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Dell'Arte Summer Workshops (Blue Lake, CA)
Posted March 9, 2009
Note: Dell'Arte has one of the most prestigious clown training
programs in North America. Details posted as received.
Summer Workshops 2009
A celebration of the actor in motion at the American center for the
exploration, training, and performance of physical theatre.
effort, risk, momentum, joy. . .
THE DELL'ARTE INTENSIVE
Earlybird discount!
only $1,550 if paid by April 1
With Ronlin Foreman, Joe Krienke, Stephanie Thompson, Joan Schirle,
Michael Fields, & guest Donlin Foreman.
A month long immersion in the core actor-training methodology of the school.
5 hours of daily class work + lab hours, $1,650, For actors,
directors, teachers
Our month-long intensive is based on the actor-training methodology of
The Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. The work of
the actor-creator arises out of silence, darkness, and empty space,
moving into ensemble play and the actor's ability to devise original
work for the stage. The training aims towards creation of The Dynamic
Theatre, a visceral, actor-centered theatre that crosses stylistic
boundaries and informs classic as well as contemporary works, original
as well as adapted works.
The skillful, dynamic, and easeful use of the performative body/voice
is at the core of our curriculum. The goal is an actor whose presence
demonstrates an ability to command the time and space of the stage.
The DAI Intensive is appropriate for actors, dancers, directors,
teachers, and designers. For Summer '09 we will offer a focus on the
‘realms' or territories that are explored in the training of the
physical actor. Students from previous intensives will find fresh
inspirations as well as a great refresher.
The questions for this workshop:
- What is the powerful presence of the actor in the dimension of the
theatre?
- How does energy become action?
- How does the work of gesture, rhythm, shape, tempo, etc as
determined in the great tragic and melodramatic works, give rise to an
actor of powerful intentionality?
- How does the training of the actor in dramatic territories cross
over to the world of the human comedy?
- How does the actor's body and sense of play stretch to meet the
comic archetypes?
Action must always precede analysis. The first step
predetermines the ones to follow. Having made the first eccentric
motion at your birth, you can now look around. Birth is a matter of
territory; identity comes later, through action. Self-awareness in
space and time equals presence. (Self-consciousness leads to
immobility and is the enemy of presence.) From presence, one can
develop the ability to represent.
- Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, Dell'Arte Founder
Week 1 : "NEVER TOO CLEAN"
The essential work of Dell'Arte founder Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, known
as "The Showers," because "you are never too clean to do them."
Through this set of structured improvisations—open,
non-psychological play in the empty space of the stage, the cleansing
of unnecessary habits—the actor becomes a more powerful
presence. The Showers are complimented by the FM Alexander Technique
in vocal/physical work and by movement training with Donlin
Foreman.
Week 2: THE DRAMATIC REALMS: Melodrama Through Tragedy
The training proceeds as presence becomes intention; energy becomes
action. The actor in the space; explorations in space, time, rhythms,
music, and visual forms; the poetic dimension of the protagonist or
tragic hero(ine), epic and sacrifice. Melodrama teaches us about
heightened stakes—"Life, ramped" (actor Ethan Hawke).
Week 3: THE DRAMATIC REALMS: The Human Comedy
With a focus on craft—rhythm, timing, partnership,
entrance/exit, dynamics, the mask, and more—this week engages
the atypical playing of comic types through work on theme and the
timeless situations of the human comedy.
Week 4 : THE DRAMATIC REALMS: Clown & Comic Archetypes
Coming full circle from the cleansing work of The Showers, the actor
researches an organic, non-traditional personage to find the play of
failure. Clown lives not just in eccentric behavior, but also in
authentic play in concert with its partners, for the audience. Work in
duos, trios.
Classes meet Tuesday through Saturday; 5 hours of daily class work +
lab hours
This is not a commedia dell'arte course.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Dell'Arte International is the U.S. center for the research, training,
and performance of the actor-creator, exploring the=2 0physical
theatre traditions and their contemporary applications. With the
professional Dell'Arte Company, a summer festival, and an
international actor-training program offering both MFA and certificate
programs, Dell'Arte has for 30 years pioneered in the areas of
physical theatre, theatre of place and devised theatre.
