4 week, 10 hour improv workshop series exploring the delightful world of physical comedy!
Physical Comedy:
Come explore the hilarious world of physical comedy in this four-session improv workshop series. Improviser and director Ben Gorodetsky is offering a playful, collaborative exploration of how your body can help heighten your improv and performance game.
Over the course of 10 hours we'll look physical approaches to character, storytelling, group-mind, and mime/object work. Techniques from clown, physical theatre, and movement/dance will be adapted for use in improv comedy.
Prerequisites:
*Some* improv experience recommended.
If you're not sure, just email Ben@PinchCabaret.com
Dates and times:
Tuesdays| Sep 8-29 | 7:00-9:30pm
Venue:
This workshop will take place at 165 King St W, Kitchener. This is the same building as Libro Credit Union downtown. The studio is in the basement and Ben will meet you at the street entrance to head down together. Make sure you go to King St West, not East!
Accessible Pricing:
If cost is a barrier for you, please email Ben@PinchCabaret.com and we'll figure out an accessible price. Don't be shy!
About the instructor:
Ben Gorodetsky is an improviser, director, and educator based in Kitchener, Ontario. They are curator and host of KW monthly mainstays: Pinch Cabaret and Together We're Boisterous Comedy. Ben has performed, taught, and directed improvisation at The Magnet Theatre (NYC), Out of Bounds Comedy (Austin), UCB (LA), Highwire Comedy (Atlanta), English Lovers (Vienna), IGLU (Ljubljana), FERIIR (Reunion Island), Bad Dog (Toronto), and Blind Tiger (Vancouver). His performance work has been presented by The Art Gallery of Ontario, CAFKA, Lumen Fest, Movement Research at Judson Church, The Tank NYC, Mile Zero Dance, Brian Webb Dance Company, Expanse Festival of Movement Arts, Rubaboo Festival, Guelph Dance Festival, SpringWorks, and the Gas Station Arts Centre. They are creator and executive producer of TV series "My Pet Ate What?" for CTV/Bell Media. Ben is the former Associate Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre a nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award. They teach at UWaterloo and hold an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY and a BFA from the University of Alberta.
More info: www.pinchpinchpinch.com/classes
*photo of Rapid Fire Theatre by Billy Wong
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Highlights
- 2 hours 30 minutes
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Visitor Information Centre
10 Father David Bauer Drive
Waterloo, ON N2L 6M3
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