The Masks
Since 1988, when we first became acquainted with the Balinese mask material, we have been able to create masks intended for other people's artistic purposes rather than our own needs.
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Primarily, it has been actors/artists who have commissioned special masks in connection with their work on a single performance or ongoing body maintenance to ensure that the body performs optimally on stage or on set.
One of them is the ICON mask!
An icon is a painting technique that gives the impression that the eyes of the ICON follow the person(s) entering the room where the icon is placed. It has a technical description in art as DOUBLE PERSPECTIVE.
In the Orthodox Church, the idea is that you are not alone; God will always follow you!
Actors who use the icon masks as a warm-up before going on stage will experience this double perspective…. The audience and the stage are together and “looking at each other”. We are together, and no one is separate from the other.
The experience for both the actors and the audience is extraordinarily stimulating.
Over time, at the request of many, we created masks for non-performing artists for various purposes.
The inner child
We now know what creates these powerful masks.
It is an aesthetic and ethical imperative whenever a new mask is created, and therefore the three artists involved work closely together to keep it as honest and virtuous as possible, so that users know that it is a reliable product that they are holding in their hands.
As Leonardo da Vinci put it: “It is not the painting itself that is the challenge, but the intention.”
As we move forward, we find it more and more appropriate for our work to keep some of it secret, because it gives more focus and energy to the creations and makes room for new spiritual forces to enter the work.
So that today we can work with a person's finest energies, as we have made masks and make masks that follow a completely different path, thereby making the work more enriching for those who use these spiritual masks.
MASK WORK IN PRACTICE
In our theatre we regularly have Mask Work as training for the master actor, combining our newly edited material with Michael Chekhov's collected practice material. The teaching is most often individual. But ensembles can also be taught with this specific material.
It opens up a world of tools for creating a character, combined with the archetypes.
Dance masks, which in their beauty, strength, form and the image of wholeness give the artist the right stimulation for the ultimate expression.
We work with live music and sounds.
Willpower, sexuality, sensuality mask the masculine and feminine aspects of the body and life.
Kama Sutra
We use a fine collection of love masks, Kama Sutra masks, Mars Venus masks, thinking emotions and will masks.
Chakra Masks.
The Chakra Masks have been working for decades and are dedicated to helping actors and others heal the body's energy structure.
They are used individually, lying down or dancing.
We recently discovered that Johannes Brahms' "A German Requiem" covers all 7 energy chakras. The participant can thus dance the seven chakra masks to Brahms' music. A magnificent experience. Healthy and enriching. Doing this work in our Joglo with its strong living spirit or third eye energy leaves an uplifting effect that will be remembered forever by the practitioner. Excellent for treating depression.
Matthew Passion Masks
The St. Matthew Passion masks by Johann Sebastian Bach are the crown jewels of the mask collection. They contain a kind of spiritual experience that gives the impression of being surrounded by spirits, who may be the same ones who inspired and helped Bach write the music!!!
The 11 masks are created by listening to 11 specially selected songs from the Passion script.
Those who have used all 11 masks in a single session report the same experience across masks.
The first is the welcome mask, which guides the person into the "room" on this special passage. Mask by mask, their different qualities will be released, and all the wounds and pains of the past, until the middle mask calls for a powerful beam of light coming from somewhere outside. A kind of manifestation that everything is completely okay. Then the way is open. Mask number 7 is the Judas song and provides the greatest liberation or forgiveness. Towards the end, there is a preparation for death at Bach's hands, and the last mask opens a large gate, showing a wonderful green meadow and great peace. The gate closes quietly again, and the participant sees only the inside of the mask; the healing session is over. The St. Matthew Passion is not played, and the entire healing experience takes 90 minutes. The interaction between the participant, the 11 masks, and the powerful spiritual energy of the room provides a vigorous and clear experience.
If you want to hear more about the ancient structure Bach use in many of his compositions ad well as the Matthew Passion please contact us.! Thank you
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