Audition Dates
3 July 2005 – 1 Aug 2005
July 2005
- Sun 3 July 2005
- Mon 4 July 2005
- Sun 10 July 2005
- Mon 11 July 2005
- Sun 17 July 2005
- Mon 18 July 2005
- Sun 24 July 2005
- Mon 25 July 2005
- Sat 30 July 2005
- Sun 31 July 2005
August 2005
- Mon 1 August 2005
Details
AddressRehearsing At: School of Arts 5 Eliza Street Newtown
WINTER WORKSHOP SERIES
with Rowena Balos, Samantha Chester, Linda Marr, Anthony Skuse and Leisa Shelton
VOICE CONNECTION with ROWENA BALOS
Sunday 3 & Monday 4 July 10am – 5pm
This two-day intensive will introduce you to RowenaÂ’s world-renowned voice connection philosophy. The workshop will cover the specifics of RowenaÂ’s technique, such as exploring body alignment, freeing the breath, finding the stimulus for sound, developing range, expanding resonance, waking up articulation and finally connecting thought and feeling to the voice through work on text. You will learn many practical exercises that you can take away with you to continually apply to your craft.
Rowena Balos is a Master Teacher of Voice & Speech. She is based in Los Angeles but comes to Australia regularly, working with such companies as Bell Shakespeare, NIDA, ActorsÂ’ Centre Australia and The ActorsÂ’ Workshop in Brisbane. For more information, visit www.rowenabalos.com
VIEWPOINTS with SAMANTHA CHESTER
Sunday 10 & Monday 11 July 10am – 5pm
This 2-day physical workshop will be an introduction to Viewpoints, a physically driven method of actor training which looks at how the performer articulates time and space. Viewpoints is an improvisational language that creates awareness in the actor and fine-tunes his / her response and responsibility to the stage, the audience and fellow performers. The workshop will introduce participants to the compositional and collaborative nature of the method and how it can specifically be applied to their own work as theatre-makers. The workshop will be physical, so please wear appropriate rehearsal clothes (no jeans).
Samantha Chester has worked for over 14 years as a dancer, producer, director, choreographer and teacher. In 2004, she worked in New York with Anne Bogart at The Saratoga International Theatre Institute, and is currently teaching movement and directing at NIDA. Samantha recently opened Queen Street Studio, a non-profit rehearsal and creative development space for the Sydney performing arts community.
WORLD SONG with LINDA MARR
Sunday 17 & Monday 18 July 10am-5pm
Learn vocal styles from around the world from countries including Bulgaria, the Middle East and Latin America. The workshop will include warm-ups and vocal techniques based on the research of Jo Esthill. Vocal improvisation and ornamentation using structures from ethnic music traditions will also be covered. Expect a fun-filled two days of learning new skills and creating exciting sounds in a supportive yet challenging environment.
Singer, composer, instrumentalist, arranger and teacher, Linda Marr is one of the most respected and talented personalities of the world music and a cappella scenes. Acknowledged as a fore-runner in bringing world music to a wider audience in Australia, Linda has appeared on more than 20 CDs and toured Australia and overseas many times. Linda has been leading vocal workshops since 1986 and has taught award-winning singing and composition skills in schools and universities. LindaÂ’s formal training in the world renowned Estill Voice Training System is complemented by her work with Frankie Armstrong, Johann Sundberg and personal study of vocal and instrumental styles of the Balkans, India and the Middle East.
THE PLAYFUL BODY: PLAY, PLEASURE AND THE MASK with ANTHONY SKUSE
Sunday 24 & Monday 25 July 10am-5pm
This workshop aims at developing actorsÂ’ somatic responses through play and mask work. At its most fundamental level, acting is a living exchange between actors and complicite is the heart of any ensemble. Play deepens complicité as much as it relies on it. It allows us to create an atmosphere of relative joy and artistic élan, without which an actor never completely opens up. Grotowski used the word ‘élanÂ’ to describe the upsurge of energy and spiritual drive with which the actor should enter into work in rehearsal and performance. The word ‘playÂ’ carries connotations of childhood, of spontaneity and inventiveness. Play is about process; the actor needs to be like the child in the sense of being open to discovery. A good actor is comfortably stable; not rigid like a tree, but soft like water. Play is also allied to the world of mask; and is a tool through which the mask can evolve.
