BART 97A66 - Acting workshop - What influence can theatre have on our lives?

In this artistic workshop students will accomplish the following :

Master basic acting techniques: body, breathing techniques, voice placement, modulation and projection, poise, imagination, improvisations, confidence...and above all...desires and joy.

Gain a deeper understanding of the different functions of acting.

Academic expectations

Learning by doing. Oral feedback after each performance. Confidence.

Write throughout the sessions an analysis of the influence of theatre in our lives and in our world?

All the 12 sessions will have the same format.

At first, there will be the body warm-up.

In a second phase, we will move on to games to work on availability, exchange, and listening.

And then, we will work on the proposed scenes.

A feedback and an analysis will make it possible to identify the stakes of the characters

Grading scheme : 4 grades

• Acting exercices: warm-up, improvisations, basic acting techniques, implications in the workshop.

30% of the final grade.

• Proposal and desire to act (participation)

10% of the final grade.

• Taking into account my comments and try to incorporate them into the scenes.

30% of the final grade.

• Brief synopsis on a theme given at the first workshop. This synopsis will be given at the last session.

30% of the final grade.

This workshop requires regularity, the taste of reading and research.