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Slide Shows

CLOWN WORKSHOP
Master Clown Michael Kennard of Mump and Smoot led a dynamic 'Intro to Baby Clown' workshop in April 2006. Based on the Pochinko technique, we did group explorations, games and exercises that led students into the clown world, where they donned noses and hats to help them discover their individual clowns.

Master Clown Michael Kennard of Mump and Smoot led a dynamic 'Intro to Baby Clown' workshop in April 2006. Based on the Pochinko technique, we did group explorations, games and exercises that led students into the clown world, where they donned noses and hats to help them discover their individual clowns.


Participants: Linda Carter; Helen Posno; Ali Nedjati; Mark Brose; Brenda Gough; Irena Kagansky; Christine Rowntree; Kelly Ashton; Allan Redford; Dianna Zimmer.

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G.I.G.
G.I.G (The Getting in Group) engaged six artists under the leadership of David Skelton on a six month journey to experience and respond to notions of 'Exclusion' and 'Getting In' - - physically, emotionally and theatrically - using the physical limitations of the Theatre Centre in Toronto as a site and point of departure.

G.I.G. (The Getting in Group) engaged six artists under the leadership of David Skelton in a six month journey to experience and respond to notions of 'Exclusion' and 'Getting In' - - physically, emotionally and theatrically - using the physical limitations of the Theatre Centre in Toronto as a site and point of departure.

Participants: Melissa Addison-Webster; Ali Nedjati; Mark Brose; Kazumi Tsuruoka; Rose Jacobson; Helen Posno

 


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VOCAL WORKSHOP
Vocalist Fides Krucker led an elemental workshop in August 2006 to explore voice as the central instrument in creation. Artists used breath, bodywork, sound and song to access their inner and outer voices. Individual and group experiments created moments of revelation, musicality and vocal enlightenment.

Vocalist Fides Krucker led an elemental workshop in August 2006 to explore voice as the central instrument in creation. Artists used breath, bodywork, sound and song to access their inner and outer voices. Individual and group experiments created moments of revelation, musicality and vocal enlightenment.


Participants: Allan Redford; Helen Posno; Linda Carter; Mayahuel Tecozautla; Tammi Chau; Paul Dos Santos; Irena Kagansky; Kazumi Tsuruoka; Michelle St. John; Gerri Trimble; Anthony Bergamin.


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SCENE STUDY
Directors/performers Kate Lynch and Mark Christmann offered an in-depth examination of the play The Dispute by 18th century French playwright Phillipe Marivaux, to unlock its secrets and physicalize its text, characters and staging together with eight accomplished performers. A final presentation mapped the essential points of discovery and paved the way for future development of the piece.

Directors/performers Kate Lynch and Mark Christmann offered an in-depth examination of the play "The Dispute" by 18th century French playwright Phillipe Marivaux, to unlock its secrets and physicalize its text, characters and staging together with eight accomplished performers. A final presentation mapped the essential points of discovery and paved the way for future development of the piece.


Participants: Mark Brose; Ben Hudson; Allan Redford; Linda Carter; Wanda Fitzgerald; Leesa Levinson; Dianna Zimmer, Jeremiah Bach.

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Photos by Rose Jacobson. Black and white G.I.G. photo by Ali Nedjati; additional G.I.G. photos by David Skelton.

Picasso PRO and Equity Showcase Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation