September 2008 Special Focuses:
Playing Gender
and
Heavy Weapons
One full weekend in September:
Saturday, September 13:
Playing Gender, led by BWB founder Dawn Alden
10-5 (lunch break 1-2)
St. Peters
(621 W. Belmont, Chicago)
How do we instantly know a man is a man, or a woman is a woman? This day-long workshop will investigate the conscious and unconscious ways that men and women proclaim their gender in everyday interactions. Participants will then manipulate these subtle, non-verbal communications to adopt the "gender cues" of the opposite gender. The emphasis is not on how to "pass," but rather how to capture and portray the essence of masculine or feminine, in preparation for playing cross-gender roles.
Sunday, September 14:
Swords for Rusty Broads (and Gents): Heavy Weapons
featuring:
"Coming to grips with the sword" with Tony Wolf
An intensive exploration of the halbschwert (half-sword) style of fighting with the medieval hand-and-a-half sword, applied to stage weaponry.
(click here or on the workshop title for more info about the class & the instructor!)
-AND-
Heavy rapier with R&D Choreography
9:30 - 12:30: "Coming-to-Grips-with" - Tony Wolf
Lunch break 12:30 - 1:30
1:30 - 4:30: Heavy rapier with R&D Choreography
(space will be open at 9:15 for stretching)
Chase Park theater space
4701 N. Ashland, Chicago
Detailed descriptions to follow!
Sign up for both and receive a discount!
$120 for both days, registered in advance
$70 for a single day, registered in advance
Click the link below to register in advance and claim your savings!
If you wait till the day of - we may still be able to fit you in, at the rates of:
$150 for both days, paid day of workshop.
$80 for a single day, paid day of workshop.
Day-of payments can be cash or check only, at the workshop, itself.
Questions? Want to hear about the next one? Please email
workshop@babeswithblades.org
