Improvisation

(NEW COURSE DATES JUST ADDED!!)

Course #29: WELCOME TO IMPROVISATION! (Mini-course 4 classes):

This dynamic 4 week course covers the basics of improvisation including collaborative theatre games, status, character work, devising scripts, and a variety of other techniques. We will practice voice and body work, and exercises that connect imagination to action and free the intuative subconcious to increase creativity and moment-to-moment awareness. It is suitable for beginners or for those with some experience who wish to bring more spontineaty into their work. Above all, this course is great fun! All levels welcome!

Class size is limited to 12 students in order to maximize the quality iof tuition, so enroll early!

When: Thursdays, 7:00-9:00pm, May 10th-31st, 2012

Location: Abbey School of Music & Drama, 9b Abbey Street Lower

Instructor: Kathleen Warner Yeates

Fee: €140 due in full within 3 days of reservation

TO RESERVE: Email kwyeates@gmail.com or ring Kathleen Warner Yeates at 086 824 4826 to confirm availability. Click ADULT RESERVATION FORM, print , complete, and return with payment.

RETURNING AUTUMN 2012:

Course- CHARACTER IMPROVISATION:

This 9-week PERFORMANCE course combines a variety of improvisation techniques, especially collaborative and character based work, and leads towards a performance presentation on the last night of class. It is best suited for students with some previous improvisation experience. The course evolved out of some of the workshops in the summer and last year, and is a step towards the kind of work done in ensemble based theatre companies. At the start of the course we will cover a range of improvisation skills including games, status, and deeper narrative work used for developing scripts. A large portion of the class will be spent developing original characters, and exploring those characters (complete with costume and physical transformation) in various situations. Depending on the nature of the class, we may construct mini "playlets" placing these characters in shaped situations with improvised dialogue. We will also create an interactive game with the audience using characters created from a specifice genre such as Film Noir, Cowboy Western, etc. The course ends in a presentation evening in a small theatre venue on the last day of class that will include improv games, as well as improvised sequences using characters developed by the actors during the class process. This course is best suited for students with previous acting experience. Dive in!

When: NEXT OPTION AUTUMN 2012, dates to be determined

Fee: €350 / Non-refundable Deposit of €100 due within 3 days of reservation, balance of €250 due two weeks prior to start of class.

Instructor: Kathleen Warner Yeates

Location: Abbey School of Music & Drama, performance at the Pearse Centre in Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

For information on this course schedule when it is finalized, please email kwyeates@gmail.com or ring 086 824 4826.

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The Abbey School of Music & Drama

Improvisation

TO RESERVE: Email kwyeates@gmail.com or ring Kathleen Warner Yeates at 086 824 4826 to confirm availability. Click ADULT RESERVATION FORM, print , complete, and return with payment.

Course- CHARACTER IMPROVISATION:

When: NEXT OPTION AUTUMN 2012, dates to be determined

Fee: €350 / Non-refundable Deposit of €100 due within 3 days of reservation, balance of €250 due two weeks prior to start of class.

Instructor: Kathleen Warner Yeates

Location: Abbey School of Music & Drama, performance at the Pearse Centre in Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

For information on this course schedule when it is finalized, please email kwyeates@gmail.com or ring 086 824 4826.