Giovanni Ortega

This creative intensive is a venture for the artist to discover & experience full expression by integrating writing, storytelling, performance as well as various theatrical pedagogy.

WRITTEN ON MY BODY will lead participants in a 4-week written process from personal narrative, dramatic theory, thematic writing, script self-analysis as well as viewership to innovative solo productions. An interactive webinar will be held each week were artists are encouraged to develop their craft from the one-person performative lens, in addition to individual sessions with the instructor.

MAP OF MY BODY is a week long intensive that will lead the participants on a journey that includes the implementation of auto-dramatic exercises, various acting techniques (Strasberg, Meisner, Linklater), imagination meditation and adapting the written text into a performative structure.

To apply, please e-mail jcagalawan@eastwestplayers.org the following: - A statement outlining prior writing experience and why you'd like to take the intensive. - A description of what you will be working on. - A 1.5-2 page work sample, double spaced

SYLLABUS

• Session 1: Introduction | Imagination Meditation
• Session 2: Creation of the Solo Performance
• Session 3: Written Word’s Process
• Session 4: Nurturing the personal narrative
• Session 5: Autodrama presentation
• Session 6: Embodied movement
• Session 7: The Rehearsal
• Session 8: Online Presentation

• Artists will write their own solo-theatrical pieces to life with other artists through individual practice and online ensemble collaboration.
• Learn about the rehearsal process as an actor’s practice that will engage the artist’s mind, body and rhetoric.
• The course will present an online performance of their self-written work that will allow full self-expression for the performer.

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