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Essential Elements of Acting
Mondays, 7-9:30pm, March 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29 Explore Acting-Build Skills with foolsFURY Theater’s Education Director, Debórah Eliezer & Ryan O’Donnell * unlock your hidden talents * gain confidence expressing yourself * brush up on former training, or learn new skills * have fun in a nurturing environment The essential elements of acting aren’t limited to the theater. We all need to learn how to think on our feet, embrace our creative ideas, and listen attentively in all jobs and personal interactions. How do actors do it? In this introductory 4-week series, we’ll employ theater improvisation games, vocal training, song and text to gain expressiveness, expand self confidence and learn how to make strong choices in performance and in personal communication. This class is suitable for business professionals, teachers, healers, theater novices or actors looking to brush up on fundamental skills. Dress to move and ready to have fun! What students say: Debórah Eliezer, BA, SFSU, Cum Laude, brings over 15 years of professional training to her teaching. An actor, choreographer, and professional voiceover, she has been a member of the award-winning foolsFURY Theater for 6 years, teaches all over the Bay Area and maintains a private coaching practice. Her Integrated voice and movement work draws upon Linklater, Roy Hart, Lugering Method, The Viewpoints, Suzuki Actor Training Method and others. She is currently pursuing her Sound, Voice Movement Healing Certification at CIIS. Debórah has a passion for nurturing the hidden talents in her students, and helping them reach their goals. Ryan O’Donnell, MFA is a long-term member of foolsFURY Theater and also a member of Shotgun Players. He teaches acting all over the Bay Area including foolsFURY Theater, Berkeley Rep and Marin Theatre Co. DETAILS: Fees: General: $250 Early Bird by Feb 15th : $220 Location: Vox Mundi Studio Loft, 4053 Harlan St, #202
Emeryville, CA 94608 |
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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.
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.
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Date: Saturday/Sunday August 1-2 |
REGISTRATION: , or by check made to foolsFURY Theater.
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.
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Dates: Aug. 10-21, Mon – Thurs |
REGISTRATION: , or by check made to foolsFURY Theater.
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
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