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Dramadogs Education Program collaborates with public and private schools
of our community to educate students in theater arts, literature, and
performances. We also instruct student/actors to identify and explore
their artistic voice. Through teaching the student/actors to work from
the inside out, their life experiences are reflected by the creative process.
Educational Programs
- 3 hour and 6 hour workshops
- Young adults (adolescent) through mature adults
- Seasoned and unseasoned artists
- Beginning process Workshops experience the DramaDogs technique
- Breath, movement, sound and voice
- Open to any level
- Artists in residence for high schools, junior colleges and colleges
- DramaDogs will come to your school for a class a day or a week
- Character development, monologue and scene
- Private coaching for developing and seasoned artists
- Movement, vocal, character development
Corporate Program
DramaDogs merged with Sally Franz, the head trainer of Geronto Communications, to
create Class Act! Class Act! specializes in corporate training and motivational
events. Class Act! specializes in team building and core business competencies.
Most current production is CHOIR, written by Bradley Rand Smith and focuses on
Diversity in the workplace. We have performed for Northrop-Grumman Corporation,
Santa Barbara Human Resources Association, Central Coast Human Resources Association,
California Credit Union.
Class Act! is one of DramaDogs programs. We will come to your company for:
- Diversity Training
- Team Building
- Time & Priority Management
Teaching Process
Working with our students/actors, we pioneer an acting process or method of creative
discovery for all age and experience levels. Using movement, voice, language and
multi-media we design and facilitate movement experiences for students/actors that
allow them to tap into their own imagery, thoughts and feelings. We discover and
explore the movement of the student/actor, the breath of their body, the sounds of
their inner self and the words that each speaks. It is the student/actor who is
the vehicle of the creative process. Through the actions and thoughts of their
bodies, the students/actors reveal their inner truths. Within these truths we find
the clearest and most articulate physical expression of thoughts, feelings, and
actions of the player-their feelings, frailties and vulnerabilities that are
brought to the surface.
In our process we are curious; we are fascinated by people and their relationships
inside themselves and between themselves and others. We believe that our physical
bodies reveal and express the diverse aspects of our humanity in emotions, thoughts
and actions. In the physical expression of movement and gesture, sound and emotion,
we explore and create possibilities. We discover ourselves through our own
experiences-this is what we bring to a workshop, rehearsal or theatrical performance.
We look to develop and evolve the information, as we are experiencing from the
inside. Then we can ask, "what if we go deeper in the experience of a hand movement,
with the breath, with a sound?" This is what ignites the exploration in our process;
we question ourselves and our humanity.
In the process we hold a second position to that of the student/actor. Drawing upon
therapeutic, psychological and physical modalities, another individual stands as
the witness to observe the student/actor from the outside. This creates and
contains an environment that is safe for the student/actor to do their exploration.
Dialogue between the student/actor and the witness becomes the collaboration. During
our dialogue we choose what we want to express, how we want to express it; we begin
to put form to the issues we are revealing. We continue to integrate physical
movement and emotion into psychological revelation.
Then, and only then, do we
begin to make creative choices of how to theatrically play out an issue, an incident
or a character in relationships. This leads our process into what we choose to
manifest and demonstrate in our theatrical productions.
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