| The Fall Teachers' Conference Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 at Montclair State University Student Center 411-412 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM (counts towards 100 hours earned) Provider # 2216 |
| Let us know what conference topics and presenters you would like us to hear about and learn from! Contact a STANJ board member today! |
| A Focused Exploration of Movement for the Actor |
About the Presenter:
Philip Burton, Stage Director and Movement Specialist, has worked in Europe, Australia, the US, and Canada as director
and dynographer (choreographer).
He received international critical acclaim for his direction of Herod and the Innocents for Spoleto Festivals in the US and
Italy and was choreographer for the US national tour of Stop the World, I Want to Get Off starring Anthony Newley.
He directed Brass Theatre for PBS, featuring Canadian Brass and the Philip Burton Movement Theatre.
Professional work began in 1978 when American composer, Aaron Copland invited him to create mask/movement pieces
for a PBS broadcast entitled New Directions in Music.
Television: Saturday Night Live, CBS Salute to American Magicians, The Robert Klein Show, One Life to Live, All My Children,
and many commercials.
Film: Toy Story I, Luggage of the Gods.
Faculty: University of Texas School of Drama/Dance, Wake Forest University Theatre, The Rome (Italy) Conservatory,
Queensland Performing Arts Trust (Australia), Bonnie Pruden Pain Erasure (Tucson), Adjunct Professor of Movement,
Mason Gross School of the Arts - Rutgers University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Actors' movement Studio,
He founded the Expressive Movement Institute, and movement programs for the Julliard Dalcroze Institute, and the
opera movement program for Mannes College of Music. He received his Masters Degree in Directing from Northwestern
University.
Philip Burton, Stage Director and Movement Specialist, has worked in Europe, Australia, the US, and Canada as director
and dynographer (choreographer).
He received international critical acclaim for his direction of Herod and the Innocents for Spoleto Festivals in the US and
Italy and was choreographer for the US national tour of Stop the World, I Want to Get Off starring Anthony Newley.
He directed Brass Theatre for PBS, featuring Canadian Brass and the Philip Burton Movement Theatre.
Professional work began in 1978 when American composer, Aaron Copland invited him to create mask/movement pieces
for a PBS broadcast entitled New Directions in Music.
Television: Saturday Night Live, CBS Salute to American Magicians, The Robert Klein Show, One Life to Live, All My Children,
and many commercials.
Film: Toy Story I, Luggage of the Gods.
Faculty: University of Texas School of Drama/Dance, Wake Forest University Theatre, The Rome (Italy) Conservatory,
Queensland Performing Arts Trust (Australia), Bonnie Pruden Pain Erasure (Tucson), Adjunct Professor of Movement,
Mason Gross School of the Arts - Rutgers University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Actors' movement Studio,
He founded the Expressive Movement Institute, and movement programs for the Julliard Dalcroze Institute, and the
opera movement program for Mannes College of Music. He received his Masters Degree in Directing from Northwestern
University.
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About the Workshop:
Actors who have a level of physical competence can create deeper characters and experience a performance edge that
not only distinguishes their work, but one that leaves the competition behind. Traditionally, American actors are trained
in emotional flexibility and vocal power, but those with additional physical eloquence have a true secret weapon.
This workshop addressed non-dance stage movement to empower the serious [ and the student ] actor. It was a
bridge-building class that made musical and gestural ideas interchangeable.
Before we made the required leap from the arithmetic of music into the geometry of dynamic expression, three finely
tuned instruments were harmonized: the ear, the eye, and the body. It is this expressive triad that we exercised,
exploring how metered phrases in music can teach us about the open rhythms of stage action.
Rhythm took on a new definition. Lots of music and movement were used, but this was not a dance class. Elements from
Rudolph Laban, Etienne Decroux, and Emile Jaques Dalcroze were introduced.
Actors who have a level of physical competence can create deeper characters and experience a performance edge that
not only distinguishes their work, but one that leaves the competition behind. Traditionally, American actors are trained
in emotional flexibility and vocal power, but those with additional physical eloquence have a true secret weapon.
This workshop addressed non-dance stage movement to empower the serious [ and the student ] actor. It was a
bridge-building class that made musical and gestural ideas interchangeable.
Before we made the required leap from the arithmetic of music into the geometry of dynamic expression, three finely
tuned instruments were harmonized: the ear, the eye, and the body. It is this expressive triad that we exercised,
exploring how metered phrases in music can teach us about the open rhythms of stage action.
Rhythm took on a new definition. Lots of music and movement were used, but this was not a dance class. Elements from
Rudolph Laban, Etienne Decroux, and Emile Jaques Dalcroze were introduced.
Conference Program:
9:30 - 10:00 - Registration and Coffee
10:00 - 11:00 - Workshop, Part 1
11:10 - 12:00 - Workshop, Part 2
1:00 - 2:30 - STANJ Executive
Board Meeting
9:30 - 10:00 - Registration and Coffee
10:00 - 11:00 - Workshop, Part 1
11:10 - 12:00 - Workshop, Part 2
1:00 - 2:30 - STANJ Executive
Board Meeting
Total Registration: $53.00
(includes membership $30.00
and conference fee) $23.00
Student/ retired Fee $20.00
(includes membership $10.00
and conference fee) $10.00
Make checks payable to STANJ.
Register by mail no later than Oct. 13
in order to be counted for lunch and handouts
(includes membership $30.00
and conference fee) $23.00
Student/ retired Fee $20.00
(includes membership $10.00
and conference fee) $10.00
Make checks payable to STANJ.
Register by mail no later than Oct. 13
in order to be counted for lunch and handouts
| Contact Dr. Wayne Bond 973-748-0313 or email him at bondw@mail.montclair.edu for further details |
