Category Archives: Theatre

Acting for the Stage Boot Camp

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For Young Artists and Pre-Professionals
July 15th to 19th, 2013
9:30AM to 3:30PM

Program Information

Each day, participants will take part in several acting related disciplines. This will give them a true actor training “boot camp” experience by providing multi-faceted actor training. Those training disciplines include:

  • Movement
  • Voice
  • Devised Theatre Creation
  • Scene Study

The week long workshop will feel full, but not overwhelming, giving students a significant sense of accomplishment artistically, physically, emotionally and intellectually. Students will leave invigorated, inspired and as more open-minded actors.

This Boot Camp is recommended for anyone looking at pursuing theatre training at the post-secondary level. Minimum age for this camp is 15.

Participants will obtain a FASI Certificate of Completion by the end of this module.

Dates: July 15-19, 2013, 9:30-3:30
Maximum Number of Participants: 24

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Character Improv Boot Camp

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For Young Artists and Pre-Professionals
July 22nd to 26th, 2013
9:30AM to 3:30PM

Program Information

This workshop focuses on using the fundamentals of improvisation to create characters.  Develop the skills to confidently create characters from the ground up, make simple choices to give life to big bold personas, and maintain character in an improvised scene with tricks of the trade used by alumni of The Second City, The Bad Dog Theatre and Impatient Theatre Company. Not only will you have several captivating and unique characters by the end of this workshop, but also you will work on physicality, spontaneity, narrative and emotion in your performance.

By exploring short form improv games (like those played on Whose Line is it Anyway?) build the skills to make ‘em laugh on stage!

Participants will obtain a FASI Certificate of Completion by the end of this module.

Dates: July 22-26, 2013, 9:30-3:30
Maximum Number of Participants: 15

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FDC Stage Combat Certification Intensive

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Fight Directors Canada Stage Combat Certification Course
12 Day Intensive for Pre-Professionals & Professionals
Dates May 6-11 & 13-18, 2013
10:00AM – 4:00PM

Program Information

This intensive 12-day, 60-hour, workshop will allow participants to develop and hone skills in the area of Staged Combat.  The three primary techniques focused on will be Staff, Sword, and Unarmed combat.  Along with the practical test which includes text, the students will also be required to write an examination on the History of the weaponry involved as well as stage related terms that are applicable in everyday modern professional use.

Participants are tested under the FDC (Fight Directors Canada) guidelines and are graded in a Pass, Fail or Conditional status, receive Basic Level Certification and become members of FDC for one year, which entitles them to discounted rates on other FDC sponsored events and courses throughout Canada.

Fight Directors Canada is the only recognized Society in Canada that offers Adjudication in Stage Combat, and is recognized as a safe and qualified establishment with Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA)

Dates: May 6-11 & 13-18, 2013, 10:00AM – 4:00PM
Maximum number of Participants: 24

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Occupy the Background!: Sound Art Intensive

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Occupy the Background!: Sound Art Intensive
For All Audiences
July 15-16, 2013
9:30AM – 3:30PM

Program Information

Over two days of intensive workshop sessions, participants will engage in an exploration of sound, especially in its relational capacities to inform and condition everyday life.

Sound permanently occupies the background, whether we are always conscious of it or not.

How could an increased attention to sound make us aware of our perceptual situation in an increasingly complex world? How can sound be employed to enhance the construction of social bonds? How has sound been used to modulate mood and affect? What relationships might sound have to subliminal advertising and branding (and how can one potentially break free from them)? How do earworms come into existence? How do sound, time and space work together?

These questions will be looked at through a variety of modes:

  • listening experiments
  • field recording capture
  • creative (de)construction
  • spatial intervention

Participants will obtain a FASI Certificate of Completion by the end of this module.

Dates: July 15-16, 2013, 9:30AM – 3:30PM
Maximum number of Participants: 10

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Translating Stories into Theatre: A Workshop in Devised Theatre

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Translating Stories into Theatre:
A Workshop in Devised Theatre
For Educators, Professionals & Pre-professionals
May 25, 2013
12:30PM – 5:30PM
May 26, 2013
10:30 – 3:30PM
REGISTRATION CLOSED

Program Information

This two day workshop will focus on translating fiction and non-fiction stories into theatre through devising practices. The workshop will use sources dealing with witnessing, memory, and memorial to explore strategies for engaging audiences in meaningful ways.

Participants will learn specific devising exercises and techniques which they can incorporate into their own practice/ classroom environments. Ultimately, the workshop is an exciting opportunity to bring together undergraduate students, graduate students, teachers, and other professionals to examine the stories, relationships and communities that shape our lives.

Dates: May 25, 2013, 12:30-5:30 & May 26, 2013, 10:30-3:30
Maximum number of Participants: 21

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