Summer Theater Camp 2008
| March 10, 2008 Performance and Technical Theater Training Opportunities for ages 8-15 led by a talented group of Live Arts Theater teaching artists, featuring guest artist performances, in our theater spaces at 123 East Water Street!
Fall Acting Sessions for Adults
| September 21, 2007 Actors’ Lab: The Saturday Sessions
Sept 22 –Nov 17, 2007 (no class Nov 3)
Saturdays: 12 pm – 2:30 pm
Instructor: Ronda Hewitt
Cost: $115 Members / $125 General
Focus: Stretch Acting Technique
“Stretch work is intermediate or advanced training, focusing on expanding the actor’s range. All actors have natural strengths and weaknesses. Through highly structured non-scripted work, the teacher focuses the actor on his/her own problem areas. Through this work, over time, the weaknesses become strengths, enabling the actor to approach his/her work with more confidence and become a more well-rounded performer.” ** Ms. Hewitt studied this stretch technique with its founder, Richard Seyd, in California for 3 years. She also studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
A separate exercise called the Whelan recording technique by Jeremy Whelan, will be introduced the last weeks of class. Introduced to Live Arts by John Gibson, in Spring ’07 rehearsals, it is a way of recording, then physically living the text upon replay, allowing the actor to live in the moments of the text. It is a physical form of a scene study exercise.
** text from the Seydways Acting Studios website.
Actors’ LAB: The Basics
October 2 – November 20, 2007
Tuesdays: 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Instructor: Carol Pedersen
Cost: $85 Members / $95 General
Take time out from your busy day to explore your inner actor and the fundamentals of the actor's craft through exercises, improvisations, and in-class text work. The class is open to all, with or without previous training and experience.
Carol Pedersen, founding instructor of the Live Arts Actors' Lab, has taught at Columbia University, New York's Marymount Manhattan College, PVCC, and UVA's School of Continuing Ed. She has a professional theatre background that includes acting, directing, and coaching actors at every stage of their careers, from beginning students to working professionals. She holds an M.F.A. in directing from Columbia University's School of the Arts and an M. Phil. in theatre from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She recently directed Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the Hamner Theater in Nelson County.
Flight To Freedom; April 5, 2008
| January 14, 2008 The International Rescue Committee of Charlottesville announces, "Flight to Freedom," an evening of art and theatre commemorating IRC Charlottesville’s 10th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the IRC. In a unique and exciting collaboration, local community arts organizations will help raise funds for IRC Charlottesville and honor the courage and resilience of the IRC’s refugee clients.
CASTING CALL!
| October 29, 2007 Local productions seek actors and support. Click below to download details and contact info.
An Evening with Emmylou Harris
| June 23, 2008 The Charlottesville Pavilion Welcomes Emmylou Harris For A Benefit Concert for Live Arts’ Youth Programs on Monday, June 23rd
The Richardson Guitar Studio presents guest performances by two world-renowned flamenco artists, guitarist Marija Temo and dancer Ulrika Frank, with local flamenco ensemble Toma Que Toma at Live Arts Upstage on Friday, May 9 AT 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Marija Temo is a Washington, D.C.-based flamenco and classical guitarist, as well as a flamenco vocalist and dancer. Temo studied under Manuel Barrueca at the Peabody Conservatory and has been described as “one of the most powerful flamenco artists in North America” (The Calgary Sun). A prolific performer, composer and conductor, she has created music for Gabriel Garcia Lorca’s “Blood Wedding” and many other productions. She has appeared numerous times with the Baltimore Symphony, was a featured speaker at the first World Guitar Congress, and taught for more than 10 years at the International Festival Flamenco at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Ulrika Frank has founded flamenco dance companies in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Georgia, while living in the United States before returning to her native Sweden in 2007. She first studied flamenco there, receiving a degree from the University College of Dance in Stockholm, Sweden, followed by a scholarship to further her studies in Spain. Frank has been in high demand as a choreographer, teacher and performer, as well as a producer of flamenco events in Scandinavia, the United States, and elsewhere.
Flamenco Performance Featuring Toma Que Toma Ensemble with Marija Temo and Ulrika Frank. Venue: Live Arts Upstage, 123 East Water Street, Charlottesville – Second Floor Date: Friday, May 9, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Ticket Price: $15 Call Peter Richardson at (434) 981-1884 for information and tickets.
An Evening with Emmylou Harris
