Movement Master Classes for Singers & Actors 

2 Intensive Master Classes with Chuck Hudson

Saturday November 18, 2006
 
**VIRTUOSITY--PHYSICAL SPECIFICITY FOR SINGERS AND ACTORS
This is an intensive 3-hour introduction to the Dramatic Corporeal Techniques of Etienne Decroux, developed in France, studied and developed further by Marcel Marceau, and which have been the basis of my instruction for 2 decades. I have adapted these exercises and techniques following Beethoven's instruction that "Virtuosity comes from articulation, not speed." Like a musician with an instrument, this very specific solfeggio of corporeal scales linked with specific dramatic exercises for muscular dynamics and rhythm allows the performer to express themselves "beyond the text", with the same clarity and specificity as the musician. This allows the performer "to make the invisible visible", adding layers of specificity to text, subtext, emotional commitment, dramatic intention and action, musicality of gesture, arc of character, mature and varied relationships, and even the extreme emotional intoxication needed in tirades and lengthy Baroque "rage arias." This also arms a performer with a physical vocabulary designed to allow instant adjustments in rehearsal when following direction.
 
I will be adding many of these techniques into my annual master classes at San Francisco Opera's Adler and Merola programs as well as other Young Professional Artist Programs in 2007, and I am exploring these techniques with singers here for the very first time. Expanding these techniques into the performance space itself allows for a richer command of solo and ensemble performances as well as creating dynamic auditions.
 
Saturday November 18,2006 in NYC  11 AM-2 PM $175.00
 Please pay in full by Nov 15, 2006.
  
 Once payment is received, cancellations will be accepted until Nov 15, and you will receive a refund of all but $50 as a cancellation fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations after Nov 15, 2006.
 
**MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR TROUSER ROLES
 
Rather than "pretending to be a man" or imitating every production of Peter Pan you have ever seen, this master class explores the inter-corporeal differences between the physical behavior of men and women. Based on the Dramatic Corporeal Techniques of Etienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau, we will use geometry, weight, rhythm, and muscular dynamics as we explore simple ways in which the performer can “trick the eye” of the audience, allowing the willing suspension of disbelief that a woman is actually a man. I know of no one else who has created a specific technical approach to this work than the one presented in this master class.
 
Saturday November 18,2006 in NYC  3-5 PM $125.00
 Please pay in full by Nov 15, 2006.
 
 Once payment is received, cancellations will be accepted until Nov 15, and you will receive a refund of all but $50 as a cancellation fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations after Nov 15, 2006.
 
TAKE BOTH MASTER CLASSES FOR ONLY $250.00 AND SAVE.
 
ANYONE ATTENDING THESE MASTER CLASSES WILL RECIEVE AN ADDITIONAL 10% DISCOUNT ON PRIVATE COACHINGS IN NOVEMEBR AND DECEMBER 2006.