It’s hard to think of a better time than the coldest, snowiest January in the past few years to trade working in Minnesota for Brazil. So don’t hate the artists of Live Action Set when they leave town Jan. 27 for three weeks to work with Lume Teatro in Campinas.

The four — Noah Bremer, Megan Odell, Galen Treuer and Vanessa Voskuil — have emerged in recent years as a challenging force in the local theater community, crafting innovative physical theater like last year’s Fringe Festival piece, “Deviants.” Like a number of others, “Deviants” was a site-specific work in which the creators delved deep into the psyche for a sometimes terrifying and thrilling theatrical ride. And that was only one of 13 similar pieces Live Action Set has crafted in the past few years.

While in Brazil, they'll be doing much more than walking on the beach in 80-degree summer weather. The Live Action set players will take part in workshops with performers from Lume Teatro, who have spent two decades exploring the reaches of theater and dance, and embracing everything from traditional clown work to Noh and Kabuki theater. Not only will the four Minnesotans get a chance to work hand-in-hand with an experienced crew of creators, but they’ll also have — for the first time — the opportunity to “train together, to focus on growing, and learning a shared performance vocabulary,” Treuer said.

Live Action Set received a Jerome Foundation travel/study grant to help foot the bill.

Members will split time between classes with Lume Teatro and working on their latest piece, “My Father’s Bookshelf,” which will run at the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio in June. The work deals with the impact of Alzheimer’s disease from the perspectives of a family and a scientist. (You can see a video report by 3-Minute Egg about tryouts for the show on Live Action’s website.)

Ahead of that, they’ll share their experiences in a two-day workshop on March 21-22. Information on the workshop is available online.