Scarabeus’ directors and associates regularly lecture on performance arts at institutions across the globe. The company has also been involved in the training processes of professional companies such as Black Mime Theatre, the Black Women Training Project and in projects such as Haringey Council’s ‘Personnel for Childcare and Training’ project. Our professional development menu includes:

Skills based techniques
Developing an understanding of body control, alignment, freedom of movement, focus of energy, weight and rhythm. Working with partners; learning about giving and taking weight, lifting and support work, balance and counter-balance, This relates in particular to acrobalance, stilt work, aerial and abseiling work.

Theatre based skills
To develop an understanding of characterisation by using various approaches, to explore the use of the voice and to experiment with various styles of theatre. Use of improvisation as the basis for devising work based on physical/visual theatre.

Commedia dell'Arte
We use masks, improvisation, basic acrobatics and stunt fighting to teach this vibrant and complete form of theatre from sixteenth century Italy.

Integrating Theatre / Design / Music / Video Skills
Combining all of the above with sound, video, set and equipment to discover how they work together, with the possibilities of using each as a starting point.

Site specific performance
Lectures and seminars on the creation of site specific work analysing issues such as: integrating the aesthetic of a site with our physicality; flights and constraints to creativity; making art that belongs to the everyday; and the politics of space.

Intensive Residencies
Scarabeus can provide an opportunity for participants to work intensively with the company. This can include the workshop components already mentioned, although it will be specifically designed as part of a larger framework suited to the group, space and duration of residency. Participants will have a unique opportunity to experience the working practices of the company first hand.