PUBLIC EVENTS
Moon Fooling
Saturday & Sunday, June 19 & 20, 10:30-5:00
One day: $70, Two days: $125
A workshop in Physical Theater and an exclusive opportunity to work in NYC with a teacher from the UK, Anna-Helena McLean.
Contact, Information and registration : Sophie Bortolussi
sophie@nudancetheater.com
c: 970 261 5174
Moon Fooling, a workshop exploring the mix of text, rhythm and physicality in Moon Fool's production ‘ill met by moonlight'.
Led by director, actor and musician, Anna-Helena McLean, participants will be trained as a physical and vocal ensemble before being directed individually and in pairs with a new theatre vocabulary. For actors, dancers and musicians. Participants will work with gesture, musical and dramatic improvisation based on scenes and characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Anna-Helena studied drama and music at Royal Holloway, University of London, specialising in solo and ensemble performance on the cello. She was a principal member of the world-renowned Polish physical theatre company Gardzienice for over seven years. Her performances with the company included Metamorphoses and Electra (LaMama, New York, 2004; Barbican, London, 2006). Anna-Helena is the Founder and Artistic Director of Moon Fool, a new international company of emerging artists and Actor Chorus Text a training for actors she leads around the world. The Moon Fool company works through international exchange to devise high quality music, movement and text based performance. She previously worked with Trestle as Vocal and Movement Associate on their production of The Glass Mountain (2009) and recently performed in The Awake Project - studio version which showed in Sweden September 2009. Anna-Helena has been a guest director and trainer for BA and MA actors at the RSAMD since 2004.
Please send letter of introduction with a CV and photo to Sophie Bortolussi at bortolussi_fr1999@yahoo.fr, as soon as possible on the basis of which participants will be cast in roles from three key scenes from the play and given short texts to learn for work in session.
PREVIOUS WORKSHOP FEEDBACK:
"My eyes were opened to a whole new approach to text exploration and interpretation and the merging of music with movement and gesture."
"I have been amazed at how the work you did with us has really transformed my acting. I can't believe how much it's opened me up"
"It is the huge amount of energy that we could feel in the workshop. Understanding of each other; responding to them through exercises, gave the feeling of oneness and respect to each individual. Every single person was beautiful while exploring the text and while doing their acrobatic presentations". -Acting student National School of Delhi, India
