[e-drive][WORKSHOP DIGEST FOR WEEK OF APRIL 2]
Chris Blanchenot
chris at caea.com
Fri Apr 2 14:04:28 EST 2004
Please direct all responses and inquiries directly to the theatre or
association listed in the e-drive notice below.
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WORKSHOP DIGEST FOR WEEK OF APRIL 2
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1. MASK AND CLOWN INTENSIVE - VANCOUVER
2. MEISNER ACTING TECHNIQUE - TORONTO
3. WORKSHOP UPDATE - THE PHYSICAL ACTOR SPEAKS - TORONTO
4. WORKSHOP UPDATE - MOVEMENT FOR CLASSICAL SINGERS - TORONTO
1. MASK AND CLOWN INTENSIVE - VANCOUVER
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"Baby Clown"
with John Turner (Smoot) of Mump & Smoot
This 16 day workshop (over 100 hours) is based on the Pochinko
technique.
Richard Pochinko was a Canadian visionary who developed a style of
creative
exploration drawing on three traditions: American circus clown, European
clowning and North American Aboriginal mask work. This workshop is
appropriate for all who are interested from all walks of life.
Games and exercises are used to awaken and encourage a sense of
pleasure, an
awareness of one's immediate environment, and an honest response to
internal
impulses and external events. Individual creativity is explored with
colour
work and body work and the making and wearing of six masks. These masks
mark
out the playground for the clown (creative self), guiding the
participants
through their innocence and experience, extremities and normalcies,
culminating in the "birth" of their individual clown. This workshop is
an
intense blast and furnishes the student with a structure for creative
exploration to last a lifetime.
DATES :
May 8th - 23rd, 2004 - There will be two days off during this period -
TBA
9:30 am - 6:00 pm
* For the first 6 days, students should attend all class times. There is
some limited flexibility
in the remaining 10 days.
COST:
$900.00 + 63.00 GST = $963.00
20% discount for Equity Members and early registration (by April 21)
$720 + $50.40 GST = $770.40
Payment plan is possible.
LOCATION:
Russian People's Home at Kiefer & Campbell
CONTACT INFO:
Please call Emelia at 604-876-1730 (Vancouver)
or email John at jackbillturner at onlink.net
For more information on Mump & Smoot, workshop schedules and
descriptions,
check out our website. www.mumpandsmoot.com
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2. MEISNER ACTING TECHNIQUE - TORONTO
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Taught by John Riven
The training begins with a period of extensive improvisational
exercises, including the "repetition exercise," in which the actor's
attention is focused upon his or her partner's simple, real behaviour.
After this strong improvisational beginning, the students will
eventually apply learned principles to a text. The exercises are
designed to get rid of the "actor" in you and let you start the process
of shedding anything extraneous and false as you fully inhabit the
reality of this very moment. The work is challenging, honest and most
rewarding. Students of the Sanford Meisner's method have included the
following: Robert Duvall, Joanne Woodward, Jon Voight, Gregory Peck,
Diane Keaton, Peter Falk, Steve McQueen, Mary Steenburgen, Jeff
Goldblum, Sydney Pollack, and David Mamet."
John Riven is a graduate of the Neighbourhood Playhouse where he studied
under Sanford Meisner and Richard Pinter. He is a founding member of the
Shadowfax Theatre Company in NYC. The Company, created by Neighbourhood
Playhouse graduates, produced original plays in NYC during the 80's.
Other founding members include Allison Janney : American Beauty, The
West Wing, Finding Nemo, Steve Rogers, screenwriter: Hope Floats,
Stepmom , and Lisa Marie Radano , playwright and screenwriter: Mrs.
Winterbourne. While directing and acting with Shadowfax, John began
teaching acting and eventually opened his own studio in Manhattan. One
of his more prominent former students, Doug Hutchison, went on to
starring roles in the films, The Green Mile, The Salton Sea and Sam and
Me. John has been teaching ongoing classes in Toronto for 3 years.
