This is a project I'm producing this summer. It will involve nine or ten top teachers and a maximum of 20 students (10 in any class), and I think it will be excellent, exciting, and a lot of fun. It's got its own web site at veryphysicalcomedy.blogspot.com, but here are the basics...
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If you want to make your physicality funnier or your comedy more physical, then you’ve come to the right place. This institute is an intensive two-week laboratory, a unique opportunity to dive into the physical comedian’s tool chest, and have a whole lot of fun in the process.
What You Get:
Thirteen very full days of physical comedy training with eight to ten of the top teachers in the field, in classes with a maximum of ten students each. Work morning, noon, and night and for two weeks live in a community of people you are bound to fall for!
When:
Arrive Sunday afternoon, June 8th; leave Sunday morning, June 22nd. Four classes a day plus evening activities. We even work on the weekend! Never a dull moment....
Where:
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At the legendary Celebration Barn Theater in beautiful South Paris, Maine — that's Maine, USA, not France! — about 45 minutes from the Portland airport (Portland, Maine — not Oregon!). Lodging and meals available at the Barn.
Classes:
We are able to confirm the following teachers and classes and expect to be adding a couple more before long.
Leonard Pitt (Berkeley): Bringing the Mask to Life
John Towsen (New York): Physical Comedy: Old Techniques, New Applications
Leland Faulkner (Maine): Physicality and Comedy in Magic
Joseph Herscher (New Zealand / Brooklyn): Kinetic Scenography: Human Rube Goldberg Machines
Karen Gersch (New York): Acrobatic Comedy Partnering
Sigfrido Aguilar (Mexico): Comic/Dramatic Movement or Teatro Corpóreo Cómico
Don Rieder (Canada): Give & Receive — a Performance Lab
Drew Richardson (Virginia) & Leland Faulkner: DIY Silent Movies
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