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is a female art form. -Dustin Hoffman
founder and artistic director of ACSF is best known for her
internationally acclaimed performance of TALKING
WITH ANGELS:the true story of Gitta Mallasz.
She trained in New York City, primarily with Lee Strasberg
at the Actors Studio and in his private classes. Shelley Mitchell
is a graduate of the Circle in the Square Theater School and
New York University. She interned with Al Pacino on his original
production of Arturo Ui, and trained with Harvey Keitel, Ellen
Burstyn, Estelle Parsons, Irene Papas and many other incredible
but lesser known NYC stage actors. (more)
Her students are aggressively encouraged to train with the
highest level of professional film and theater work in mind.
Ms. Mitchell encourages those who can to transfer to New York,
L.A. London or to discover the world of independent film and
theater.
Shelley Mitchell has taught and performed at:
The California Institute of Integral Studies
Esalen Institute
Ca' Foscari- Venice, Italy
The Carl Jung Institutes of San Francisco and Chicago
The Institute of Noetic Science
The Mythic Journey Conference, Atlanta
The Magic Theater, San Francisco
A Traveling Jewish Theater, San Francisco
Exit Theater, San Francisco
Manhattan Theater Club, NYC
Milagro Theater, NYC
Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley
The Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival
(more)
Read
Shelley's essay 'Demystifying the Method'.
Read
the April 27, 2006 article in the San Francisco Chronicle
Read
the September 2006 review in Irish Theatre Magazine
Stephen Simmonds has been a member of both the Royal Shakespeare
Company and the Royal National Theatre in London. He won first
place at the Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival for his performance
and direction of Between the Devil and
the Deep Blue Sea. He has played major roles directed
by Sir Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn and Adrian Noble. He recently
taught Classical Voice at the Moscow Art Theater and the Carnegie
Melon University Graduate program. He has a degree in literature
from Leeds University and studied at the Laban Art and Movement
Centre, London.
Stephen will be teaching
a Shakespeare voice and language class starting July 8, 2007.
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Adam Kenyon Venker is an Bay Area actor, improvisor, dancer,
and clown.
He is a member of Pacific Playback Theater, an improvisational
ensemble, and a graduate of the Clown Conservatory at the
Circus Center of San
Francisco. Adam has a Master's Degree in Philosophy and Religion
from
the California Institute of Integral Studies and has traveled
widely
investigating and exploring the methods of actor training
which seek to
unify the body and the mind. Adam is currently enrolled in
the graduate
level certificate program in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies
with
Integrated Movement Studies.
"What do we seek as performers? We seek to reach our
audience. We seek
to connect across the footlights and through the camera. We
seek to
express ourselves through our craft as performers." AV
is a six week
course which focuses on the performer's
connectivity and expressivity. Utilizing the work and insights
of
Rudolf von Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff, students will discover
the means
to develop their scenic presence and performative power. This
work
begins within our own bodies and radiates outward into the
performative
space. Our bodies are not simply a site where performance
technique is
applied, but a potent source of power, experience, and knowledge.
This
class is certain to ground, support, and develop your artistic
intent
and purpose. LABAN FOR ACTORS will uncover the inward connections
essential for powerful and profound expression.
Robin received her training in New York at Fordham University's
Directing Program under OBIE award-winner Lawrence Sacharow,
and then under Anne Bogart at the Saratoga International Theatre
Institute. She then moved on to the LA area, where she led
an ongoing experimental movement workshop, and assistant directed
the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's "Three Days
of Rain" at South Coast Repertory Theatre. In Sacramento,
she produced and directed "Deus ex Quanta", a darkly
comic exploration of quantum physics as it relates to homicide
investigation. In August of 1998, she began an eighteen-month
tour of Europe as a performer with English Eurythmy Theatre
in their latest collaborative performance piece, "Don't
I Know You? She recently directed a film version of Chekhov's
THE SEAGULL and is the director of "Talking With Angels"
which has been seen in San Francisco and New York since July
2001.
is a professional dancer, actress and emerging choreographer.
She performed with San Francisco Ballet from 1998 to 2002.
She won top honors in several ballet competitions, including
the NFAA and the USA IBC, both in 1998. Corinne injured her
Achilles heel in 2002 began choreographing. She has created
five works to date. She just created a new work for herself
which she premiered at San Francisco’s Cowell Theatre
in June 2007. It was the first time she was able to dance
after her injury. As an actress, she played a feature role
in the film version of RENT and appeared in the theatre production
of Tape by Stephen Belber. She also appeared in Duende, a
short film by Michael Locicero and was featured in Berkeley
Rep's production of Charles Mee's play Fetes de la Nuit.
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