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Theatre
Berlin International Performing Arts Center

In this workshop we will cover all aspects of the hoop. We will begin by learning and refining fundamentals technique including: how to spin the hoop on all parts of the body, how to dance with the hoop, the fundamental maneuvers for transitioning planes, and of course a few flashy tricks to impress your friends.

Then we will get creative with the hoop developing some choreography which we will later have the opportunity to perform! No experience is necessary, only a good attitude.  If you are already a hooper, I will provide you with advanced maneuvers to keep you challenged and moving forward. If you are brand new, I will provide you with the basics. Open to all levels. Hoops provided.

We all have a story to tell. The art is in the telling.

The events that have most profoundly shaped our lives can become a springboard for creating compelling and dramatic stories for the stage. This writing workshop will introduce participants to techniques specific to the process of this unique form of theater. These include basic dramatic structure, the three narrators, the transformational arc, creating strong characters and finding the theme in your life experience. All participants will be required to write and read their work aloud.

Frederick Johntz is a screenwriter, director and story-consultant from Los Angeles. He has taught at UCLA, The American Film Institute, Hollywood Film Institute, Promenade Playhouse, Travis-Johntz Studios, Die Tankstelle, Actors Space and Lucid Body Space Berlin. He has developed and/or directed a number of one-person Shows that have been performed in Los Angeles, New York, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and elsewhere. He has directed theater in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and Berlin. He has worked on numerous films, ranging from studio feature films to independents. He most recently directed Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Actors Space Berlin and Verlängertes Wohnzimmer in Berlin. His film The Last Cemetery in Berlin is scheduled to go into production in the fall of 2014.

“A promise is a promise. . .”

A princess learns to look beyond appearances when the man of her dreams turns out to be… a frog! Will she pucker up to the slimy toad, or let love hop away?

This fairytale of “The Frog Prince” is acted out by one actor, who in a very moving performance, acts, dances and sings all the different characters in the play. It is especially suited for children with limited vocabulary, as they get to participate in telling the story.

Workshop

This fairytale is followed by a workshop including fun games, music and movement.  The children have the chance to react to what they saw in the play before and are encouraged to use the English language too express themselves.

Florian Korty studied theater and film acting in Sydney, Australia and graduated with an advanced diploma in performing arts. In  2013 his one man show An Aussie Affair was part of the international  Sydney Mardi Gras Festival.  Florian has been part of the Galli Ensemble Berlin since June of 2013 where he performs up to seven shows a week including story acting and workshops in English. Florian performs at schools and kindergartens all over Berlin including the Metropolitan school in Berlin-Mitte.

Our bodies are home to our emotions and reflect our deepest character. The Lucid Body technique is dedicated to enabling the growth of the human being through a safe and deep psycho-physical process of introspection, exertion and mental challenge.

This process has been developed as an aid to the actor in need of breaking out of habitual body in order to develop a clear vehicle for anybody. The renowned Lucid Body technique has helped shape award-winning performances for both film and stage.( Oscar for Lupita Nyong’o  in 12 Years A Slave) The key to all character is in the body. Expand your pallet, play roles you never thought possible.

 Monika Gossmann was born and raised bilingually (German and Russian) in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. At the age of six she moved with her family to Germany. After high school, she underwent three years of training as a singer, dancer and musical performer at the Contemporary Dance School in Hamburg. From 2003 until the summer of 2007, she studied acting at the University of the Arts Theater in Moscow (partner school of Harvard University’s ART program). During her training she performed at the Moscow Art Theater as Anna Petrovna in Chekhov’s Platonov and the Moscow Theater for music and film in the musical Chicago. Monika is a member of the Moscow Theater CDR. She has performed with the Tiger Lillies Circus and at many German theaters, notably as Lady Milford in Kabale und Liebe and as Miss Julie in Miss Julie. Monika also starred in the TV films Artdetektiv Mozart and Judgment Day both of which were aired on the first program of Russian television. Monika has also performed extensively on German television (SOKO, Coast Guard …). After studying acting in Moscow, Monika traveled to Los Angeles for three months to further develop her range of acting techniques (Method Acting / Meisner) and practice her English. In New York, Monika met Fay Simpson (director / Lucid Body Technique practitioner / Yale Drama/ NYU Tisch). Monika trained in the Lucid Body acting technique and a Lucid Body Trainer and opened her own Studio in 2014, the LUCID BODY room berlin. In 2013 ,she directed the play  Stripped by Stephen Clark and is recently working on her new project TY-SON.

Our lives and art are represented by the universal characters of archetypes (king, lover, fool, to name a few) and by the interplay of status.

Learn to access these archetypes through worksheets and exercises, and how to apply their attributes through improvisation. Discovering archetypical behavior can give you more creative options in everyday problem-solving and as a performer. Participate in storytelling exercises that reveal how status and character intertwine.

Brian Kapell is the Executive Director and Artistic Director of ComedySportz Berlin. He was also the co-founder and General Manager of Spirit Yoga Berlin. He began working in ComedySportz in 1985, and was instrumental in bringing the form to many cities, including CSz Washinton D.C., where he established the Laughing Lizard Lounge Comedy Club. He has 2 BA degrees from UW-Madison (Theater- Acting Specialist and Communicative Disorders) and an MFA (in Theater Management) from Cal. State University- Long Beach. He worked for many years in the medium of theater for the deaf, culminating in the production of the revival of Big River on Broadway, which was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003. He has been producing comedy improvisation in Berlin for 9 years, performing and teaching almost every week. His current projects are in bringing CSz to the Public School System, and offering ComedySpricht, which utilizes comedy improvisation as an English-language-learning platform.