Cutting-edge Theater Training with foolsFURY

EXPAND your expressive range RELEASE unwanted physical and vocal habits DEVELOP a greater awareness of your body, time and space UNLOCK your fullest potential for performance success

Training for all FoolsFURY is dedicated to providing unique, cutting-edge theater training opportunities to the public. Each year we offer a series of courses taught by the foolsFURY ensemble, and other master teachers from around the world. These explorations expand theater makers’ repertoires, help access the body and voice as a powerful storytelling tool, and unlock new areas of creativity.

Why all the fuss about training? Our credo: on some level every moment of every play should be viewed in the same heightened manner as a musical number in a Broadway show, or an elegant modern dance. Every line of dialogue, every pause, the sound of every foot hitting the floor is the performer’s song. Every movement, every gesture, and every exit and entrance is part of an intricate choreography. Attention and focus are what make stellar theatrical experiences. Rigor, focus, and exploration are what makes brilliant performers.

Please join us for one of our upcoming trainings – stretch your physical skills and your creative horizons.

FOOLSFURY: INTRO TO PHYSICAL AND VOCAL TECHNIQUES

August 1-2, 2009

This weekend intensive will introduce some of the fundamental physical and vocal skills used to make work by foolsFURY theater upon which we base our creative work. This includes superb training in the Viewpoints, the Suzuki method of actor training, basics of weight-sharing and contact improvisation, vocal improvisation and warm-ups and more. Suitable for all levels of experience, from professional performer to theater enthusiast.

Intro to physical and vocal techniques:
Details:

Date: Saturday/Sunday August 1-2
Hours: 10:30-5:30pm
Location: TBA, San Francisco studio
Tuition: $150 Early Bird Discount: $125 before July 1st, Continuing students: $115

REGISTRATION: www.brownpapertickets.org, or by check made to foolsFURY Theater.

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FOOLSFURY INTENSIVE: THE VITAL ACT

August 10 – 21, 2009

A two-week intensive for continuing students will move beyond our basic training, teaching cutting-edge techniques in contemporary theater, and helping you harness them for your own work. Our exploration will stretch your notions of how stories can be told on stage, and allow you to unlock new areas of creativity in your bodies and minds. The program brings together many of the styles and forms which we have carefully integrated into our powerful and liberating approach to creation, including Viewpoints, Suzuki, Buffoonery, structured improvisation, vocal training, writing exercises, and more.

The-Vital-Act
Details:

Dates: Aug. 10-21, Mon – Thurs
Hours: 6:30 – 10:30 pm
Location: TBA, San Francisco studio
Tuition: $450 Early Bird Discount: $425 before July 10th, Continuing Students: $410

REGISTRATION: www.brownpapertickets.org, or by check made to foolsFURY Theater.

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DIRECTING WORKSHOP WITH BEN YALOM

A rare opportunity to work with foolsFURY artistic director Ben Yalom. This course will provide techniques, strategies, and insights into creating truly innovative theater. We will explore ways of expanding your artistic vision for a piece, and learn to use tools such as the Viewpoints in conveying narrative and creating structure. We will dissect traditional notions of directing, discard those that don’t serve, and look at innovative models to approach creation. Each student will direct a short piece, and be coached through the process. A public presentation of the work will be held on the final class day.

4 Saturdays, 6 hr sessions, 24 hours of class time, culminating in performance.
Limited class size of 8 directors.
Receive personal attention and individual feedback throughout the process.

Tuition: $600 includes rehearsal space & performance venue
Location: TBA
Dates: TBA, Fall ‘09
Application requests, CVs and questions: ben@foolsfury.org

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