- Eccentric Performing with Avner the Eccentric
- Adults • Friday, June 13, 6-8 pm, Saturday & Sunday, June 14-15, 9-3 pm • Avner Eisenberg • $165 (non-credit) • Limit: 16 • Hoehl Studio lab • For academic credit, contact and register through UVM Continuing Ed: 802-656-2085, learn@uvm.edu, or visit www.learn.uvm.edu/arts.
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What not to miss this semester!
Eccentric Performing is one of the most personal and
paradoxical of theater forms; it can be ingenious or dimwitted,
skillful or blundering. It can have a sharp verbal wit
or be completely silent. It can be extremely silly while
pointing out the failure of society. Above all, Eccentric
Performing is funny! Open to performers of all abilities, this
workshop explores bare-bones, red-nosed clowning in the
search for the personal Eccentric Performer. Relationship to
the audience as complicit partner, use of audience
volunteers, and applications of clowning to other forms of
theater are of special interest.
AVNER EISENBERG was described by New York Magazine
as “a clown for the thinking man.” His show Avner the
Eccentric was a Broadway hit and he has appeared on
Broadway in other productions, as well as on film—most
notably as the holy man in The Jewel of the Nile. He studied
with Jacques Lecoq and developed a unique physical
approach to comedy and acting that he teaches in
workshops around the world as he tours his one-man
show internationally.
Our theater program emphasizes individual expression, creative choice, and FUN! Children’s classes build sequentially on the basics, while teens and adults can explore specific theater arts in greater depth (and shorter periods of time.) We keep class sizes small so everyone gets personal attention, and vary themes so that each semester challenges returning students as well as new ones. Performance opportunities let students try out their skills in front of supportive audiences of family and friends, and tours of the historic Flynn Theatre, discounts on world-class MainStage performances, and masterclasses with extraordinary visiting artists complement the strong core program.
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