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The Imaginists Teen Ensemble
(ages 14-18) focuses on advanced training in voice, movement, text, and
performance through group process. Each year exercises are structured
around two diverse performance projects: a group-created original work
and a classic written play through which we study a particular style and
period of theater history. Every project's process is designed to
generate images, ideas, and staging from the group through improvisation
and exercises. Through this practice we find innovative ways to involve
the Ensemble as a whole throughout every production.
Past productions have included plays by Miller (The Crucible), Chekhov and Ionesco (The
Bear, The Bald Soprano), Sophocles (Antigone), Pirandello
(Tonight We Improvise), and Shakespeare (The Winter's Tale).
The Ensemble
has performed original
adaptations of the Russian folktale "Baba Yaga",
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking
Glass, and George Orwell's Animal Farm. Read about the Ensemble's work in The Crucible
here. The June 2008 production will be an original, ensemble-created
piece. The Teen
Ensemble requires that students challenge themselves, take risks, and
remain open to new ideas. It is about opening up your own creative
force, learning to trust, and learning to fail. No auditions, no prior
experience necessary. We actively encourage a diverse classroom. Scholarships
are available; contact us for more information.
Classes
Imaginary Ensemble
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