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Free Fall Course Catalog

Freeing the Natural Voice (12 Weeks)

Instructor: Grace Kennedy

Sundays October 27 to January 12. 12pm-3pm

This course is designed for the singer, the actor, and anyone who wishes to strengthen and develop a deeper connection to their vocal instrument. Using Kristin Linklater’s text, Freeing the Natural Voice, this intermediate level course requires the utmost presence of body and mind for the 2 hour duration of the class, and asks that participants attend no fewer than 8 out of the 12 classes taking care to arrive before or on time. By the end of the 12 week course, participants will acquire concrete tools and exercises used to warm-up, strengthen, and liberate the voice, and can expect to hone their vocal instrument and increase its capacity to articulate and express thoughts and feelings in professional and personal contexts. Registration is required.

Grace Kennedy entered the world screaming and hasn’t stopped since. She can be found filling theaters, music venues, the French Quarter and the atmosphere of New Orleans with a truly liberated voice.

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Making Strong Choices: An Actor’s Workshop (4 Weeks)

Instructor: Samantha Beaulieu

Saturdays November 2 - 23. 10am-12pm

Making Strong Choices: An Actor's Workshop will cover the importance of making strong choices in auditions and performances. Students will be expected to select a monologue to perform and explore making strong choices and creating moments through their piece. Each student will have the opportunity to perform their monologue in front of the class, and receive notes and adjustments. For the final class, students can invite friends and family for a showing of their pieces and a discussion of what they learned.

Samantha Beaulieu is an award-winning actress and a filmmaker from New Orleans who works in film, television and theatre. In 2010 Samantha won Gambit’s Big Easy Theater Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her portrayal of Ruth Younger in the award winning play A Raisin in the Sun. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Clark Atlanta University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.

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Get It Written: Creative Writing (8 Weeks)

Instructor: Té V. Smith

Saturdays November 2 - December 21. 11am-1pm

There's a quote "Don't get it right, get it written." You want to write . . . and you’re facing a blank page, daring you to cover it. Sometimes we need a nudge out of fears of perfection to get us to start writing at all, and this weekly class will offer many activities that you can use on your own (or with friends!). We’ll use a series of directed exercises designed to get you writing quality material now. We’ll also discuss key points of craft, learn from one another’s work and draw lessons from published examples. Whether you’re starting out and learning the basics, or an experienced writer looking to invigorate your practice, this class is designed to offer you fresh ideas and starting points. You can expect to generate new pieces–work that can form the basis for stories, essays, poems, and novels to come. Our goal: to start writing and keep writing.

Té V. Smith is a Nigerian American writer who focuses on the themes of healthy masculinity, mental health, and education reform. He has written two books, a collection of poetry & prose, 'Here We Are, Reflections of A God Gone Mad' (2017 R.H. Austin Publishing) and a Young Adult novel, 'Exit Ticket' (2019 Field Order Press). His work has been published in or are forthcoming in Tin House, Kingdoms In The Wild, Black Girl In Ohm, Blackbird and more.

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Embodied Nature Poetry (7 Weeks)

Instructor: Tim Kooken

Saturdays November 2 - December 14. 2pm-3:30pm

Nature has long been subject of poetic investigation. Many of the somatic arts reflect rhythms and flows of nature. This class will explore conceptual and real objects of nature in both embodied and linguistic practice in order to write from an expanded perspective. We will create poems, read poems, share observations through group techniques, and use somatic, performative, and linguistic tools to embody and represent nature. (Involves physical contact & group work)

Explorations in Walking with Qigong (7 Weeks)

Instructor: Tim Kooken

Mondays November 4 - December 16. 9am-10am

Cultivate healthy movement habits out of formal walking meditations. Qigong walking involves a heavy focus on balance, core strength, energy flow, and proprioception. This class will introduce Qigong to students with an aim towards stronger balance and spatial awareness. (Involves physical contact & group work) Registration Suggested / Drop-ins Welcome.

