About the Class

Performance Ensemble: Devising Fundamentals is an immersive course that challenges you to devise a new piece of theatre inspired by a historical figure or artifact. Led by instructors from the premier Black Acting Methods Studio, during this course, we’ll create a piece in conversation with the life of Sarah Baartman, a Black, South African woman who was enslaved and paraded around Europe due to her physical appearance.

In the Black Acting Methods Studio we work in the Luckett Paradigm, a performance methodology where we focus on a holistic approach to actor training—this includes mind, body, and spirit. Ultimately, you will become a more holistic performer by engaging in physical and generative theatre practices, which will help you develop skills for spontaneity, listening, and responding to your fellow ensemble members.

We’ll work on:

• Core-Creation—building up the core of who you are
• Orientation—helping you navigate uncomfortable spaces in your career and advocating for your needs in acting spaces;
• Resuscitation—reading and critical conversations about your career path and the history and futures of acting
• Dialogic Devising—having you write the material that you perform.

This process encourages you to bring your own stories and perspectives into play, culminating in a final public presentation of new work.

Tuition

$375

Duration

3 hours

Capacity

Maximum of 12 students