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CENTER
FOR PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION
"The
body knows things about which the mind is ignorant."
-- Jacques Lecoq |
EMBODIED
VOICE:
A Physical Approach to Freeing Your
Voice & Finding Your Music |
Do you wrestle
with self-consciousness when singing? Have you ever wondered what
your voice might sound like or be capable of if you truly let
it go without fear of sounding right? In these weekly
workshop sessions we will explore the full range of our speaking
and singing voices in a safe and supportive space free from the
social constraints in which we normally experience our voices.
We will explore the full gamut of sounds from the "ugly"
to the "beautiful" in search of the sounds that are
uniquely OURS, beginning with the basics of sound making and working
our way toward improvising with our bodies and voices, developing
our ability to spontaneously create sound, music, and song. Through
physical exercises in breath, presence, rhythm, harmony, and polyphony
we will approach our voices as natural expressions of and extensions
of our physical bodies and move towards greater flexibility, power,
and abandon.
Suitable
for anyone curious about their voice and committed to exploring
it with a little sweat. Please come dressed to move.
These
programs are designed for adult learners but are also suitable
for teenagers (15+).
A)
WOMEN'S WEDNESDAYS: July 12-August 9 (5 week workshop)
| Time: |
6:30-8:30
pm |
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WOMEN'S ONLY group with an emphasis on deconstructing
the myths, archetypes, and social boundaries placed on our
voices as we explore the full and natural range of our voices |
| Cost: |
$100
(student/hardship discount available upon request) |
| Location: |
StreetSigns
Center, Studio 1, Swain Hall,
UNC Campus, Chapel Hill |
| Class
Size: |
6-10
people |
B)
MONDAYS: July 17-August 14 (5 week workshop)
| Time: |
6:30-8:30
pm |
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CO-ED group focused on releasing the breath
and body to work together, moving towards free physical and
vocal improvisation, translating sound into movement and movement
into sound |
| Cost: |
$100
(student/hardship discount available upon request) |
| Location:
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StreetSigns
Center, Studio 1, Swain Hall,
UNC Campus, Chapel Hill |
| Class
Size: |
6-10
people |
INDIVIDUAL
SESSIONS :
One
on one work is also available. Please contact SaRAH! for more
information.
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REGISTER:
Please
email SaRAH! at kocz@email.unc.edu
with:
1) Your name
2) Phone number
3) Which workshops you are interested in joining
4) Please also indicate how you will be paying your deposit/tuition.
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$25 deposit is required to hold your place in the class, refundable
only if the class is canceled. You can pay this separately
to hold your place in class and then pay the remaining amount by
the first session, or you may pay the total cost upfront. If you
choose to pay your deposit separately, it can be payed online below
or via a mailed check.
Full
payment is due by the first class and can be payed via a mailed
check, or via check or cash in person at the beginning of the first
session.
DISCOUNT
for UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty/Staff and their children:
Take 10% of the listed price! |
| PayPal:
If paying your deposit online, please print
out a receipt of your payment and bring it with you to the first
workshop session. |
Check:
Deposit and/or Full Payment Checks can be made out to Sarah Kocz
and mailed to: |
| Deposit:
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Sarah
Kocz
105 Fidelity Street Apt B19
Carrboro, NC 27510
Please
indicate (A,B) the workshops you will be attending on the memo line
of your check. |
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| ABOUT
THE FACILITATOR:
SaRAH!
Kocz is a teaching-artist committed to finding and sharing the creative
freedom that comes from integrating our whole selves in art-making
and life-making, voice, body, mind, spirit and all. The spelling
of her name is a reminder not to be quieted by the world. She believes
in using art for social change and has been the recipient of a Robert
C. Bryan Public Service Fellowship and a Presidential Service Award
supporting her innovative theatre work with local communities. A
graduate of UNC, the British American Drama Academy, and the Moscow
Art Theatre School USA, she has also studied at the Dell'Arte International
School of Physical Theatre in CA and with Teatr Piesn Kozla (Song
of the Goat Theatre) at the Grotowski Centre in Poland. When she
is not teaching training ensemble-ing or otherwise attempting to
perpetuate her love affair with higher education and ensemble theatre,
she can be seen playing on area stages. Recent work includes: Womens
Minyan, The Miser, White People, As You Like It, Twilight (StreetSigns);
Taking Sides, Lonesome West, RIME: Woman, Bird and Beast, and her
one-woman performance, Finding Beulah Mae (Wordshed Productions);
The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Ibsen (Manbites Dog).
SaRAH! will be returning to Poland this winter to immerse herself
in the physically and musically rich traditions of Polish ensemble
theatre after which she will return to StreetSigns to develop new
work using this approach.
SaRAH!
can be contacted for more information at kocz@email.unc.edu.
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