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Full Performance
Workshop
Intensive week-long session immersion course
(Limited to eight participants)
Condensed
Performance Workshop
Three-to-five day session
(Limited to four to seven participants)
Workshop Alum Mark Phillips is organizing a Full-Week Bob Fitch Performance Workshop in the Washington, D.C. area:
August 11- 16, 2008 (Arrive D.C. on the 10th)
Location: Gaithersburg, MD (Fly into DCA, IAD or BWI)
This is a full week "bootcamp" with both Bob Fitch and Ed Bordo teaching, plus a yoga instructor in the mornings and a special guest lecturer.
Contact Mark Phillips
markphillips@verizon.net
(301) 816-0606
Essential Week-Long Workshop Information
Purpose
In the past, magicians have had few resources available to learn
theatre and movement skills. This intensive, structured week has been tailored
to magicians, and is intended to help them obtain basic theatre tools and
self-directing skills to take away and be able to apply to their work The
workshop is a full week long in order to allow time to effect real, hopefully
lasting, change.
What it is
The session is limited to 8 participants and includes daily yoga,
movement, speech and acting classes. Evening performance class consist
of hands-on direction of each participant by Bob Fitch and Edwin Bordo,
to be observed by the entire group. Personal sessions are videotaped, and
participants are given the recordings of themselves to keep and refer to
after the workshop. Acting classes are taught by Edwin Bordo and guest
teachers. There will also be time reserved for recreation, introspection
(processing) and fun and surprises.
This is a participatory workshop. It will be fun and exhilarating but also challenging. While the environment is warm and supportive, and major breakthroughs will occur, you should not expect the work to be easy or necessarily entirely comfortable. Participants are expected to attend all structured activities and classes of this integrated program. All yoga and movement classes are suitable for beginners but do require physical effort.
Workshop Schedule
Day One
Arrive in the afternoon
Dinner
Workshop Orientation
Days Two through Eight
Yoga(8-9am)
Breakfast (9-10am)
Morning class (Voice and Acting) (10am-1pm)
Lunch (1-2:30)
Afternoon class (movement, acting or scriptwriting) (2:30-4:30)
Performance Class (4:30-6)
Dinner (6pm)
Evening Performance Class (7:30-10:30)
Day Nine
Breakfast
Departure
The Bob Fitch Workshop is held at various locations in the US, Canda and Europe - wherever interested participants wish to hold it. Plese contact us if you would like to organize a workshop in your area.
Fee
$2600 US, all-inclusive for the Full Workshop. The Workshop
fee includes cost of hotel (double occupancy) and all meals, as well as
class materials and DVDs of your work. The fee for the Concentrated
Workshop varies according to the length of the workshop and the arrangements
at your location.
How to Apply
Please answer the questions on the application
form and send via regular mail along with a video of the material you
want to work on and a $300 deposit. (The deposit will be refunded if you
are not accepted or if the workshop is full). If you do not have a video
ready, the $300 deposit will hold a slot for you until your video is received.
The Teachers
Bob Fitch is a professional actor, dancer,
singer, magician, director and choreographer. His extensive performing
career includes roles in 27 productions on Broadway as well as in films
and on television. As a magic consultant and director, he's worked with
many top professional magicians. He is also well-known for his coin and
topit work.
Edwin Bordo is a highly-regarded actor, acting
teacher and speech coach. His career has spanned Broadway, repertory theatre,
television and film, including roles in Woody Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose"
and "The Purple Rose of Cairo." The fact that he is not a magician brings
an invaluable fresh viewpoint from a top veteran of the theater.
(See Staff Bios for more information,
including
guest teachers and the people who help make this event possible. Also,
check out the Workshop Photo Gallery )
Bob Fitch and Edwin Bordo will travel to your location for a three to five-day performance workshop. Recent workshops in Maine and Las Vegas each had six participants.
The Condensed Workshop is structured like the Full Workshop but differs in that you handle the administrative details, including arranging the location and assembling the participants. It can be a more affordable alternative to the Full Workshop.
If you would like to facilitate/sponsor this, you could receive a discount for attending yourself!
Contact Bob for details and availability.