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WOOLLY MAMMOTH'S ADVANCEDCLASSES FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS
WINTER CLASSES:BEGINNING NEOFUTURISM
Instructor: John Pierson of The Neo-Futurists The Chicago-based NEO-FUTURISTS are renowned for their engaging, immediate, truthful, and highly entertaining Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. The success of their work stems from the ensemble’s ability to pull uniquely individual material from their own lives and mold it into universally accessible art. In this workshop you will learn the exercises and philosophies behind creating, writing, performing, and directing immediate theatre based on your own life. This class provides specific acting techniques and an opportunity to write and perform pieces for the other workshop students. Note: This course is for intermediate to advanced level actors. John Pierson has been a Neo-Futurist for eleven years. He is also known as John Jughead Pierson, the founding member of the legendary punk band Screeching Weasel and the revolutionary acoustic punk band Even In Blackouts. Under another pseudonym, Ian Pierce, he has written, produced and published over 20 plays and one novel, Weasels In A Box. TO REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS CLICK HERE. NEUTRAL MASK AND CLOWN
Instructors: Sarah Sanford & Dan Rothenberg of Pig Iron Theatre Co. Workshop participants train with members of Pig Iron Theatre Company on the Neutral Mask and Clown, as well as movement analysis and collaborative playmaking. When working on the Neutral Mask, participants are pushed to find a neutral presence on stage, engaged with the space, prepared, alert, alive. Working through improvisation and in small groups on projects, participants gain an appreciation for the body’s capacity for expression. When working on the Clown, participants build on this neutral presence and work to discover their own personal Clown. With little else but a red nose, these Clowns become acutely aware of their environment, of their relationship with the audience, and of their own particular sense of humor. The workshop concludes with presentations of Clown numbers, developed in Clown families and in consultation with the workshop leaders. Note: This course is for intermediate to advanced level actors. Sarah Sanford is an actor and director based in Philadelphia. A member of Pig Iron since 2002, she has performed in six company works including the Obie Award-winning Hell Meets Henry Halfway and Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays at the Public Theatre. Sarah graduated from École Jacques Lecoq in Paris and has taught physical theatre in New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, California, and Poland. Dan Rothenberg is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of Pig Iron Theatre Company. Dan’s directing credits with Pig Iron include Poet in New York, Cafeteria, Gentlemen Volunteers, Flop, Hell Meets Henry Halfway, and many others. Dan has worked and studied with École Jacques Lecoq, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Shakespeare & Co., American Repertory Theatre and Théâtre du Soleil, and received an Independence Foundation Fellowship to study choral voice in Europe as well as a Pew Fellowship in the Arts with his fellow Pig Iron co-founders Quinn Bauriedel and Dito van Reigersberg. TO REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS CLICK HERE.
Fore more information on our classes contact Education & Outreach Assistant Natalie Handel.
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