Empower your Team!
Navigating Theatrical Intimacy for Directors, Educators & Artistic Leadership
This workshop is for directors, drama/arts educators, producers, teachers, stage managers, designers, musical directors, choreographers, and anybody who fulfills a role of authority or artistic/creative leadership in spaces where live theatre is made. We will cover a lot of material focused on how to prepare for rehearsals and then create space (once actors are in the room) so that your productions are as emboldening through the script, choreography, and actors’ performances as possible.
Saturday, March 15 @ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Théâtre Servus Credit Union
La Cité Francophone (8627 91 Street)
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Tiered from $25 – $100. All participants, regardless of price, receive the same 3 hour workshop.
This class will cover:
- fundamental theory work in understanding power, trust, and safety for rehearsal rooms
- models for understanding trauma, artistic growth, consent, and boundaries for actors
- best practices for play/musical selection, auditions, and setting up your rehearsals for being empowering spaces of belonging
- how to get actors ready for exceptionally physically-, mentally-, and emotionally-demanding acts on stage
- basic choreographic language tools for giving actionable direction to actors (without taking on the responsibility of a formal intimacy director)
- practice applying knowledge learned with exercises focused on how to manage production needs, maintain script/story integrity and honour actors’ boundaries
Featured image by Steinhauer Photography from a workshop for “Ayita” by Teneil Whiskeyjack, SkirtsAfire 2022.
About Julie Murphy
Notes:
- Participants are welcome to engage in whatever capacity honours their boundaries on the day of the workshop.
- There will be opportunities for physical touch in exercises, but this will not include any form of sexual touch or kissing. It is not mandatory to engage in physical touch in order to attend this workshop (ie. observation is a valid form of participation).
- Non-graphic references to acts of violence, intimate violence, and non-consensual intimacy may be made. This will be in context of staged intimacy and simulated intimate acts in theatre, film, and live storytelling
- Please bring a water bottle, clothes you can move well in (including layers), and something to write notes with if desired
- Have questions about this workshop? Please let us know.
Julie is also offering an Intimacy Workshop for Actors on Thursday, March 13 from 6:30 – 9:30 PM! Click here to learn more.