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Actors' Lab: PLAYING SHAKESPEARE
8 sessions.
Instructor: Carol Pedersen
Dates: Saturdays, NEW START DATE 4/20 - 6/8 , 10am -1pm.
Location: Rehearsal A (123 East Water Street, 4th Floor)
Tuition: $190, $171 for Friends of Live Arts
To register, click HERE or call Bree at 434.977.4177, ext 100.
Intimidated by Shakespeare? Don't be. This class will explore the skills involved in playing Shakespeare, from speaking iambic pentameter to seeing ghosts. Following Hamlet's advice to the Players, we'll work on monologues and scenes from the plays, creating the characters who speak those words. Recommended text: Shakespeare' Advice to the Players by Peter Hall. The class will attend the Live Arts production of Or, Liz Duffy Adams' contemporary look at another 17th century British playwright, Aphra Behn. The class is open to those with or without training and/or experience.
Actors' Lab: The Basics (CANCELED)
8 Sessions
Instructor: Carol Pedersen
Dates: Sundays, 4/14 - 6/9 (No class Memorial Day weekend - 5/26), 1pm -3pm
Location: Rehearsal A (123 East Water Street, 4th Floor)
Tuition: $130, $117 for Friends of Live Arts
Instructor: Carol Pedersen
To register, click HERE or call Bree at 434.977.4177, ext 100.
Whether you are discovering acting for the first time or brushing up on your skills, this Basics class is the perfect forum for exploring the fundamentals of the actor's craft through exercises, improvisations, and in-class text work. Class is open to those with or without previous training or experience.
Improv Comedy I: Character and Scene
7 sessions and a final performance.
Instructor: Joel Jones
Dates: Sundays, 4/7 - 5/19; Class show on 5/21 at Live Arts.; 1:30pm-3:30pm
Location: Live Arts Rehearsal Z (1108 Forest St.)
Class Final Performance 5/21, 8pm (at 123 East Water Street)
Tuition: $110, $99 for Friends of Live Arts
To register, click HERE or call Bree at 434.977.4177, ext 100.
This introduction to ‘Longform Improv’ will teach you how to create spontaneous, hilarious scenes inspired by almost anything and build those scenes into a completely impromptu, original show of strong comic characters infused with life! In seven weeks of exercises, games, and a final class performance you’ll learn to bring who you are, your interests, quirks, and experiences and apply it all to play fearlessly with other smart people in focused abandon. This is the comedy training of performers on programs like The Office, Parks and Recreation, Colbert, and The Daily Show. You might just shock your friends and family at the class show by how funny you are!
Improv Comedy II: Cuts, Tags &Callbacks
7 sessions and a final performance.
Instructor: Joel Jones
Dates: Sundays, 4/7 - 5/19; Class show on 5/21 at Live Arts.; 4pm-6pm
Location: Live Arts Rehearsal Z (1108 Forest St.)
Class Final Performance 5/21, 8pm (at 123 East Water Street)
Tuition: $110, $99 for Friends of Live Arts
To register, email Bree at bree@livearts.org
Improv Cuts, Tags & Callbacks builds on the skills from Improv Character & Scene as you work in sync with other performers using techniques such as cuts, callbacks, tags, and beats to create shows of multiple storylines that explore characters in different times and places. You’ll also learn ways to create stronger, funnier characters using physicality, status, verbal confessions, and philosophy as you develop richer and more playful ideas from audience suggestions. Six sessions plus a class show. Prerequisite: Improv Character & Scene.
Family Tap
8 sessions
Instructor: Jennifer Schindler
Spring class: Tuesdays, 4/9 - 5/28, 6pm-7pm
Location: Rehearsal A at 123 East Water Street.
Tuition: $80, $72 for Friends of Live Arts ; For "families" of 2 or more, $70 per student by email only bree@livearts.org.
To register, click HERE or call Bree at 434.977.4177, ext 100.
The family that taps together... makes a whole lot of noise together. Try something new with your kids this year and Shuffle off to Buffalo! In this class, students ages 8-88 will develop rhythm, style and sound through Broadway-style tapping. Designed for the newbie-tappers, these classes will focus on building flexibility of the knee and ankles, coordination, speed of movement, and above all, having fun! (This class is open to individuals as well as "families" who may or may not be of actual relation.) Please wear comfortable clothing and tap shoes.
Beginner/Intermediate Tap (ages 13+)
8 Sessions
Instructor: Geri Carlson Sauls
Spring class: Wednesdays, 4/10 - 5/29, 6pm-7pm
Location: Rehearsal A (123 East Water Street, 4th Floor)
Tuition: $80, $72 for Friends of Live Arts
Register HERE or call Bree at 434.977.4177, ext 100.
In this class, we will work on proper technique for shuffles, flaps, paddle and rolls, pullbacks, maxiefords, and a myriad of other steps. Classic combinations such as the shim sham shimmy and BS chorus will be taught/reviewed, as well as some show tap (Broadway style) combinations. Be prepared to have fun! Prerequisite: You should know the basics of tap, or at least have a class or two under your belt. Please wear non-restrictive clothing and tap shoes to class.
Tai chi for Theater Folk (Intermediate)
Tai Chi for Theater Folk: Intermediate class (with instructor approval only)
8 sessions
Instructor: Shawn Hirabayashi
Dates: Sundays, 12:30pm -1:30pm
Location: Rehearsal Z at 1108 Forest St. (2nd floor)
Tuition: $5 per class
To register, email bree@livearts.org
Theater folks are involved in an art form that is about the live actor being present in front of a live audience. Practice that works on the mind-body connection is essential for any member of the theater community — not just actors. T’ai chi ch’uan asks that you focus on all the changes that occur in your body as you go through a fixed routine in a slow, relaxed way. This practice makes you more centered and alert, both physically and mentally. This course will introduce the basics of t’ai chi ch’uan and give you a daily routine that will enrich and deepen your presence on and off the stage.