Friday, October 09, 2009

Tucson: Beowulf Alley's ActingLab@the Alley Presents Two Adult Education Programs

Beowulf Alley Theatre Company

11 South 6th Avenue · Tucson, AZ   85701

Administration (520) 622-4460 · Reservations (520) 882-0555

www.beowulfalley.org

theatre@beowulfalley.org

 

 

Beowulf Alley Theatre Company’s ActingLab@the Alley

Presents Two Adult Education Programs

 

(Tucson, AZ – October 8, 2009) Philip G. Bennett, Dean of Adult Education at Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 South 6th Ave, between Broadway and Congress in Downtown Tucson, announced two adult education programs beginning in October, 2009. The first is an introductory symposium, Stanislavski’s Ultimate Acting Technique (An introduction to Stanislavski’s greatest discovery!) on Saturday, October 24, 2009, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The course, for actors, director and instructors of acting, is called Stanislavski’s Lost Term… And How to Use the Method of Physical Actions and Active Analysis. The fee for this 3- hour course is $25 for active participants (wear comfortable clothing for movement) and $15 for observers.

Join us as either an observer or jump in the fun as an acting participant. Non-Actors, Novice and Professionals are all WELCOME! Space is limited. Call to reserve your place for this exciting event at 520-622-4460, ext 3.

The second program is A Professional Actor Training Program in Stanislavski’s Ultimate Technique, The Method of Physical Actions and Active Analysis

Courses -

Wednesdays

A.       Introduction to the System  “The Actor Works on Himself”

B.       Introduction to Scene work through Physical Action and Active Analysis

November 4 – December 19, 2009 (With added classes December 17 and 18th)

A combined class, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

 

 

Saturdays

B.       Introduction to Scene work through Physical Actions and Active Analysis

October 31 – December 19, 2009

(With added classes December 17 and 18th – All levels combined)

10:00 am to 1:00 pm

 

A practical introduction to the elements of stage action, improvisation, breath work, voice production and preparatory scene work. The term will culminate in an “Open Class Performance” for the public on December 19, 2009. 

The fees for this course are:

  1. Once class a week for 1st term students only. Fee:  $399.00
  2. 2nd and 3rd term scene students are required to attend 2 classes per week. Fee:  $499.00

(Symposia Fee will be credited for each term program.)

Class Size is Limited – Register on line NOW for the Fall Term -  beowulfalley.org

For further Information Call:  Philip Bennett at 520-622-4460 ext. 3

Although the name of Stanislavski has dominated theatrical methodology for nearly a century, many misunderstandings, assumptions and distortions have taken place. In the United States, Stanislavski has been identified with Strasberg’s Method Acting and psychological realism.  The “Cold War” and “Iron Curtain” prevented Stanislavski’s greatest Ultimate Acting Technique from reaching the West for decades.  In Russia, the Marxist Revisionists censored nearly 50% of the System’s basis in Buddhism and Raja Yoga, subjugating the Master’s teachings to the Materialistic designs of the Soviet State.

Philip G. Bennett is an award winning actor, director and instructor of the Stanislavski System of Acting. He is a founding member of the American Stanislavski Theatre (AST) in New York City and a protégé of Russian émigré teacher and director, Sonia Moore.  Phil served as the Assistant Artistic Director of AST where he was both an actor and instructor. In 1976, he founded the San Francisco Theatre Academy at Fort Mason, and subsequently the Bennett Theatre Lab, an avant-garde actor training company.  He has been internationally acknowledged for his expertise in both classical and contemporary theatre.  He lectures and conducts workshops at prominent universities and conventions.  Graduates appear regularly in films, on television and the professional stage.

 

Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is committed to enriching the community and enhancing appreciation of the arts through the production of innovative, invigorating theatre and theatrical education with the highest standards for acting and production.  Equal and fair treatment will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status and/or marital status.  Founded on the basis of dialogues with local theatre artists who wanted a permanent home to practice their craft, its intimate 95-seat theatre provides a facility that meets professional standards where performing artists, educators, and technicians can present their skills.  Because Beowulf Alley engages a talent and volunteer pool that calls Tucson “home” for its productions, the Theatre is committed to helping grow a new generation of Tucson talent with its programs including education for adults and youth, late night theatre to experiment with and gain experience, readers theatre for playwrights’ unpublished works, lunchtime theatre to bring art to the workday and screenings of independent film artists.  And true to its roots, the Theatre maintains ongoing dialogues with the community, including Dialogues with theatergoers after the first Sunday matinee performance of each of its main stage plays, at Readers’ Theatre nights, and other presentations, providing an opportunity for theatergoers to discuss the plays with the director and artists.  Writers who cover the Tucson arts scene say the Theatre provides its audiences with “the best total package”—plays, performances and productions that are high in artistic and technical quality.  Beowulf Alley has received critical acclaim, including two Mac Awards and seven MAC nominations.  The company has presented over 325 performances to Tucson audiences since 2002 and has served hundreds of theatre artists.  The theater also provides performance and rehearsal space for other Tucson theater companies.  For more information, log on to www.beowulfalley.org.  Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Tucson Pima Arts Council, the Janet S. Brunel Residuary Trust, and our business sponsors.

 

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