utilizing elements of Grotowski work and Min Tanaka’s Body Weather workshops, as well as exercises developed by Zack Fuller over his 20-year practice of improvised dance, it is an introduction to a methodology of preparation for improvised performance involving the accumulation of material drawn from areas of human experience such as daily life, folklore, dreams, and visual art.

Each session begins with a warm-up that is both vigorous and relaxing, moving into focused explorations emphasizing the balance between structure and impulse. Jumping, rolling, and elements from Hatha Yoga and Capoeira are combined in ways that emphasize the balance between structure and impulse while challenging, strengthening and activating the upper body and arms as much as the lower body and legs. Slow movement combined with partnering exercises, physical actions from daily life, and visualization as a means of engaging the body’s inner stream. Each session culminates in extended improvisations in relation with music, space, and other bodies, allowing participants to experience authentic impulses in the body and draw imagery from the subconscious.

Appropriate for and open to dancers, movers, improvisers, actors, people interested in butoh, or anyone seeking a physical experience. No previous dance training is necessary.