A new 6 week session is commencing Wednesdays from April 14th to May
19th Class time is 7:00pm - 10:00 pm at Central Studios, 680 Yonge St
2nd floor. The cost of the series will be $190 for non-union or $150
for Equity/ACTRA. Deposit is required before the class to reserve space.
Please call Cherilee at 416-466-1884
or email at cherfano at hotmail.com
to sign up or for more information.
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3. WORKSHOP UPDATE - THE PHYSICAL ACTOR SPEAKS - TORONTO
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WORKSHOP UPDATE
"THE PHYSICAL ACTOR SPEAKS"
New More Flexible Schedule Offered in response to special interest!
Monday April 19 to Sunday April 25, 2004
a) An intense workshop, five hours per day, seven days.
b) Partial workshop 1, five hours per day, three days (Mon/Tues/Wed).
c) Partial workshop 2, five hours per day, three days (Thur/Fri/Sat).
Plus, all participants invited to day seven.
Instructors: Denise Fujiwara, Butoh
Diane Pitblado, Voice Consultant
(and Assistant to Diane Pitblado)
Jeannette Lambermont, Text
Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Text
This workshop proposes an intense exploration of deep inner-actor
reserves in physical, emotional and vocal terms.
The dark soul of butoh work is an actor's prime territory. A butoh
performer uses a combination of the mind and the emotions in a way that
is recognizable to an actor. This physical exploration is intimately
connected with the soul of the artist. This workshop hopes to expand
this journey to include the voice: through sound and text.
Class size limited to a MAXIMUM of 24 students.
Cost:
a) $240.00 for Equity members, $290.00 for Non-equity.
b) or c) $175.00 for Equity members, $200.00 for Non-equity.
Location of workshop, Equity Showcase.
Please send your resume and cheque (made out to DDT Inc) to:
DareDen Theatre Inc.
38 Bright Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3H4
For more information contact jettelamb at rogers.com
Deadline for submissions is April 12, 2004
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4. WORKSHOP UPDATE - MOVEMENT FOR CLASSICAL SINGERS - TORONTO
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This workshop for professional singers will help awaken their fullest
expressive potential, by exploring and fine- tuning the singer's
physical expression through movement. Emphasis will be on awareness,
sensitivity and joy of movement.
Through dance and improvisation exercises this supportive workshop will
help the singer:
Learn new physical performance techniques (creating height, intimacy,
accessing the 'magnification' effect of the stage.)
Continue to refine the ability of the body as an expressive tool.
Release unwanted tension from the body.
Enrich the range of communication between fellow artists on stage as
well as the audience. Increase the singer's physical vocabulary.
Increase the singer's ability to perform precise physical movement, by
sensitizing the body's awareness.
Experiment with their body's range of motion simultaneously with the
voice.
Broaden their range of emotional expression.
When: Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9:00 April 20- May 25 (six weeks)
Fee: $144.00 Equity, $180.00 non -equity
(including $50.00 non-refundable registration fee)
Where: 96 Spadina, Suite 802 at the Inter-galactic Arts Co-op ( SW
corner of Spadina and Adelaide in The Darling Building)
Contact: Hope @ 416 535 1989 or rubyhope at ca.inter.net
REBECCA HOPE TERRY
Writer, Choreographer, & Performer Rebecca Hope Terry has been
performing professionally for over 12 years. A versatile and respected
artist throughout Canada, Ms. Terry has performed in over 50 theatres
internationally. As a dancer she has performed with many Canadian
contemporary dance companies - 100 shows alone with Dancemakers, one of
Canada's finest modern dance companies, with whom she danced for seven
years. Her exploratory nature has naturally steered her towards a career
in multi-disciplinary theatre. Her work has been presented in Vancouver,
Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edinburgh and most recently rural England. She
has just finished a successful Toronto run and England tour of her
one-woman show, Weather, directed by Volcano Theatre's Ross Manson.
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