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The Teen Curriculum is designed to help young actors develop their innate skills
for use in the field of performance. Check out the new information about upcoming classes!
TEEN CLASSES AT ASM
The Teen Curriculum is designed to help young actors develop their innate skills for use in the field of performance. Our curriculum changes from year to year so, if you've studied with us in the past, each year there will be something new for you. We like to keep our classes small so all students have a chance to play. Class size is 10-12 students maximum.
Our instructors are all professionals from the Montreal community. They include actors, directors, playwrights, filmmakers. Past instructors include: Mike Payette, Audrey Finkelstein, Alexandria Haber, Paula Jean Hixson, Liz Valdez and Chip Chuipka.
If a class interests you, be sure to let us know and we'll put you on our waiting list. Once we have enough students to fill a class we will do our best to offer it.
HERE'S A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE CLASSES WE HAVE OFFERED IN THE PAST
(prices are subject to change))
BEHAVIOUR I with Chip Chuipka (first offered Fall 2007)
Observing and recreating behaviour for the purpose of constructing characters.
Saturdays from 1-4pm for 6 weeks (total of 18 hours)
Cost $247.50
Class Description:
Students study how levels of status characterize the way the body carries itself.
and how attitudes toward others influence that physicality.
Additionally, students will learn:
-to use improv as a building tool,
-to develop stories from ensemble work.
FALL TEEN CLASS with Mike Payette (First offered 2008)
This class is geared towards young adults, ages 13-17 years, who aspire towards a career in acting, or for those who simply love the art. At this advanced level of training, students will learn the essential tools of acting for the stage, while learning to provide creative input within a collective. Students will learn to use their own expression through improvisation, scene study, and character analysis and learn to effectively apply these skills so necessary to all versatile and well-rounded stage performers.
Saturdays from 2-5pm for 10 weeks.
Cost $400 plus taxes
Who is Mike Payette?
With a BFA in Theatre and Development from Concordia University, Mike has worked in the independent and professional theatre community from a very young age. Selected acting credits include Konstantin in Chekhov's The Seagull (ASM Studio); Leonard in 7 Stories (Tableau D'Hôte Theatre) Friday in Robinson Crusoe (Geordie Prod.); Whitney in Saving Celine (C'est Cheese); Savage / Love (Saidye Bronfman Centre) and Cabaret*Vehicule (Place des Arts/Step Dans Fuego). Some of his directing credits include the Centaur Theatre's Children's Morning
Series, the TYA tour of Come Good Rain (Black Theatre Workshop), and the English Montreal premiere productions of Lion in the Streets and I Am Yours both by Judith Thompson and Amigo's Blue Guitar by Joan MacLeod which helped him garner a MECCA for Revelation Artist of the Year. He has taught for great acting institutions including the Saidye Bronfman Youth Institute, ASM Performing Arts, Concordia University, and as Lead Artist for Black Theatre Workshop YouthWorks. He is also co-founder and artistic director of Tableau D'Hôte, which is celebrating four seasons of great Canadian theatre.
Teen Summer Acting Workshop (2007)
10am-3pm, Mondays through Thursdays for 2 consecutive weeks in July or August
Cost $375 plus taxes
The Teen Summer Acting Workshop is an intensive two-week course designed for adolescents who may or may not have had previous experience in acting. The course focuses on character development, scene study, movement, on-camera work, writing and script work, as well as other acting techniques. Taught by working professionals, this two-week session will provide young actors with a focused and professional experience. The actors will have an opportunity to work with some of Montreal’s top instructors from the professional community.
HERE'S A CLASS WE WOULD LOVE TO OFFER YOU
Cinemaniacs Class with Olivier Perras (Saturdays from 2-5pm - 8 weeks)
Cost $330 plus taxes
This is a new advanced on-camera class. The class will involve watching scenes and performing on camera. The class will cover a brief history of film from 1895 to today. Students will discuss the important films and film makers throughout the eras and learn how to analyze films through structure, performance and editing. Students will also have the opportunity to perform scenes from famous films and also creating their own. With the instructor’s guidance, the students will be divided into teams, each creating their own movies from start to finish (creating the story, acting, directing, shooting and editing). The class will be treated as a film set where students will learn the technical aspects of film making by exploring each step of the process, both in front of and behind the camera. This is a hands-on class that culminates in a public screening of the films created by the students.
Who is Olivier Perras?
Olivier is an actor, filmmaker, writer and director. In the last 16 years, he has directed over 40 short movies, documentaries and commercials. He is currently working on a feature-length film, carrying out each and every step of the process, from shooting and directing to editing. Eight years ago, he came to ASM Performing Arts to learn how to act. Since then, he has appeared in over 20 plays in Montreal in both French and English, and has also performed in numerous independent films and television productions. Recently, he directed Canadian playwright Morris Panych’s Seven Stories for Tableau d'Hôte to much acclaim. He has also co-written The Bastards, a play which will be produced within the next couple of years. His greatest passion is to conduct shot-by-shot analyses of films that inspire him. He has been teaching the Scene/Camera and Cinemaniacs classes at ASM for the last three years. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 March 2009 )
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