Performance-Based Workshops
Participants will develop a strong grasp of the most important areas of contemporary theater making while learning effective use of the voice, body, texts, spaces, and objects. We explore dramatic literature, environments, and spaces within which performance can occur. Participants will research and develop ideas for use on stage as well as experimental projects in non-traditional spaces.
Areas of concentration:
Improvisation
Acting technique
Stage movement
Play analysis
Ensemble acting
Explore play production
Develop the audition process
Play performance
Improvisation
Acting technique
Stage movement
Play analysis
Ensemble acting
Explore play production
Develop the audition process
Play performance
Ageing and the Performing Arts
Art naturally infuses life with creativity, depth, and meaning, and can build strong relationships and communities. It can provide a safe space for both personal and political expression where the status quo can be challenged. And, of course, it can be a lot of fun.
Through participation and hands-on engagement, in this three-hour interactive workshop you will:
Through participation and hands-on engagement, in this three-hour interactive workshop you will:
- Learn about performing arts practices with older adults and persons with disabilities
- Leave with a deep understanding of the important benefits of this type of creative work on individual, community, and systemic levels
- Have a toolkit of transferable arts-based exercises and skills to use in your professional practice and personal life
YOUNG PEOPLE ONSTAGE!
Young People Onstage! introduces young people, ages 13 to 21, to performance, improv, and the world of theater, offering training in the performing arts under the direction of volunteer theater professionals.
Training emphasizes ensemble building and offers experiential outings and workshops all led by theater professionals.
Workshop participants work with existing scripts to create a showcase. All of the productions are performance experiments, designed to challenge its performers and audiences to think and feel outside the box. They tackle difficult social and political issues and create an environment in which contemporary urban youth can express their experiences and perspectives through performance and share them with a diverse audience of adults and young people from throughout Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand.
Young People Onstage is offered three times a year: in the fall, spring, and summer. During the school year, sessions are held after school hours and on Saturdays. In the summer, Young People Onstage! offers an intensive theater institute that meets four days a week.
Training emphasizes ensemble building and offers experiential outings and workshops all led by theater professionals.
Workshop participants work with existing scripts to create a showcase. All of the productions are performance experiments, designed to challenge its performers and audiences to think and feel outside the box. They tackle difficult social and political issues and create an environment in which contemporary urban youth can express their experiences and perspectives through performance and share them with a diverse audience of adults and young people from throughout Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand.
Young People Onstage is offered three times a year: in the fall, spring, and summer. During the school year, sessions are held after school hours and on Saturdays. In the summer, Young People Onstage! offers an intensive theater institute that meets four days a week.
For a complete list of our Performance-Based Workshops visit Chiang Mai Theatrics
