Farm Arts Collective is hosting an ongoing winter series of creative performing arts workshops. The classes are held Thursdays at 6:00 PM at the Farm Arts Collective Agri-Cultural Center and will be led by teachers and experts from the collective and the local community.
ALL WORKSHOPS are PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN
Donations will support the teachers’ honorariums and the space costs.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th 6-8 PM
VOCAL and GROUP SONG Workshop with Tannis Kowalchuk
Tannis will teach a battery of songs with amazing group harmonies as well as introduce exercises that employ the voice as a muscle. We will stretch our range and capacity and attempt some improvised song-making. Everyone can sing is the philosophy. Singing is natural and good for us.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th 6-8 PM
INVOKE YOUR CLOWN Workshop with Clown Daddy
Finding your clown’s physicality and inner life is the goal with this playful workshop. Actress, Clown Daddy will teach how to shift your body and mind into a state of energized creativity, curiosity and joy. Red nose provided.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20th 6-8 PM
SONG-WRITING Workshop #1 with Doug Rogers
Introduction, philosophy, technique, with song-writer Doug Rogers who has created many incredible and memorable tunes for the Dream on the Farm series. Doug will give participants a song-writing assignment which will be brought in the following week.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th 6-8 PM
SONG-WRITING Workshop #2 with Doug Rogers
Participants will share their compositions with each other and receive detailed feedback and next-steps advise from the teacher.
THURSDAY, MARCH 6th 6-8 PM
STAGE FIGHTING Workshop with Jess Barkl
Have fun finding your inner warrior! This stage combat workshop will give you some foundations and skills to perform convincing fight scenes safely. You will learn some basic terminology for stage combat, safety, consent/intimacy work, punches, kicks, falls, and weapons. This will class will prioritize safety and using this tool for optimum storytelling through movement.
Diverse skill levels: The workshop is suitable for beginners to experienced actors.
Practical application: Hands-on exercises to learn fight choreography.
Storytelling element: Stage combat can be used to enhance character development and excitement for the overall presentation aspect of theater.
Variety of techniques: Unarmed and weapon techniques will be covered.
NO CLASS MARCH 13
THURSDAY, MARCH 20th 6-8 PM
PLAYWRITING with Melissa Bell and Mark Dunau
Writing exercises, structure and playwriting principals will be explored.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27th 6-8 PM
DEVISING PHYSICAL THEATRE with Tannis Kowalchuk
Focusing on how to create physical material with actors for the creation of collaborative devised theatre performances. The workshop is designed for both actors and directors.