Crystal Palace Performing Arts - Adult Performers Course
Starting Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 6:45 PM 8:45 PM
Crystal Palace Performing Arts - Adult Performers Course - Term One
Always fancied treading the boards and/or discovering more about performing? Then this is the course for you as it’s designed for adults of all backgrounds, ages and aspirations. This course is designed to be a safe and exciting environment for you to learn, explore and flourish.
Term one builds technique whilst taking you on a journey of performance styles and genres. A series of workshops, delivered by some of our community's top theatre practitioners and performers, will help you to develop as a performer. In term one we will strengthen essential performance tools including voice, physicality, movement, stage presence and narrative. The main focus is to build confidence in yourself and enhance and nurture your performance style.
All course participants will have the opportunity to take part in an end of term showcase and will automatically become a member of the ‘Crystal Palace Players’ UNLH’s in-house theatre company.
Classes will run every Tuesday evening from 1st June to 13th of July (inclusive) 6.45pm to 8.45pm plus one Saturday performance (date TBC)
Workshops Leaders (in alphabetical order)
Performance Tools - Emily Jewell - Drama Teacher and Actor - training, RWCMD & CSSD
Focusing on voice technique, improvisation and characterisation to develop and strengthen core performance skills. Over several sessions you will build vocal strength and build your imagery world to explore and developing your performance style.
Creating Narrative - Norman Murray - Actor, Director and Theatre Maker, training, LIPA
A drama workshop on how to dramatise a story for the stage. In this introduction session you will become the narrator of a well known tale and give it your own spin. This course simplifies the art of acting back to its fundamentals in storytelling. Norman Murray is a Theatre Maker who makes theatre in unusual and underused spaces.
Physical Theatre and Performance - Will Rennison- Theatre and Movement Teacher (BRIT School), training Escola De Golpes Durros, Italia Conti
This workshop will give insights into utilising the action of the body to stimulate performance. Will's practice harnesses breath, relationships and gesture as pathways into experimentation.
Acting Through Song - Daniel Stockton - West End Actor, Singer and Producer - training, American Academy of Dramatic Arts NYC
This workshop combines vocal and acting techniques exploring material from the world of musical theatre. During this workshop you will learn about art of acting through song, combining both disciplines to give convincing and moving theatrical performance.
Actors Physicality - Ania Straczynska - Choreographer specialising in Contemporary Dance and Dance Theatre training, MA (distinction) Trinity Laban. This workshop will help you build confidence and awareness and explore the use of physicality to created meaning. It will look at the starting points of devising physical material.
Bharatanatyam Workshop - Anusha Subramanyam - Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer and Arts Leader - training, Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts, Chennai, (graduated with honours). Subsequently trained under Leela Sampson.
Anusha's workshop aims to share the enjoyment of dance, drama and music inspired by South Asian artistic practice. In the bharatanatyam workshop participants will experience movements that capture the alignment and expressive beauty of the form.
Ages: 18+Location: Upper Norwood Library Hub
Price: £160 for term one (8 sessions)
*Concessions available upon request
Running Times: 18:45-20:45 Tuesday June 1st - Tuesday July 13th 2021 (inclusive)