Anthony Skuse is the Resident Director for square the circle and has been on staff at Actors Centre Australia for over 10 years, teaching Mask, Animal Work and History of Theatre within the Journey programme. He has also taught and directed at NIDA, Theatre Nepean, ATYP and Macdonald College. His most recent directing project was Medea for the New Theatre, and he will direct Live Acts On Stage by Michael Gow for square the circle and Griffin Stablemates in December 2005.
EMBODIMENT OF THE ACTOR with LEISA SHELTON
Saturday 30 July 5pm-8pm, Sunday 31 July & Monday 1 August 10am-5pm
An introduction to the physical language of theatre, integrating the spirit of the training developed by French master Etienne Decroux (Mime Corporel), alongside physical training and improvisation with a view towards contemporary theatre practice. By its faculty to amplify the gestures of life, to slow down or accelerate time and investigate both the metaphoric and the literal relationship to objects and space, Mime Corporel creates a heightened theatrical language of performance. The workshop is open to performers of all disciplines and is designed to cater for the beginner as well as the professional.
Leisa Shelton trained at the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique de Paris where she became teaching assistant. She was a member of the Meryl Tankard Company with whom she created and performed in works that toured around the world. Leisa has been a movement consultant for Company B, Malthouse, ATYP and STC, has taught at NIDA and was Head of Physical Performance at VCA. This year, Leisa collaborated with Michael Kantor for the new Malthouse in Melbourne, is creating the physical text for the STC Blueprints productions This Little Piggy and Metamorphosis, as well as teaching in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, London and Barcelona.
COST
$250 per workshop
$300 for EMBODIMENT OF THE ACTOR
15% discount for purchasing three or more workshops
A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place in the course and full payment must be received by no later than one week prior to the course start date.
There are a limited number of places for each course, so book early to avoid disappointment.
HOW TO REGISTER & PAY
1. DIRECT DEPOSIT
Email squarethecircle@mail.com with WINTER WORKSHOPS in the subject line to register your interest. A reply email will be sent to you with our bank details in order for you to make your deposit.
2. CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER
Please make cheques/money orders out to
“square the circle” and post to:
square the circle
Winter Workshop Series
PO Box 583 Potts Point NSW 1335
VENUE
School Of Arts
5 Eliza Street Newtown
(please use side entrance)
WHAT TO BRING
- bottled water
- warm, soft, rehearsal clothes that allow movement
- lunch (and any other food you require)
- notebook and pens/pencils
Postal Address PO Box 583 Potts Point NSW 1335
Rehearsal Space School Of Arts 5 Eliza Street Newtown
Telephone 612 8354 0465 Email squarethecircle@mail.com
www.squarethecircle.com.au ABN 50145508778
with Rowena Balos, Samantha Chester, Linda Marr, Anthony Skuse and Leisa Shelton
VOICE CONNECTION with ROWENA BALOS
Sunday 3 & Monday 4 July 10am – 5pm
This two-day intensive will introduce you to RowenaÂ’s world-renowned voice connection philosophy. The workshop will cover the specifics of RowenaÂ’s technique, such as exploring body alignment, freeing the breath, finding the stimulus for sound, developing range, expanding resonance, waking up articulation and finally connecting thought and feeling to the voice through work on text. You will learn many practical exercises that you can take away with you to continually apply to your craft.
Rowena Balos is a Master Teacher of Voice & Speech. She is based in Los Angeles but comes to Australia regularly, working with such companies as Bell Shakespeare, NIDA, ActorsÂ’ Centre Australia and The ActorsÂ’ Workshop in Brisbane. For more information, visit www.rowenabalos.com
VIEWPOINTS with SAMANTHA CHESTER
Sunday 10 & Monday 11 July 10am – 5pm
This 2-day physical workshop will be an introduction to Viewpoints, a physically driven method of actor training which looks at how the performer articulates time and space. Viewpoints is an improvisational language that creates awareness in the actor and fine-tunes his / her response and responsibility to the stage, the audience and fellow performers. The workshop will introduce participants to the compositional and collaborative nature of the method and how it can specifically be applied to their own work as theatre-makers. The workshop will be physical, so please wear appropriate rehearsal clothes (no jeans).
Samantha Chester has worked for over 14 years as a dancer, producer, director, choreographer and teacher. In 2004, she worked in New York with Anne Bogart at The Saratoga International Theatre Institute, and is currently teaching movement and directing at NIDA. Samantha recently opened Queen Street Studio, a non-profit rehearsal and creative development space for the Sydney performing arts community.
