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SUMMARY:Theatrical Intimacy: Staging and Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Theatrical Intimacy: Staging and Storytelling\n \nYou can attend this workshop without having attended “Intro to Intimacy” last fall\n\nIn this workshop\, we will explore storytelling techniques behind moments of intimacy on stage. We will begin by examining spatial relationships in staging—how the physical distance and positioning of actors can communicate a great deal about their relationships. We will then consider how specific details\, such as the way characters hold hands\, can alter the story being told. Next\, we will explore different approaches to embraces and physical closeness\, and how minor adjustments in blocking\, timing\, and intention can significantly shift meaning. Participants will then be divided into small groups to stage a specific moment between two characters using these principles. Intimacy in this context includes closeness between friends and family as well as romantic partners\, and may encompass moments of comfort\, connection\, joy\, and support—not only romance. All touch will be consensual and must remain within each participant’s stated boundaries. A willingness to give and receive respectful\, non-sexual touch is encouraged but not required in order to participate.\nSaturday February 21\n1:30PM – 3:30 PM\nACT Rehearsal Hall\n1213 12th St\nAltoona PA 16601\nLIMITED SPACE: Only 26 spots available. Participants must be aged 18+\n$15 for ACT Members\n$30 for Non-members (option to sign up as a member with your registration to save on future workshops) \n \n\nAbout the Facilitator\n\nJessica Morgan (she/her) is the Head of Graduate Acting and Associate Professor of Stage Movement for BFA/MFA Acting at West Virginia University. Recent highlights of her production work at WVU include Dracula\, a feminist revenge fantasy\, really.\, Phoebe in Winter\, 9 to 5: The Musical\, Cinderella\, Into the Woods\, and Indecent. She is in her fifth season as an Intimacy and Fight Director with The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio where her work includes POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive\, Big Fish\, Indecent\, Head Over Heels\, and Alice By Heart. She has also worked professionally for Greenbrier Valley Theatre\, Vintage Theatre Company\, Cumberland Theatre Company\, Shepherd University\, and The Contemporary American Theatre Festival doing intimacy and violence. She teaches workshops on consent and intimacy practices for theatre training programs and companies. Jessica is a Certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/intimacy2/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education/Workshop,Membership Events
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