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Adult Weekly Classes
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Zen Zen Zo's Physical Actor Training classes are designed specifically to equip
actors for high energy, physical performance. The primary inspiration
for this training has come from the Suzuki Method of Actor Training (Suzuki Company of Toga, Japan) and
the Viewpoints (Saratoga International Theatre Institute, New York). The result is
a process that cultivates the performer's physical energy, vocal
quality and range, concentration, ensemble awareness and imagination.
Physical Actor Training takes the actor out of the realm of daily life
movement and habits and into a heightened state of physical awareness
and expression. It suits individuals who enjoy a challenge and want to
explore the possibilities of peak performance.
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 Butoh is one of the four training methods that the Zen Zen Zo company works with in preparing actors for performance. Zen Zen Zo has also produced a number of Butoh works, including BUTOH: THE WAY OF MUD (1993), STEEL FLESH (Brisbane Festival 1998), UNLEASHED (1996, Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2000) and THOSE WITH LUCIFER(2005).
Butoh is a contemporary avant-garde dance-theatre form that originated in Japan. It has been described as a dance of the senses, or "pure" emotional states expressed through the body (instead of through words), of universal imagery, of poetry and metaphor. It combines dance, theatre, improvisation, and ritual, crossing cultural borders in its search for the universal.
In addition to learning this unique form, the classes will aim to find each person's unique physical expression, unencumbered by language, tradition or social conditioning. The training also develops deep focus, body awareness, a rich imagination, and emotional truth in the actor/dancer.
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For the first time ever outside the Internship, Zen Zen Zo is proud to offer public method acting classes, featuring the world-famous Meisner Technique. Come and lay the foundations of a deep and dependable acting technique, one studied by such luminaries as Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Jon Voight, Sydney Pollack and Philip Seymour Hoffman, to name but a few. Sanford Meisner's seminal work offers a simple, practical, step-by-step approach to the craft of acting and will give each participant full, unfettered access to the actor's most powerful tool - themselves.
WHEN
Thursdays
28th August - 30th October, 2008
TIME
6.00-9.00pm
VENUE
Old Museum Building
Crn Gregory Tce & Bowen Bridge Rd
Bowen Hills, 4006
TEACHER
James Kable
COST
$250.00
BOOKINGS
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07 3252 5540
Please note this class has a maximum capacity of 14, so book soon to avoid disappointment!
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Speeches for Training Room members to memorise.
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