Classes
We have an impressive line up of classes which we are all very excited about. And with a little help from our friends at Dancemakers we have a great studio space to use.
We are offering everything from Shakespeare Scene Study and Weekend Intensives to Youth Classes, Voice classes, Audition Preparation work, and, in a tribute to our friends in Mozambique, African Dance. Watch for updates to this page to read more about our diverse class and workshop offerings soon to be listed here or call at 416.209.4528.
Hope to see you there!
An Exploration of Stage Violence for the Actor with Jeffrey Wetsch and Steve Wilsher
Thursday, Sept. 30, 6 -10pm and Thursdays Oct. 7-21, 6:30-9:30pm
Cost: $250.00 + HST = $282.50 (CAEA member discount at $200.00 + HST = $226.00)
Deadline for applications: September 23/10
A class designed to give actors the experience and skills for professional work in stage violence. Jeffrey Wetsch will be joined by expert instructor/fight choreographer Steve Wilsher.
The course will begin with a focus on the technique of stage combat and safety requirements, and then progress beyond memorization and surface moves and into the exploration of the story telling requirements while working in this art form as an actor. This course requires a physical commitment and desire to push past your understanding and professional experience, to test yourself to be clearer and more believable in your physical work in combat. Please bring runners and comfortable clothes.
Steve Wilsher. February 2011 will be his 40th year in the entertainment industry. He works primarily as a stunt coordinator/performer for television and film, a theatre fight director and teacher of film and stage combat. Prior to coming to Canada he taught at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff for sixteen years where he introduced stage and film combat as an integral part of the curriculum. He also instigated the combat courses at Friars Gate, Exeter and the Oxford Drama School. He has also taught guest lectures or examined at all of the major drama schools in the United Kingdom. He is a Master Instructor with the Academy of Dramatic Combat and a former Fight Master with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat. He is a member of the Canadian Actors Equity Fight Directors register, The Society of Canadian Fight Directors and ACTRA. Some of the companies he’s worked for are Resurgence Theatre, The English Shakespeare Company, The Royal Ballet Company, The Canadian National Ballet, The Canadian Opera Company, The Welsh National Opera Company, Soulpepper Theatre, Mirvish Productions, BBC, S4C Television and Channel 4 Television, DiscoveryChannel, Space Channel, MTV and Disney. He continues to stunt perform and coordinate for film and television, as well as direct full productions and fight direct for the theatre alongside his teaching commitments. He also teaches fighting for film in the Acting for Film and Television course at Humber.
Shakespeare Scene Study with Kennedy C. MacKinnon and Jeffrey Wetsch
Dates: Wednesdays 6 -10pm from Nov 10th – Dec 15th
Cost: $350 + HST = $395.50 (CAEA member discount at $280 + HST = $316.40)
Deadline for applications: October 27/10
This course is a practical in-depth look at the tools needed to play in the world of Shakespeare’s language. We will explore rhetoric and its’ requirements in regards to argument and intention and the basic of all Shakespeare…the words. We will examine how the tools work in scenes when trying to discover then negotiate obstacles and objectives. There will be a strong focus on breath, voice and connection. You will need to bring a strong desire to “play”.
For the first class you will need a new Shakespeare monologue that you have learned well and it should be in verse. Consider the “animal” of the character and find a speech that you connect with – please read it aloud when choosing. From the monologue you will be cast in a scene. Depending on the needs of the group you may work on more then one scene during the course. Please be prepared to do work outside of class time.
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. King Lear
Tim Carroll will be in Toronto in January 2011 to work with SLC. During his stay we are pleased to offer:
Two Masterclasses With TIM CARROLL
Unlocking Verse and Different Every Time
THREE CHANCES TO WORK WITH HIM
Unlocking Verse on Saturday January 8th from 2-6pm
And on Wednesday January 12th from 6-10pm
Different Every Time on Saturday January 15th from 2-6pm
Unlocking Verse will explore TC’s quest for ‘the Holy Grail: going in to bat for the metre.’ and how following the metre rather than one’s instincts could serve, nay liberate the text and the meaning.
Different Every Time will explore acting techniques that will challenge the actor to stay in the “unknown”. Must be willing to explore, play, leap…move into territories that you may not know.
COST – $120 + HST = $135.60 (CAEA discount $100 + HST = $113.00) for each MASTERCLASS
Deadline for applications: December 29/10
Book both and receive 10% off. Enroll by November 1st and get 20% off (cannot be combined with another discount)
**Enrollment is limited. Auditors are welcome $25/person – must reserve your space
Tim Carroll began his career with the English Shakespeare Company before becoming associate director of the Northcott Theatre in Exeter (1994-5). He was the Associate Director at Shakespeare’s Globe, London, 1999-2005. Productions included Twelfth Night, Richard II, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tempest and The Golden Ass. He was the Artistic Director of the Kent Opera, 2002-2007, productions including Orfeo, Il re pastore, Acis and Galatea and Albert Herring. He has directed many other opera productions, including Benjamin Britten’s Canticles for the Liceu Opera House, Barcelona, and The Turn of the Screw for Opera Oviedo. At Barka Theatre, Budapest: Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards, The Duchess of Malfi and Victory. At Sydney Opera House: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For the Royal Shakespeare Company: The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For the Stratford Festival this past season Tim was the director of Peter Pan. TC is a founder member of The Factory (London), for whom he has directed two theatre experiments: Hamlet and The Seagull.
Questions? email jane@shakespearelinkcanada.ca
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