Tim is a certified medical-based Qigong and Aikido teacher, performer, poet, and playwright. Their work involves a focus on somatic investigation, philosophical investigation, abstraction, rhythm, and nature.

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Intro to Photography (8 Weeks)

Instructor: Aaron Sarles

Sundays November 3 - December 22. 11:00am-12:30pm

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals and core concepts of photography, providing a historical overview and theoretical groundwork, with a particular emphasis on moving beyond the traditional Western Male paradigm approach to the medium. Classes will focus on aesthetics, history, composition, the camera, lenses, light, and post processing, with the final class consisting of a guided photo walk during which students can directly apply all that they have learned.

It is preferred that students each have their own camera, but it is not required. A phone camera is sufficient.

Aaron Sarles is a portrait, fashion, and editorial photographer living in New Orleans.

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Conceptual Counterpoint (4 Weeks)

Instructor: Michael Mason

Mondays November 4 - 25. 8pm-9pm

Through discussion and hands-on experimentation we will seek to find a way to better our understanding of the world using the musical concept of Counterpoint and how it is translatable to various aspects of life. Having musical knowledge is not required but certainly doesn't hurt. The concepts discussed will get pretty complicated but it's my goal to arrive at the concepts together so hopefully it won't be too difficult. Students will gain an increased awareness of the forces of counterpoint that affect our everyday lives. They will gain a better understanding of music in general and will leave with enhanced active listening skills.

Michael Mason is a guitarist, composer, and educator living and working in New Orleans. He cut his baby teeth on a toy & plastic guitar, doing his best to recreate the rock and roll and folk dreams that fell out of his boyhood radio and into his head. He found his way to NOCCA, where he plunged headfirst into the deep end of jazz, which studies he continued at UNO, ultimately receiving his B.A. in jazz composition from the Berklee College of Music.

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Introduction to Music Theory (4 Weeks)

Instructor: Zachary Pine

Mondays November 4 - 25. 6pm-8pm

Students will gain or improve skills in reading and writing Western musical notation. The material is introductory; no prior experience with music theory is required although familiarity with a musical instrument or voice will be an advantage for students. Additionally, they will acquire a foundational vocabulary of musical terminology.

Zachary Pine is a composer and teacher in New Orleans with a studio-practice where he creates popular music using computer-driven tools.

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Scene Study Workshop (6 Weeks)

Instructor: Bennett Kirschner

Wednesdays November 6 - December 11. 12pm-2pm

Participants will work on a short, realist scene (approx. 10-15 minutes) with one or two partners. Using essential Stanislavskian concepts such as action, objective, and given circumstance to interpret and embody their text, participants will move through the process of scene study, beginning with text analysis and leading up to defined, repeatable blocking. The class will culminate with a performance that is open to the public.

Bennett Kirschner is the founding Artistic Director of Intramural Theater, a New Orleans based theatre company that has been producing original, site-specific works since 2014. He received his MFA in Playwriting from the University of New Orleans in 2019.

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Kinesthetic Realignment Workshop (4 Weeks)

Instructor: Rachel Nelson

Saturdays November 9 - December 7. 4pm-5:30pm

Using the seven main chakras, we will move through the body's main energy centers, freeing tension, finding legibility, and increasing awareness. This is a great class for performers, as well as anybody looking to deepen their relationship with their body. Will include some movement and some journaling. No experience necessary.

Rachel is a professor at Hollins University and Bard College who has taught and directed around the country. She is especially interested in using theater as a way expand social justice work in our communities and liberation in our bodies.

