Celebration One Month Intensive

with Davis Robinson, Karen Montanaro and Guest Instructors
July 2 - July 28, 2012

We're thrilled to expand the Intensive workshop this year to offer a full month with master teacher Davis Robinson who will be joined for the second two weeks by Karen Montanaro. Through a schedule of daily classes in movement, improvisation, premise work, physical graphics, principles of mime and ensemble building, you will push the boundaries of creative theater. Afternoon master classes with world-class guest teaching artists will strengthen and diversify your skill set. Evenings will provide an opportunity to perform your own work inspired by daily assignments.

Each week will lead to new challenges and increasing levels of risk and collaboration. The natural world surrounding the barn, music, literature, current events, and the human condition will be used as prompts for devising original material in groups, solo, and duets. A full month will allow for a comprehensive exploration of several dramatic terrains, from clowning to tragedy. People who arrive at the workshop with existing ideas for material will be encouraged to push their work in new directions, to test their strength and resilience with new technical skills, and to open up new avenues for exploration in an intensive and supportive atmosphere of creative joy and mutual discovery.

	Davis Robinson is an associate professor of theater at Bowdoin College, and former head of actor training at Emerson College in Boston. His book The Physical Comedy Handbook was published by Heineman Press in 1999. He helps people develop their comic skills in colleges, repertory theaters, Motionfest, the Big Apple Circus Clown Care unit, and right here in Maine each summer. read more / visit Beau Jest website
	Karen Montanaro is a world-renowned dancer and mime artist, an award-winning choreographer, and the innovator of "mimedance" (the fusion of two classical art forms). Karen danced professionally with the Ohio Ballet and the Darmstadt Opera Ballet in Germany before meeting master mime and Celebration Barn's founder, Tony Montanaro. For more than a decade, Karen and Tony toured and taught internationally... read more / visit Karen Montanaro's website

Teaching artists include:

Davis Robinson, author of The Physical Comedy Handbook, will teach you how
to create dynamic theater with honesty and imagination.

Karen Montanaro, internationally acclaimed dancer and mime artist, will help
you expand the expressive range of your movement and act "on impulse."

Leland Faulkner, film-maker and theater artist, will share techniques for creating "physical graphics" to make visually stunning work.

Rob Mermin, founder of Circus Smirkus, will guide you to advance your unique style with polish and panache.

Fritz Grobe, internet sensation from Eepybird.com, will teach you how to dig
deeper into your work, building from 1 to 10 to 100.

Julie Goell, musician, clown and Director of Maine Singers Atelier, will offer vocal techniques for speaking and singing with strength and passion.

Bronwyn Sims, actor, aerialist and choreographer, will explore the power of play between partners to create dynamic physical shpaes and balances.

and more...

This class is open to performers of all experience levels.

TUITION: $1450*

* Register by May 1st and receive a $50 discount. A 10% discount is also available to individuals registering for more than one workshop or for group registrations from the same immediate family or performing ensemble. See the registration form for details.

REGISTER!

Arrival: between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday
Departure: before 10 a.m. on Sunday

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