This course will be filled with games, drama, storytelling, and improvisation to inspire the creative imagination. It will also lead us into an artistic realm, and change us a little through just plain fun!
Transformation is the essence of an actor’s art. It is also essential in our lives. We will explore the themes, images, qualities, and beings who appear in Goethe’s Faust. Glen will give us a solo performance of The Tragedy of Mephistoles: The Story of Faust.
In this Renewal Course, we will explore transformation through imagination, movement, and space. We will draw on the acting techniques of the great Russian actor Michael Chekhov, principles of Spacial Dynamics®, and Bothmer Gymnastics exercises in order to explore personal space, imaginary bodies, centers, gestures, and qualities of movement. We will also explore the spatial activities of anger, confidence, and balance as they relate to life and work including teaching, and we will develop confidence and presence in our speech. We will find the balance of inner nurturing and practical tools that can be employed in professional and personal life.
Past participants are welcome and we hope to see them back! No previous acting or movement experience is necessary.
GLEN WILLIAMSON, a founding member in New York City of The Actors’ Ensemble and New Directions Theater, appeared in numerous productions with both companies. He currently plays the title role in Aeschylus Unbound, which he co- wrote with the late film star Mala Powers, and tours in Goethe’s Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily. Glen has given his one-man performances, including Kaspar Hauser: The Open Secret of the Foundling Prince, throughout North America and in Europe. Other appearances include Rudolf Steiner’s The Souls’ Awakening and the award-winning off-Broadway run of Glen’s one-man play The Boy Who Saw True. He trained in the Michael Chekhov acting technique and at The Juilliard School and has acted with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the American Stage Festival in New Hampshire.