WORLD SONG with LINDA MARR
Sunday 17 & Monday 18 July 10am-5pm
Learn vocal styles from around the world from countries including Bulgaria, the Middle East and Latin America. The workshop will include warm-ups and vocal techniques based on the research of Jo Esthill. Vocal improvisation and ornamentation using structures from ethnic music traditions will also be covered. Expect a fun-filled two days of learning new skills and creating exciting sounds in a supportive yet challenging environment.
Singer, composer, instrumentalist, arranger and teacher, Linda Marr is one of the most respected and talented personalities of the world music and a cappella scenes. Acknowledged as a fore-runner in bringing world music to a wider audience in Australia, Linda has appeared on more than 20 CDs and toured Australia and overseas many times. Linda has been leading vocal workshops since 1986 and has taught award-winning singing and composition skills in schools and universities. LindaÂ’s formal training in the world renowned Estill Voice Training System is complemented by her work with Frankie Armstrong, Johann Sundberg and personal study of vocal and instrumental styles of the Balkans, India and the Middle East.
THE PLAYFUL BODY: PLAY, PLEASURE AND THE MASK with ANTHONY SKUSE
Sunday 24 & Monday 25 July 10am-5pm
This workshop aims at developing actorsÂ’ somatic responses through play and mask work. At its most fundamental level, acting is a living exchange between actors and complicite is the heart of any ensemble. Play deepens complicité as much as it relies on it. It allows us to create an atmosphere of relative joy and artistic élan, without which an actor never completely opens up. Grotowski used the word ‘élanÂ’ to describe the upsurge of energy and spiritual drive with which the actor should enter into work in rehearsal and performance. The word ‘playÂ’ carries connotations of childhood, of spontaneity and inventiveness. Play is about process; the actor needs to be like the child in the sense of being open to discovery. A good actor is comfortably stable; not rigid like a tree, but soft like water. Play is also allied to the world of mask; and is a tool through which the mask can evolve.
Anthony Skuse is the Resident Director for square the circle and has been on staff at Actors Centre Australia for over 10 years, teaching Mask, Animal Work and History of Theatre within the Journey programme. He has also taught and directed at NIDA, Theatre Nepean, ATYP and Macdonald College. His most recent directing project was Medea for the New Theatre, and he will direct Live Acts On Stage by Michael Gow for square the circle and Griffin Stablemates in December 2005.
EMBODIMENT OF THE ACTOR with LEISA SHELTON
Saturday 30 July 5pm-8pm, Sunday 31 July & Monday 1 August 10am-5pm
An introduction to the physical language of theatre, integrating the spirit of the training developed by French master Etienne Decroux (Mime Corporel), alongside physical training and improvisation with a view towards contemporary theatre practice. By its faculty to amplify the gestures of life, to slow down or accelerate time and investigate both the metaphoric and the literal relationship to objects and space, Mime Corporel creates a heightened theatrical language of performance. The workshop is open to performers of all disciplines and is designed to cater for the beginner as well as the professional.
Leisa Shelton trained at the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique de Paris where she became teaching assistant. She was a member of the Meryl Tankard Company with whom she created and performed in works that toured around the world. Leisa has been a movement consultant for Company B, Malthouse, ATYP and STC, has taught at NIDA and was Head of Physical Performance at VCA. This year, Leisa collaborated with Michael Kantor for the new Malthouse in Melbourne, is creating the physical text for the STC Blueprints productions This Little Piggy and Metamorphosis, as well as teaching in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, London and Barcelona.
COST
$250 per workshop
$300 for EMBODIMENT OF THE ACTOR
15% discount for purchasing three or more workshops
A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place in the course and full payment must be received by no later than one week prior to the course start date.
There are a limited number of places for each course, so book early to avoid disappointment.
HOW TO REGISTER & PAY
1. DIRECT DEPOSIT
Email squarethecircle@mail.com with WINTER WORKSHOPS in the subject line to register your interest. A reply email will be sent to you with our bank details in order for you to make your deposit.
2. CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER
Please make cheques/money orders out to
“square the circle” and post to:
square the circle
Winter Workshop Series
PO Box 583 Potts Point NSW 1335
VENUE
School Of Arts
5 Eliza Street Newtown
(please use side entrance)
WHAT TO BRING
- bottled water
- warm, soft, rehearsal clothes that allow movement
- lunch (and any other food you require)
- notebook and pens/pencils
Postal Address PO Box 583 Potts Point NSW 1335
Rehearsal Space School Of Arts 5 Eliza Street Newtown
Telephone 612 8354 0465 Email squarethecircle@mail.com
www.squarethecircle.com.au ABN 50145508778
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