Upcoming Workshops & Lectures - JULY 2007

TTRP MASTERS SERIES 2007:

WORKSHOP FOR ACTORS: IMAGEWORK TRAINING & CHEKHOV TECHNIQUE

by David Zinder

Date and Time:

Part 1 - 14 July (Saturday), 9am - 1pm

Venue: TTRP, Emily Hill - 11 Upper Wilkie Road

Fee: S$180/-

Creativity in the theatre involves the external expression in physical form of the actor's imagination. At the same time it is based on fundamental techniques relating to the actor's instruments of expression: the body and the voice in space. In order to turn all of these into art radiated out to the audience, technique is required – and that is the starting point of the workshop. Both ImageWork and the Michael Chekhov Technique are based on the understanding that there exists a profound symbiosis in the performance space between the body and the imagination.

Participants will be required to prepare for the 2nd session, on the Michael Chekhov Technique, by reading a classical play, choosing one of the characters and learning a brief monologue (a minute to a minute and a half). As long as it is a well-known play (e.g. the Greeks, Shakespeare, Racine, Corneille, Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter) this can be done in each actor’s own language, if translations exist.

To apply for a place, download the registration form to submit a brief bio, and list injuries/disabilities. TTRP and the instructor reserves the right to select final list of workshop participants based on the consideration of optimizing the learning opportunity for all participants.

Completed registration form to be sent to Amanda at email: amanda@practice.org.sg or fax to 6337-4204

Closing date: 22 June 2007

About David Zinder

Born in Israel, Professor David Zinder is an internationally recognized director and acting trainer. Over the past six years he has directed a number of award-winning and highly acclaimed plays in Romania and the United States. He is also a much-sought after workshop leader who has given numerous acting workshops throughout Europe and the United States. His method of Training actors, called ImageWork, has been brought out in a book entitled Body Voice Imagination: A Training for the Actor, and was published by Routledge, New York in 2002. Prof. Zinder is also one of the Master Teachers of the Michael Chekhov Technique of acting training and a founding member of the Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA).

He received a BA from the Drama Dept. of Manchester University in 1966, and a PhD. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976, and in between worked as a professional actor in Israel for six years. He has taught acting, directing and theory at the Theatre Arts Department of Tel Aviv University from 1976 to 2004, during which time he also directed over 60 productions both professionally and in theatre schools in Israel and abroad.

Prof. Zinder will be in Singapore to teach at the Theatre Training & Research Programme, the second time he is doing so.

For more information on Prof. Zinder, visit: www.davidzinder.com

Past Workshops & Lectures

22 & 24 June 2007 - Lee Breuer & Maude Mitchell's Talk and Workshop

14 & 21 April 2007 - Asian-Chinese Theatre and Drama Talk Series

20 January 2007 - TTRP Open House

20 January 2006 - Noh Lecture-Demo by Prof. Richard Emmert
July 2006 - Kutiyattam Masterclass
May/June 2006 - Anne Bogart Lecture & Workshop