Elastic Theatre’s programme of workshops runs in collaboration with international professional organisations. Recent partners include the European Network for Opera and Dance Education (RESEO), NOA Opera Festival (Vilnius), Teatro Integrato Internazionale (Rome), Centre for Research in Opera and Musical Theatre (London) and The Living Theatre Conservatory in New York.

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Critically acclaimed UK company Elastic Theatre presents a screening of their latest production Baroque Box, following a sell-out success at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival in London. Specially for BAW, director Jacek Ludwig Scarso and performers from the Company will also present a unique insight into the making of their new work Julius, through live demonstrations of their innovative approach to music theatre.

Through a close analysis of pronunciation and intonation, each student will learn to identify his individual obstacles and manage any text in English without apprehension.

Tools used in class include:

• Group warm-up for voice and speech
• Survey sentences for the teacher to identify each student’s problem areas
• Audio recording for the students to pinpoint their own habitual mistakes
• Presentation, demonstration, and analysis of the various sounds of the English language (phonetics)
• Speech exercises for regular practice at home
• Monologues and scenes to assess students’ progress in a real acting context

These tools have been developed by:

• Edith Skinner
• Kristin Linklater
• Cicely Berry
• Patsy Rodenburg

The class gives you strength and confidence to meet a variety of challenges presented by film and video, and to come out of each shoot with a sense of having achieved your best possible performance.

You and the Audition  **NEW!**

• Walk confidently into any room and present yourself effectively
• Choose and prepare the right material to showcase your unique talent
• Adapt your preparation to the casting director’s interests
• Develop skills to read scripts without preparation (“cold readings”)
• Learn how to handle rejections, and how to prepare when you are called back

You and Your Performance

• Learn how to warm up physically and emotionally before each shot/performance
• Listen and react honestly
• Develop a character step by step
• Use objects to reveal more about your character

You and the Camera

• Understand different types of camera shots and adjust your performance accordingly
• Learn how to control body movement in different shots
• Adjust the volume of your voice to a microphone

You and the Shoot

• Learn about the timing of your preparation – when to prepare, how to prepare, and how to deal with technical hindrances and obstacles on the set
• Understand the importance and challenges of shooting scenes out of order
• Find “triggers” that spark strong emotions for repeated takes

At the end of the semester, students will present a showcase of scenes and participate in discussions with an invited audience.

A rare opportunity to work with internationally acclaimed performance artists Yael Karavan & Tanya Khabarova

The key concept of this work is that we each have a ship of fools within us. These fools represent the different traits that shape our personality. Each one of them, at a time, leads our boat; the lover, the thinker, the joker… We have so many characters within us that try to express themselves in various ways. I have thus developed methods of finding these ‘traits’ through the use of character-based work, searching to enable these various fools within us to reveal their stories, like a journey within our own archetypes.

The workshop will offer a warm up composed from a variety of training tools; stretching, strength, centre, spontaneity, imagination, improvisation, presence, physical awareness, work with objects and rhythm, and will propose various approaches to discovering your fools in a creative atmosphere.

Saturday 28th January 14h-18h
Sunday 29th January 15h-19h30 

At BAW – The Pavé d’Orsay
48 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris

Price: 115 euros
Info/bookings: info@bilingualacting.com

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Julia Graig has worked as an actor/teacher for a number of years since graduating in Theatre in London (BA Warwick University, MA London University, PGCE Goldsmiths, LAMDA teaching certificate).

After a classical theatre background as a professional she became a founder member of ETP, an award winning educational theatre company creating workshops , touring and performing Elizabethan and Jacobean productions in the UK. As well as teaching in colleges for ten years, she has worked with Wild Geese on rehabilitation drama programs for the probation service.She has an active interest in new voices and writing and has worked at the Royal Court, London as part of their new playwriting program for the Theatre WRiters Union as well as been a past company judge at new writing competitions at the Swan, Stratford upon Avon. Her current academic studies include PHD work on Robert Wilson’s approach to classic text.