Grand Guignol: Theatre of Terror & Laughter
June 17-21
with Producing Artistic Director Michael Fields and Tyler Olsen
9:30am-12:30pm, 2- 4:30pm daily, $450, All Levels
Once the most popular entertainment in Europe, Grand Guignol is an
exciting theatre form that begat current thriller and horror films.
Rarely taught, this "theatre of laughter and terror" explores our
fascination with the macabre, playing with the violation of society's
taboos. Grand Guignol is wildly physical, intensely psychological, and
filled with gruesome special effects. Explore both the physical
performance styles and skills at the heart of the form, as well as the
special effects (often closely held secrets) that so terrified the
Grand Guignol audiences that a medical doctor was on hand for every
performance to treat those who passed out from shock! The workshop
will culminate in a late-night presentation of horror. Fee includes
materials.
At the Crossroads: Dance & Theatre NEW!
June 17-21
With Master Teacher Donlin Foreman
9:30am-12:30pm, 2-4:30pm + lab daily, $400, For dancers and actors.
Donlin Foreman is a former principal dancer with the Martha Graham
Company, founder of Buglisi-Foreman Dance, now artistic director of
Common Ground Dance Theater. Five days of intense exploration in the
interface between dance and theatre; an investigation into gesture,
emotion, and the kinetic demands of comtemporary physical theatre.
Technique, improvisation and lab work.
Mask Making and Mask Performance
July 20-July 31
with Dell'Arte Instructor Bruce Marrs
9:30am-12:30pm, 2-5pm one week: $400; two weeks: $750, All levels
This very popluar workshop teaches papier mache maskmaking techniques
as well as how the mask and the performer meet. One studio is filled
with masks and mask-making tools and supplies, and a stereo. Another
studio is empty but for mirrors, a few props and costumes, and a
stereo. In the first week we study the craft of character sculpture
and the making of professional quality theatre performance masks,
learning papier-mache technique and viewing other mask-making methods.
In the second week we continue the study of modeling, painting, etc
and study what makes totally engaging and magical mask performance.
The same acting notions particular to successful masked performance
translate back to acting in any style; the vocabulary of the craft
finds a life in the body. Week One is a prerequisite for Week Two.
Class meets six20hours daily, Tue. through Sat.; however, the studios
are open 24/7 for individual or group research. Fee includes
materials. Check out Bruce Marrs' masks at marzillamask.com.
RasaBoxes™ Training Retreat
July 28-August 7
with Rachel Bowditch
Tues.-Sat. 9am-1pm, 3-7pm, $550, All levels
Train in the RasaBoxes&trade approach to become an Athlete of the
Emotions! What are the RasaBoxes? Devised by Richard Schechner, based
on ideas from French theorist Antonin Artaud, the Natyasastra, a
classical Indian treatise on performance, and contemporary scientific
studies on emotion, the RasaBoxes exercises comprise a unique
improvisational, psychophysical approach for finding truthful, fully
embodied sensations of presence and emotional specificity through
direct physical engagement. Working holistically, this technique
unifies mind, body, emotion, and intention to produce performance work
that is viscerally engaging, whether applied to the subtlety of film
acting or the boldness of commedia dell'arte. The RasaBoxes exercises
integrate, rather than separate, acting, movement and voice, engaging
the whole performer in one approach. Rigorous daily training includes
yoga, extensive breath, voice, and movement work, and solo and
ensemble generated performance composition developed from the
RasaBoxes material.
Rachel Bowditch, MA/PhD, is a performer, theatre director , teacher,
and performance studies scholar. As an Artistic Associate of East
Coast Artists, she has performed in Yokastas directed by Richard
Schechner at LaMaMa Annex (2003 and 2005). Since 2002, she has
studied, assisted, and taught Rasaboxes™ with Richard Schechner, Paula
Murray Cole, and Michele Minnick, becoming a certified Rasaboxes™
instructor in 2008. She is co-editing a book on Rasaboxes with Paula
Murray Cole with various contributors - Richard Schechner, Michele
Minnick, and others. As the artistic director of Vessel, Rachel has
directed several original productions in New York City as well as
directs the on-going site-specific performance, Transfix. She is the
founder of M.O.V.E. (Movement. Observation. Vision. Experimentation)
Arizona Laboratory for Movement Research Winter Intensive at Arizona
State University in collaboration with Sara Romersberger and the
Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME). Currently, she is
an assistant professor in the School of Theatre and Film at Arizona
State University. For more information, visit vesselproject.org.