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Imagining Sound Workshop (2 Weeks)

Instructor: Justin Peake

Mondays December 9 & 16. 6-8pm

Imagining Sound is a series of two meetings with an attention to the variety of images and sensations that accompany the sounds which surround us. It is an experiment in imagination, memory, and stillness. By playfully exploring the multisensorial aspects of sonic and musical experience we might be able to expand and augment our approaches to composition to expand beyond music's ethereal nature and perhaps discover a more metaphorical, unified or inclusive language for describing our experiences of sonic phenomena. This class is open to all current and aspiring listeners. Justin Peake is a drummer, sound composer, improviser, and experimental media artist based in New Orleans, LA. His music incorporates acoustic and electronic elements often using his own interactive software instruments. A graduate of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), he focuses on software for variably structured improvisation in performance. He has released music on the Moodgadget, Ghostly International, Ears & Eyes, and Articulated Works labels

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Known Mass: Collective Intelligence Movement Workshop + Performance (4 Weeks)

Instructor: Ann Glaviano

Sundays December 29 - January 19. 4pm-7pm

Performance January 19th at 7:30 pm

This project is open to participants aged 18+ who are interested in practicing individual and ensemble devising processes and performance skills. Both trained dancers/physical performers and “pedestrians” with no specialized movement practice are welcome. Together we will build an ensemble movement-based performance piece using scored improvisation (a rehearsed, open structure) and set material. At the end of our fourth meeting, we will offer a public performance.

To participate in this workshop you must commit to all four meetings. Spots are limited; email [email protected] to sign up; you will receive confirmation of your enrollment by December 15. If you can’t commit to all meetings but you would like to participate in a future workshop, sign up for notification at https://annglaviano.com/monthly-newsletter/.

Ann Glaviano is a writer, dance-maker, DJ, and native New Orleanian. Since 2013 Ann has directed a performance project called Known Mass, aesthetically and ethically motivated by devised theatre and DIY punk traditions. She has also improvised with Hannibal Buress, danced with the New Orleans Ballet Theatre, choreographed for Hulu, and performed in a dystopic faux-corporate durational art installation in Dresden. Her dance film 01_fieldrecording premiered in 2019 at Highways (Los Angeles).

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OPEN CALL FOR TEACHERS AT BEAUBOURG SCHOOL

What is Beaubourg? The Beaubourg Theatre is a new performance space and community of creatives in New Orleans which believes in art as a means of individual and social transformation. It is a site for encountering new ideas, for learning, and for opening ears to voices that need to be heard. From that starting point, we are opening a school at our space that will be free to attend and pays teacher-practitioners to explore the boundaries of their current practice.

This fall, the new Beaubourg School will open its doors to New Orleans with a 3 month program of free classes and workshops. We are excited to offer classes that do not fall into easy categorization. Programming might range from physical movement, writing (for the screen, the poem, the stage, the self), the building arts (a history of modernism in New Orleans; Native modes in the present day), improvisation, actor training, field recording & its composition, music theory, vocal training, drawing, holistic wellness and more: our programming is bounded only by the imagination of our fellow citizen-sharers. With this program, we will facilitate a wide range of learning and teaching opportunities for the New Orleans community.

All attendees will be able to participate for free and Beaubourg offers teachers a $40 stipend per class.

Classes will take place at 614 Gravier Street, in an air conditioned room with a concrete floor whose dimensions are approximately 50 ft x 19 ft. There is also a small courtyard with an 8 ft x10 ft stage that could be put to use. If your proposal is beyond these confines, please do not abridge your dreams: we are committed to finding ways to make the space work for our practitioners, or if needed, working with our partners to find a satellite location that will serve the needs.

Beaubourg will design and produce calendar brochures with descriptions of all classes being offered including the 3 month schedule for the program. These will be distributed across the city and information will also be posted on our website.

To apply to be a teacher in the Free Fall Series, please complete an online application describing the class or workshop you would like to teach. Paper applications are also available and can be received at 614 Gravier Street in the CBD. We are open to hosting a range of practices and research with these course offerings and hope to share a variety of knowledge across multiple disciplines. We welcome applications from seasoned educators as well as first-time teachers.

Applications are found here: https://forms.gle/QNdAPbwJzu8CwCgD7

Deadline for applications is Monday September 30th, 2019. 

After this deadline, applications will be accepted on a continuous basis for future class periods.

Support for this tuition-free educational program is provided in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, and the Beaubourg Theatre.

For any questions, please contact us at: IG: @bea.ubo.urg or Email: [email protected]

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