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NOTICE OF OPEN AUDITIONS
UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presents
Karl Frost/BODY RESEARCH Davis Lab NOVEMBER 21 / THE SEAGULL JANUARY 4
Audition for Karl Frost/BODY RESEARCH Davis Lab
Saturday, November 21, 10AM – 3PM 185 Hickey Gym
(first 3 hours will be in the form of a class/workshop, the last 2 hours will be short 1-on-1 conversations)
The Lab will be an ongoing project for the winter and spring quarters. There will be a number of possible performances coming out of the lab, including..
- Davis Spring Concert
- Axolotl … an interactive performance work in which the audience is blindfolded for 2 hours (integrated with performers from San Francisco) www.bodyresearch.org/axolotl
The work will be process oriented, emerging out of the ongoing research of Body Research Physical Theater. We will be exploring themes from
- Contact Improvisation
- Release Technique (Alexander technique, Klein technique, principles from Tai Chi, my own release-based contact work)
- Paratheatrical work (Growtowski)
- Somatic Psychology (Arne Mindel, Peter Levine, Authentic Movement)
- Audience Interactive Performance work
The research will be a mix of purely physical/kinesthetic and more psychological
I’m looking for 6 to 12 people comfortable with movement and physical interaction who are excited about working creatively with the body and with exploring the psyche through paratheatrical work. Strong interest in contact improvisation-based work is necessary, high starting skill not necessary, i feel someone can be taught quickly. I’m mostly looking for people who are personally engaged and physically available. Rather than one type of person, i'm looking for a group of interesting individuals who I intuitively feel would make for an interesting mix. Experience with any of the following is interesting: contact improvisation, dance, theater, martial arts, sports, psychology, yoga, meditation, wilderness backpacking…
Rehearsal commitments will be …
- Weekly Rehearsals – twice weekly for 3 hours
- Weekly Contact Improvisation class -once a week in the winter and twice a week in the spring
- Monthly Weekend rehearsals – these will be integrated with another project with performers from San Francisco
Units – 4 – 6 units a quarter for participation (production credit plus the CI class)
For more information on the project, www.bodyresearch.org/davislab
or e-mail kjfrost@ucdavis.edu
regards, Karl Frost, director of Body Research Physical Theater
PS. Karl will be leading a backpacking trip in the spring as part of a long standing project of mine called the Dancing Wilderness Project – “an ongoing exploration into the interrelationships amongst body-based creative process, wilderness experience, and how we choose to live our lives.” The trip will be over spring break and will be a mixture of wilderness backpacking and creative movement and para-theatrical laboratory. Attendance of the trip would not be mandatory, but would be free and encouraged for any in the Davis Lab. For info on the dancing wilderness project, go to Dancing Wilderness Project
www.bodyresearch.org
THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov Directed by Granada Artist-in-Residence Katya Kamotskaia
Monday January 4, 6pm
Main Theatre, Wright Hall
This is a unique opportunity not only to work on a play that arguably changed contemporary acting and writing as we currently know it in the West, but also with a director and actor-trainer of international renown. Katya Kamotskaya has taught at the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, as well as being an actress of stage, screen and radio in both Russia and the UK.
Please prepare any Chekov monologue of your choice and be prepared to read from The Seagull.
You must schedule your audition time. Sign-up sheets are located in Art 101.
The play will run Weds – Sat, 3/10-13, 8pm and Sun, 3/14, 2pm.
More information including Katya Kamotskaia Biography: http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu/season/prod_details.aspx?p=18
QUESTIONS: Contact Stage Manager Sarah Norton at senorton@ucdavis.edu.