Workshop for the actor-singer - Pierre Kuentz and Philippe Sire

Operatic production requires from the performer a knowledge of theatrical techniques: the actor-singer workshop is aimed at singers who wish to become better acquainted with the fundamentals of the dramatic art.

We are offering a series of exercises which aim to develop presence and self-awareness on stage or in any performance space, engagement (energy and risk-taking), listening to oneself and to others. We will also experiment with exercises with masks. This course is intended to be both serious and playful, and gives singers the opportunity to tackle a variety of difference exercises and to free, renew and stimulate their relationship with theatrical techniques.

Musical performance itself will not be addressed, as musical constraints can sometimes get in the way of and compromise the efforts put into the dramatic work.

AREAS OF STUDY

• Warm-up work - physical and vocal, relaxation exercises
  
  
• Improvisation work
  
  
• Performance work (monologues, recitatives, poetic texts)
  
  

REPERTOIRE

Monologues, recitatives, speech, scenes from the European dramatic repertoire (Molière, Feydeau, Chekhov, Horvath, Koltès etc).

PROGRAMME

Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 July
10h-13h: Group workshop on the ‘training of the actor' led by Philippe Sire and Pierre Kuentz
14h30-18h: Small group workshops on individual performance. Participants move from one workshop to another over the course of the afternoon.

Teaching fee

210 euros (teaching fee and lunches)
180 euros for participants of the European Baroque Academy (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008).

Accommodation can be provided in Ambronay (bedrooms of 4-6 beds): 100 euros (night, evening meals and breakfast). Fore more details.
Participant arrival: Wednesday, 2^nd (evening) or Thursday, 3^rd (before 10 am)
Participant departure: Sunday, 6^th (evening) or Monday, 7^th (before noon).