DELL'ARTE ABROAD: DENMARK 2009
Residential training intensives at Aasen, Denmark
Presented by Dell'Arte, Movenact (Arhus) and Aasen
Surrounded by rolling farmlands, flowers and herbs, grass and trees,
Aasen is a true retreat setting, a rustic center for popular theatre
in North Jutland.
Classes meet six hours daily. Courses begin with first night dinner.
Fees include tuition, housing, and meals. Enrollment limited.
Workshops in Funny
with Master Teachers Ronlin Foreman & Joan Schirle
THE MASK OF THE CLOWN
July 29-August 7
with Ronlin Foreman, master teacher
Ridiculous Research—the non-traditional personage. Clown,
falling, bouncing, flying … Living a Logic based on discovered
eccentric perceptions / interpretations of "normal" life. … Living in
opposition to the laws of nature … in contradiction to the "realities"
of this world.… be free, be funny.
Applicants must submit resume and letter of intent for this workshop.
Daily work will include movement, evolution of clown as personal
character, improvisation in duos and trios (status), development of
entrees, playing for an audience, etc.
6 hours daily + lab, $1,400 includes tuition, housing, and all meals.
THE CRAFT OF COMEDY
August 9-14
with Joan Schirle, master teacher
The comic spirit manifests through the craft of the performer: rhythm,
timing, focus, partnership, use of the space, the rule of three's,
entrance/exit, dynamics, and much more. Get acquainted with the basics
or to sharpen your skills—we'll work to your own level.
Daily work includes movement, comic technique and improvisations,
takes and trips, recognition and discovery, object work, development
of themes, and joy in the playing!
6 hours daily + lab, $850 includes tuition, housing and all meals.
All levels welcome.
Aasen Instructors:
Ronlin Foreman is one of America's foremost clown teachers; his former
students perform with Cirque du Soleil and Ringling Bros as well as
in theatres and streets worldwide. Joan Schirle is the Director of the
Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake,
California and Dell'Arte's Founding Artistic Director. She is a
certified teacher of the FM Alexander Technique and was recently one
of four US actors given national awards for distinguished performing
careers. For extended bios, please visit dellarte.com.
Aasen Housing & Fee Details
Workshops begin with dinner the first night, and conclude with closing
night's dinner. Students enrolled in both workshops receive free
Saturday night lodging between workshops. Rooms are dormitory-style
with 2 beds/room and shared bathrooms. Home-cooked meals, including
vegetarian, are served in the communal dining room. Travel information
will be provided upon enrollment.
A $50 deposit for Denmark workshops is required by June 1. Non-US
residents may use Visa or Mastercard, or Paypal. Danish students may
receive a 10% discount by enrolling through Movenact
(info@movenact.dk) . Enrollment for all workshops is limited. Please
apply as early as possible. We requir e full payment in six weeks in
advance for each workshop, fully refundable (minus deposit) until 3
weeks before your first workshop begins. Cancellations made less than
21 days before each workshop begins are subject to a $50 cancellation
fee. If Dell'Arte must cancel your workshop, or you are not accepted
into a workshop, the full amount will be refunded. Workshops that do
not meet minimum enrollment six weeks before the workshop start date
will be cancelled.
For other questions about housing, and travel, contact info@dellarte.com.
Blue Lake Housing & Fee Details
Dell'Arte provides summer workshop housing rentals in our student
housing rentals. These is typical student housing, complete with
mismatched furniture, assorted cookware, and furnished rooms, with
shared kitchen and bath. Meals are not included, but there are
restaurants and shopping nearby. We can also provide a list of local
motels.
2009 Summer Housing Prices
Cleaning Deposit $50. Refundable, please add to the Housing Price.
Housing costs must be paid 30 days before workshop starts.
Please call Dharla Curry at 668-5663 ext 17 or email Dharla@dellarte.com
to arrange housing and payment options.
1 week: $175
2 weeks: $350
3 weeks: $475
4 weeks: $600
5 weeks: $750
6 weeks: $900
7 weeks: $1,000
8 weeks: $1,100
IN BLUE LAKE, CALIFORNIA: Enjoy the beautiful beaches, ancient forests
and wild rivers of the North Coast while attending workshops.
For more information: dellarte.com, 707-668-5663, info@dellarte.com.
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