SHAU & YOGA For Actors

This 8-day workshop, conducted by Jayanta Meetei Chongtham, seeks to introduce the basic forms of shau & yoga to actors and also shows them how they can best use a combination of these.

The workshop will also offer guidance on how actors can eventually improvise and develop their won forms.

Why shau?

Shau can help an actor improve his/her body stamina, flexibility and balance.

Why yoga?

Yoya seeks to balance the body, mind and spirit. The workshop will concentrate primarily on asana (yoga postures) and also on pranayama (expanding and extending the breath). The aim is to increase an actor's imaginative power and focus.

Workshop Details:

Date:     8 - 15 Sep 2001

Time:     7pm - 9pm

Venue:  Studio 3 of Practice Performing Arts School

            31 International Business Park

#01-05 Creative Resource Singapore 609921

Cost:    S$123.60, S$103.00 (Full-time student & NS concession)

Max. Participants:     15

Application Deadline: 30 Aug 2001

Interested participants may send in their resumes and a brief on previous acting experience. For enquiries, please call (65) 569 1542 or e-mail admin@ppas.edu.sg. 

About the instructor:

Jayanta holds a Diploma in Theatre Arts (Acting Specialisation) from India's National School of Drama and was a member of its Repertory Company before winning a scholarship to PPAS' Theatre Training & Research Programme. He has performed in many plays in India, working with distinguished directors, in Indian plays as well as plays by Edward Albee, Chekhov, Ibsen and Brecht.

Acting Workshop

Designed and supervised by Mr Robert Draffin*, this 3-day workshop caters to actors with some basic experience. It focuses on training exercises that develop vocal and physical fluency.

This workshop also gives a small sample of the work that makes up part of the first year Theatre Training & Research Programme (TTRP) curriculum.

They include the following principles:

- working from impulse

- working organically

-  working from a meditative base

-  working with JO HA KYU

-  developing strong work practices

Workshop Details:

Date:  12 - 14 Sep 2001 

Time:  6.30pm - 10.30pm

Fees (including GST):S$154.50

                               S$133.90 full-time students & NS concession

Venue:  Studio 1 of Practice Performing Arts School, 31 International Business Park #01-05 Creative Resources Singapore 609921

Certificate:  A Certificate of participation will be awarded upon completion of the course, subject to satisfactory performance and attendance. In addition, participants get to observe one TTRP Acting class.

To find out more about the workshop, call (65) 569 1542 or e-mail your queries to admin@ppas.edu.sg. 

*Mr Robert Draffin is Teacher of Acting in Practice Performing Arts School's Theatre Training & Research Programme.

For 25 years, Mr Draffin has been a director, actor, dramaturg, writer, choreographer, and teacher in theatre, with his last appointment being as Acting Teacher at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia.

He has studied with the Odin Teatret, the Laban Institute of Movement and leading performers and teachers in Indonesia. He has directed traditional and contemporary theatre, devised performances and written and adapted scripts that have been performed internationally. Despite mainstream exposure, his primary interest is in alternative and experimental theatre, and in research into areas where performance training and practice have evolved and challenged each other. 

Fresh From The Oven  -  Part-time Dance Training

A one-year intensive part-time workshop commencing on 1 Oct 2001. Registration on 31 Aug 2001.

Theatre Training & Research Programme (TTRP)

The TTRP is a three-year training programme for contemporary theatre performers. It aspires to nurture solidly-skilled, technically-adept, critically-aware, socially-engaged, and artistically-autonomous performers. The training includes contemporary acting, movement, digital arts and immersion in four Asian classical theatre systems.

The course will primarily be conducted in English. Japanese-speaking participants are welcome.

CERTIFICATION

A certificate of participation will be awarded following the completion of the course.

DATES

8 weeks  -  February to end of March 2002

4 sessions per week.  3 hours per session per day

LOCATION

Practice Performing Arts School (PPAS), 31 International Business Park, #01-05 Creative Resource Singapore 609921

PPAS is a non-profit institution, registered with the Ministry of Education in Singapore, teaching dance and theatre bilingually in Chinese and English. It was co-founded in 1965 by dancer/choreographer GOH Lay Kuan and dramatist KUO Pao Kun, both recipients of the Cultural Medallion, Singapore's highest honour given to artists. PPAS has been chiefly responsible for introducing new ideas and methodologies to the performing arts scene in Singapore, including those of Martha Graham, Brecht and Grotowski. It has also introduced multi-lingual and multi-cultural theatre practice. PPAS also founded the Substation, Singapore's first arts centre and The Theatre Practice, a major theatre company. 

COURSE FEES

S$2,500 (+GST) for 8 weeks, inclusive of rehearsal fan

APPLICATION DEADLINE

31 Dec 2001

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications should include a resume and a brief statement describing what the applicant hopes to gain from the training programme. Enrolment is limited to a maximum of 15.

All applications should be addressed to:

     The Curriculum Coordinator

     Practice Performing Arts School

     31 International Business Park #01-05 Creative Resource

     Singapore 609921

     Tel: (65) 569 1542     Fax: (65)  566 7436

     E-mail: admin@ppas.edu.sg   Website: PPAS.edu.sg