Nomadic Theatre Co. Presents Physical Characterization Workshop with Sarah Liane Foster, 5/21-22

Extreme Physical Characterization Workshop
Sarah Liane Foster just returned from the Helikos School in Florence, Italy, where she has been teaching and studying clown-- tap into what she learned while it's "fresco e puro!"

About the Workshop
Humans are extreme; the world around us even more so. This workshop delves into the infinite theatrical and comic potential of the world around us in creating dynamic physical characters. Through intense play, movement technique, and improvisation, we will explore the movement dynamics of animals, natural elements (fire, water, earth, air) and materials (paper, rubber, steel, spaghetti, etc, etc, etc) and use them to build a rich, diverse vocabulary of character possibilities.

Tutelage fee: $90

Dates: Sat May 20 & Sun May 21
Hours: 10am-4pm with lunch break
Location: The Church of Alan, 8325 N Central Ave, St. Johns
(come in around back through the gate and up the stairs)

Maximum # Students: 12
Minimum age: 15

About Sarah Liane Foster
Sarah Liane Foster is a physical actor, clown, mask performer, stilt walker, funny person, and teacher of how to be those things. She is just back from a year of assisting Giovanni Fusetti at his movement theatre school in Florence, Italy, Scuola Internazionale di Creazione Teatrale Helikos. Before that, she trained in physical theatre and clown at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, at the Celebration Barn Theatre, and with Giovanni Fusetti. Sarah creates, performs, and teaches clown and physical theatre in Portland, around the United States, and internationally. She is Co-Artistic Director of the Nomadic Theatre Co in Portland, and has created six original movement-based theatre shows with Nomadic. Her most recent creation is The Last Show You'll Ever See, a solo clown trombone show about the end of the world, which has played in Portland, California, Rhode Island, and New York.

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