September 21 - October 26, 2023

Acting For Embodied Performers

Man with brown skin and dark hair, wearing a white shirt and dark vest, smiles and gestures to the left.  Justin Lynch from Moveable Feast, photo by ZANNI Productions


Acting For Embodied Performers
with Zach Morris

Thursdays 6:00PM–10:00PM EDT from September 21 through October 26 2023
At Gibney’s Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
280 Broadway - Enter at 53A Chambers Street, New York, NY
 
A six-week workshop exploring the principles of acting technique from a physical, embodied, and movement-based perspective. 
Bringing together his background as a classically-trained theater director and over twenty years experience creating award-winning theater and immersive performance, Zach developed this workshop specifically for participants hailing from movement backgrounds (dancers, martial artists, athletes) who are interested in translating the skills they already have to a concrete approach to acting for the stage and screen.  
In a warm, welcoming, and relaxed atmosphere, we’ll explore approaches to building a score of physical actions and working with text in solo and partnered scenes. Zach will offer exercises, tools, and techniques to approach scenes and text through physical action, with the goal of giving students foundational skills to create grounded, dynamic, and repeatable performances. Each session will feature in-class exercises as well as out-of-class assignments. In addition to learning time, the workshop is structured to afford participants in-class rehearsal time/space to work on individual/partnered assignments.
 
 $600 for the full series (6 four-hour workshops)
NOTE: This is a six-part series that will build cumulatively and participants are signing-up for the full series (all six dates) to participate.
We are offering a limited number of subsidized tickets ($300) for this course. To ensure equal access, subsidized tickets are distributed using a randomized selection process four-weeks before the course begins. To apply for a subsidized spot, please complete this form. 
 
For those who would like to contribute to making more or deeper subsidies available, there is an option to donate at checkout. All donations received on workshop tickets will go toward underwriting additional subsidy and scholarship opportunities.

 

For more information: https://thirdrailprojects.com/education#workshops

Questions: info@thirdrailprojects.com
 

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