VOICE AND SPEECH: Mondays, April 19-May 24, 2010 6-8PM
Class size: max 12
Course Fee: $144
Instructor: Joanne Camp
Purpose of Class: To develop tone, resonance, breath control, capacity and support and clearer, more accurate diction.

To develop and explore techniques for greater relaxation, breath control, and vocal production for stage performance. Through a variety of standing, sitting, and floor exercises, we explore ways to:
• release or redirect tensions associated with performance & master deeper levels of breathing
• develop breath control and support
• create greater resonance
• free ourselves from patterns and habits, so that we are in control of how we sound for each character we play.

SHAKESPEARE I—TOOLS: Mondays, April 19-May 24, 2010 8-10PM (2 hour class once weekly for 6 weeks)
Class size: Max 8
Course Fee: $144
Instructor: Joanne Camp
Purpose of Class: To increase abilities with Shakespeare through five basic tools designed to enhance comprehension and expertise. The class is an informal exploration of Shakespeare. Although this is not a performance class, it is groundwork for performing; the work essential to understanding and interpreting classical texts. Participants bring a monologue to explore during the six sessions and we cover 5 "tools"- using speeches selected to illustrate the tool that we are working on that session & we apply these tools to the speeches participants have selected.

VOCAL WARMUPS: Tuesdays, April 20-May 25, 2010 6-7PM
Class size: max 12
Course Fee: $80 Discount of $20 if taken with any other course!
Instructor: Joanne Camp
Purpose of Warmups: To develop tone, resonance, breath control, capacity and support and clearer, more accurate diction.

The possibilities of the voice are infinite. Through a one hour weekly physical and vocal warm-up we will continue to explore and develop our vocal skills. There is a $15 discount when taken in conjunction with any other class.

Note: to take advantage of the discount, add this class and any other to your Cart, confirm the dates in the respective drop-down menus, then type the word "shout" in the Coupon Code box to the right and click "Update."

SCENE STUDY: Tuesdays, April 20-May 25, 2010 7-10PM
(3 hour class once weekly for 6 weeks)
Class size: max 12
Course Fee: $200
Instructor: Joanne Camp
Purpose of Class: To access the immediacy of personal interactions in classical literature from the Greeks through the 20th Century. This is a performance class. Through various introductory exercises we will select scenes and scene partners from classical playwrights including The Greeks, Shakespeare, Restoration Comedy, Moliere, Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw and more modern playwrights such as Lillian Hellman & Tennessee Williams. We will explore the demands of each genre and how the basics of honest acting are translated into various manners and mores.

SHAKESPEARE II—APPLYING SHAKESPEARE I TOOLS AT THE TABLE: Sundays, April 18-May 23, 2010 1-4PM
(3-hour class once weekly for 6 weeks)
Class size: max 8
Course Fee: $200
Instructor: Shepard Sobel
FOCUSING ON ONE OF SHAKESPEARE’S plays, this course will replicate the “table work” of early rehearsal process by exploring the many ways in which application of the tools learned in Shakespeare I offer access to the meaning of the play, to character development, and to “speaking the speech.” Prerequisite Shakespeare I: Tools.

Molodi Rhythm Workshop: Sunday 2-4 pm, March 7th
Class size: 25 max
Course Fee: $25
What It's About: This workshop is where an interested mind can have fun learning the basic building blocks of stepping, tapping, gumboots and body percussion. This workshop will also highlight the histories of the dance genres.

Stepping is hailed as one of the most exciting new dance forms created by Americans in the 20th century. Incorporating elements such as marching, military drills, school yard games, song, dance and even acrobatics, this polyrhythmic, percussive art form was first developed by African-American fraternities and sororities to promote unity among their members. Stepping is used in educational settings to develop and promote teamwork, discipline, confidence, music appreciation and physical well-being. The popularity of stepping has grown enormously over the past two decades and can be seen everywhere from college campuses to churches to elementary and high schools and even music videos and Hollywood films.

Molodi is Las Vegas' own band of body percussionists. Individually, the artists have been stepping, tapping, rhyming, snapping, flipping and clapping from coffee houses and poetry circles to Stomp Out Loud, Afrika, Cirque du Soleil, Disneyland and the #1 hit movie, Stomp the Yard. Using only their bodies as instruments, Molodi blends traditional percussive dance with guerilla theatre and vibrant personalities that bring to life a high-energy, rythmic experience that always has people saying, GIMME SOME MO!

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Instructor Biography: Joanne Camp

As a resident actor with New York City’s The Pearl Theatre Company, Inc., founded in 1984 with a mission to set the standard for classical production in America, Ms. Camp appeared in dozens of classical productions. Her work at The Pearl was recognized with an Obie Award for Continued Excellence and a Joseph A. Callaway Award for Classical Performance. Broadway has seen Ms. Camp in Dinner at Eight, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Heidi Chronicles (Drama Desk & Tony Award nominations), & Coastal Disturbances. Off-Broadway credits in addition to The Pearl, include Painting Churches & Geniuses (Clarence Derwent & Theatre World Awards). Film/TV credits include: Private Parts, Law & Order, Canterbury’s Law, Damages, The Luckiest Man in the World, the Kennedy mini-series & most New York soap operas. As The Pearl’s Associate Director, Joanne was responsible for the ongoing training and development of the Resident Acting Company and served as the in-house voice and text coach. For over a decade Ms. Camp has enjoyed teaching private classes and coaching Shakespeare productions for colleges, universities, and professional theatre. Ms. Camp most recently starred in FUSION’s production of Charles L. Mee’s First Love.

Instructor Biography: Shepard Sobel

Mr. Sobel founded The Pearl Theatre Company in New York City, and served as Artistic Director for 25 years before moving to Albuquerque in August, 2009. The Pearl is a resident company of actors performing a classical repertory. Mr. Sobel’s duties included directing some 50 classical plays, teaching, development and oversight of all artistic programs, and all aspects of institutional advancement. In Albuquerque, he most recently directed Medea at the Vortex.