Moscow in Manhattan Russian American Theater Education Exchange
Workshop Description April 29-30
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
Friday Workshop 6 ? 9PM
Class 1: Awareness & Imagination
Training Exercises: Awareness as a creative state and imagination
shifting awareness from external object to internal and back; visual, hearing, and multi-object awareness. Training Exercises: Imagination as the main component of awareness from concrete objects to imaginary objects.
Saturday Workshop 6 - 9PM
Class 2: Creative Imagination
Exercises and Etudes: Fantasy as the necessary quality of creative thinking transforming the imaginary objects into the concrete form on stage. Exercises: How to create, enhance, and evolve your awareness.
Sunday Workshop 11-2PM
Class 3: Understanding and use of tempo and rhythm.
Exercises: What is tempo-rhythm ?
concept of tempo and rhythm; combination of tempo and rhythm; creating harmony on the stage through the understanding and use of tempo and rhythm.
Etudes: Improvisations (action with an undefined objective).
sense of partnership and ensemble; ability to say ?yes? on stage.
Etudes: Improvisations (action with a defined objective). event as the turning point of the scene; through the event to the action and preparation of the dramati climax .
Sunday Workshop 3-6PM
Class 4: . The space, the actor, the ensemble and objects on the stage
Exercises: Understanding volume of space and sense of self and partners in the space. awareness in the space; myself amongst partners and objects on the stage.
Etudes: Stanislavsky?s method of physical actions. Connection of body and subconscious; starting with the body and moving toward feeling.
Cost $190.00 12 hour Workshop
located at Actors Movement Studio 302 West 37 Street, 6th Fl.
212-736-3309