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Ensemble Creation Workshop with Slater Penney and Jaron Hollander
September 27 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
In this six-hour workshop, you’ll explore practical tools for strengthening your role within an ensemble. Drawing on techniques from clown, bouffon, dance, and improvisation, we’ll begin with exercises in breath, active listening, and response—tuning attention to the subtle rhythms that connect performers on stage. From there, we’ll explore the dynamics of stepping forward and stepping back, and investigate the beautiful impossibility of mind reading in performance. The focus is not on controlling the scene, but on breathing with it—building it together in real time.
Two performers appear central on a black background, with a greenish-yellow and blue stage. One performer Slater Penney is standing wa fearful look on his face and his arms stretch out to the sides.… They are holding the second performer (Jaron Hollander) upside down on their right shoulder while his legs are spread out to the sides. Jaron and Slater are wearing navy colored sailor pants with
black suspenders, red and white striped henley long sleeve shirts, black low profile shoes, black rimmed glasses, and blue sailor hats. One hat is a captains hat and the other is a crew hat.
Photo by: Eric Gillet
