Acting Workshop: From Acting to Becoming

Synopsis

The actor's craft is not to act, it is to become.

Are you willing to become? Then…

Leave the actor behind and embrace the character and its world.

 

Workshop Learning Objectives

• Application of the original method Actor’s Conscious Unconscious for the preparation or rehearsal of the actor¬.

• The ultimate objective of the work in the actors’ preparation is to establish four connections. These four connections must be evident in the scene presentation of the final showcase that will take place at the end of the second term. The connections are:
1. First connection: with the self.
2. Second connection: with the ensemble, through collective interrelation.
3. Third connection: mental and spiritual contact with our origins.
4. Fourth connection: with the audience on the day of the scene presentation.

The workshop will consist of the above basic stages in the process of the actors’ universe, all stemming from the methodology Actor’s Conscious Unconscious. It will then be divided in 2 terms. Although enrolling in both parts of the workshops is not obligatory, the instructor has designed the workshops to be taken consecutively in order to maximize growth as an actor. Also, to enroll only in Workshop Part II, an interview and audition might be requested to ensure the level of the applicant is appropriate.

 

Workshop Part I: THE ACTOR’S PREPARATION

Workshop Part II : THE ATMOSPHERE OF INTERPRETATION

A. Discovery of creativity - Conscience of blocking and its rituals. - The actor’s anthropology. - Unblocking and posing solutions. - Introduction to the actor’s preparation B. The actor’s preparation - The conscious of the actor. - The actor in front of his inner world. - The physical work, the bodily culture. - Meeting with the theatrical image. - Mastering the theatrical image.

A. The actor and his circumstances - The circumstantial “I” - The actor’s “I” - The character’s “I” B. The inner professor (the actor’s unconscious) - The vertical actor and the horizontal actor. - Creation of the character: the mastering of the actor over the character. - First atmosphere: mastering the theatrical image (verbal or physical). - Second atmosphere: freedom of the actor before the image. - Third atmosphere: entrance to the character’s universe. - The actor’s dramaturgy: creation of the character.

Workshop PART I Meets: Saturdays, 10:00am to 1:00pm (total of 30 hours) Week 1 – Jan 14 Week 2 – Jan 21 Week 3 – Jan 28 Week 4 – Feb 04 Week 5 – Feb 11 Week 6 – Feb 18 Week 7 – Feb 25 Week 8 – Mar 03 Week 9 – Mar 10 Week 10 – Mar 17

Workshop PART II Meets: Saturdays, 10:00am to 1:00pm (total of 30 hours) Week 1 – Apr 14 Week 2 – Apr 21 Week 3 – Apr 28 Week 4 – May 05 Week 5 – May 12 Week 6 – May 19 Week 7 – Jun 02 Week 8 – Jun 09 Week 9 – Jun 16 Week 10 – Jun 23

 

About the instructor: Walter Ventosilla

Born in Lima, Peru, Walter is a narrator, playwright and theater director. He has published: Cuentos de Tierra y Eucaliptos (1982), Asunción (1994), the novel Luis bandolero Luis (2005) and a book of stories A quien corresponda (2008). Anthology appearances include En el Camino, Nuevos Narradores Peruanos de la Generación del 80 and in Antología General del Cuento Peruano 1900 – 1990. As a playwright published plays include Obras de Teatro para la Mujer and Antología del Nuevo Teatro Peruano. Among his National and International Award-winning plays and stories is Fundación Ciudad de Requena, in Spain. In 1987 he was selected as one of the ten most creative young people representative of Peru. As a theater director he has participated in various national and international events and worked with teachers such as Tony Cots, from the Odin Theater in Denmark, Fumiyoshi Asai from Tokyo Opera Kanz, among others. In 1990 his children’s play El Lago Encantado was translated to French and premiered in Paris (France) the same year; and in 2000 his play Para danzar a la vida was translated to English and was staged in New York City. Other plays of his have been staged in Uruguay and Chile. He is currently completing the publication of his plays and the book on the pedagogy of action El conciente inconciente del actor. Since 2007 he has directed in New York the staging of Inti Raymi, the Sun feast, an outdoor performance with more than 50 actors on-stage.

How to register

To register for this workshop, complete the Registration form and Pay Registration online. To pay by check, still complete the registration form and mail your check to the address below. Mailing address is below. Please write check to "IATI Theater."

IATI Theater
59-61 East 4th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention: Winston Estevez
winston@iatitheater.org

NOTE: After you complete both registration and payment for the workshop, you will receive an e-mail confirming your registration. If you do not receive your confirmation e-mail at least one week prior to the workshop, please phone us to double check your registration status.