WorkshopPhysical Theatre: From Body to Story
Your body already knows how to tell a story. This is where you let it speak.
WorkshopPhysical Theatre: From Body to Story
This is not a performance class. It's a 3-hour physical theatre lab where you use your body as a creative instrument. No stage fright. No acting experience needed. Just a body and genuine curiosity.
Through four expressive layers — Statics, Dynamics, Sound, and Dramaturgy — you move from isolated gesture to collective storytelling.
Step by step, you discover how stillness, movement, voice, and narrative can transform into something powerful — without a script, without experience, without pretending.
The Situation:
We spend most of our lives inside our heads — analyzing, planning, rehearsing. The body becomes just a vehicle that carries the mind from place to place. But something gets lost when we stop listening to it.
You might recognize yourself here:
• You feel disconnected from your body in stressful or creative moments
• You overthink instead of trusting your instinct
• You want to express yourself more freely but don't know how
• You feel stuck in routine and crave something that wakes you up
• You're curious about physical expression but have never explored it
• You want to create something together with other people — without a script
The Practices:
Actors use their bodies as primary instruments. In physical theatre, the body doesn't illustrate the text — it IS the text. We take these tools and make them accessible to anyone curious about embodied expression.
Body composition & stillness (Statics)
Coordination, rhythm & dynamic movement (Dynamics)
Voice as physical material — breath, resonance, sound (Sound)
Collective storytelling from the body up (Dramaturgy)
What to expect
The course unfolds over three stages
WARM-UP & GROUNDING
We begin by slowing down. A guided body scan and awareness exercises bring your attention out of your head and into your physical experience. You become present — to yourself and to the group.
FOUR EXPRESSIVE LAYERS
We will explore: Statics - Dynamics - Sound - Dramaturgy
COLLECTIVE CREATION
In small groups, you create short physical theatre scenes — no text, no characters, just bodies in space telling a shared story. You discover how much can be communicated without a single word.
INTEGRATION
We close by reflecting on the experience — what surprised you, what opened up, what you want to take with you.
What you’ll experience
Reconnection with your body
Shift attention from constant thinking to physical awareness — grounded, present, awake.
Expanded creative range
Discover forms of expression beyond words — and how much the body already knows.
A fully recharged state
Using the body as an anchor: breathe, feel, respond
Real-time
Participants consistently describe leaving the workshop feeling lighter, more present, and creatively alive.
Inside the program
What Participants Say
Program instructors:
Igor Kliuchnyk
Lead Instructor, Founder of Tisto Studio NYC
Igor Kliuchnyk
Co-founder of Beautiful Flowers Theatre and NAFTA Theatre, Kharkiv
Co-founder of TISTO School (Ukraine) - 1,000+ graduates and 20+ original training programs
Co-founder of the humanitarian foundation Rescue Now (since 2022)
TEDx speaker · Co-founder of Parade Fest International Theater Festival
15+ years working at the intersection of theater, education, and leadership, building and leading teams of 200+ people using theater-based methods.
Igor Kliuchnyk
Actor · Theater Director · Producer · Educator
Igor Kliuchnyk
Co-founder of Beautiful Flowers Theatre and NAFTA Theatre, Kharkiv
Co-founder of TISTO School (Ukraine) · 1,000+ graduates and 20+ original training programs
Co-founder of the humanitarian foundation Rescue Now (since 2022)TEDx speaker · Co-founder of Parade Fest International Theater Festival15+ years working at the intersection of theater, education, and leadership, building and leading teams of 200+ people using theater-based methods.
Lead instructor — In-Person Course (5 Sessions)
Igor Kliuchnyk
Actor · Theater Director · Producer · Educator
Igor Kliuchnyk
Co-founder of Beautiful Flowers Theatre and NAFTA Theatre, Kharkiv
Co-founder of TISTO School (Ukraine) · 1,000+ graduates and 20+ original training programs
Co-founder of the humanitarian foundation Rescue Now (since 2022)TEDx speaker · Co-founder of Parade Fest International Theater Festival15+ years working at the intersection of theater, education, and leadership, building and leading teams of 200+ people using theater-based methods.
Lead instructor — In-Person Course (5 Sessions)
Igor Kliuchnyk
Actor · Theater Director · Producer · Educator
Igor Kliuchnyk
Co-founder of Beautiful Flowers Theatre and NAFTA Theatre, Kharkiv
Co-founder of TISTO School (Ukraine) · 1,000+ graduates and 20+ original training programs
Co-founder of the humanitarian foundation Rescue Now (since 2022)TEDx speaker · Co-founder of Parade Fest International Theater Festival15+ years working at the intersection of theater, education, and leadership, building and leading teams of 200+ people using theater-based methods.
Lead instructor — In-Person Course (5 Sessions)
Commitment& Details
April 9, Thursday, 6:30-9:30 pm
Session Length: 3 hours
Held: English / Ukrainian
Format: Live Presence
Experience Level: Open to All (No prior experience required)
Group size: Up to 15 participants
What to bring: Comfortable clothing and an open mind
ProgramSchedule
Phase 1 — Warm-Up & Grounding (30 min)
Phase 2 — Four Expressive Layers (90 min)
Phase 3 — Collective Creation (45 min)
Phase 4 — Integration (30 min)
Start March 24 → April 21
Start March 24 → April 21
Start March 24 → April 21