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Physical Comedy
with Davis Robinson
August 14 - 19, 2006
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This workshop gives students a vocabulary for comic movement: trips, slaps, falls, escalations, stock characters, surprises, master/servant relationships, stillness, object encounters, and movement to music. These are used to build comic business and believable actions into scripted and original material.
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Emphasis is placed on developing an individual's physical presence and their ability to recognize and build upon comic themes and variations.
We begin with neutrality and move through a series of solo, partner, and ensemble improvisations. Actors enrich their understanding of comic timing and the moment-to-moment logic of comic situations through daily exercises in material development. We try a lot of things, and we throw out a lot of things. Half-baked ideas and full-fledged peices are developed each day and performed in class each evening.
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DAVIS ROBINSON is chair of the Theater and Dance Department 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 is also artistic director of the Beau Jest Moving Theatre... read more
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TUITION: $700 U.S.*
This includes housing, lunch, and dinner.
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* Register by May 31 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.
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Arrival: between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday, August 13
Departure: before 10 a.m. on Sunday, August 20
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