Viewpoints
with Lauren Ellis
MSC-051124
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Date
Saturday
May 11, 2024
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Tuition
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Materials Fee (Paid at the Beginning of Class)
N/A
Quantity
15 Seat(s) Still Available
Student(s)
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Class Description
Viewpoints, an experimental method of dance composition and performance adapted by Anne Bogart, would allow theatre and dance practitioners to explore a new way of thinking about qualities of time and space to create dynamic performance pieces. This class would walk performers through the basics of Viewpoints with time for free exploration, group compositions, and reflection. Viewpoints is a method of performance that relies on risk-taking and bold choices and can shift the way a performer thinks about being in space with others in an exciting, dynamic, and community-focused way.
Materials List
materials list
Minimum Age
15 and older
About the Instructor
Lauren Ellis (she/her) is an award-winning director, stage manager, and playwright from Aiken, South Carolina. Her work spans multiple genres, but her main focus is in new works, primarily fostering female voices in the theatre. One of her main interests as a theatre artist is examining the theatre as a holistic practice and honoring the intersections of humanity in a space to create work that is empowering, moving, and deeply personal. Being a justice-centered artist, she has been devising new ways of creating theatre that reexamines hierarchies and centers care, compassion, and communal ownership. She graduated from the University of South Carolina-Aiken in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in theatre (cum laude), and Hollins University with a Master's of Fine Arts in Playwriting in 2020 and a Certificate in New Play Directing in 2017. Lauren serves as the Chair of Playwriting for the Southeastern Theatre Conference and runs their Short Play Festival every year. She currently works at Piedmont Arts as their Programs and Public Relations Coordinator.
Class Registration and Cancellation Policy
Advance Registration Required.
Registration: Class registrations are confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Cancellation/Refund: The Floyd Center for the Arts will conduct classes for which an adequate number of students are registered. Class status is determined 1 week before the first date of the class, unless otherwise noted. Acceptance of payment does not guarantee that a class will run. If the Center must cancel a scheduled class, students who registered for such classes will be given the opportunity to transfer their payments to another course or receive a full refund of their tuition payment.
Student Withdrawals: Students withdrawing from a class before the cancellation period has ended, (one week prior to the start of class, unless otherwise noted) can receive a full refund or may transfer their payments to another class of their choice. Students who withdraw after the cancellation period has closed or after class has started, will not receive a refund.