Speech and Drama as Living Arts
By Séamus Maynard & Meaghan Witri
with contributions from Christopher Garvey, Ted Pugh & Ferm SLoan
Twelve experiential and practical lessons with many exercises to integrate into an individual artistic practice. This practice will encompass speech exercises, movement exercises, imaginative exercises, study of the principles of the dramatic arts as well as contemplative exercises to orient and train oneself.
$450.00 AUD (~$300 USD)
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Deepening our understanding and ability to participate in realms of soul and spirit through the arts, serves in strengthening our relationship with the spiritual world and our surrounding community.
Course Overview
Inspired by teachings and indications from Rudolf Steiner and Michael Chekhov, among other speech and drama practitioners and teachers, this year-long course offers a foundation for training one’s soul capacities towards greater and more conscious participation within the evolution of the arts. Embodied and experiential artistic exercises, accompanied by inner development exercises, comprise the monthly lessons. Out of the wisdom of spiritual science and inspired by the muses of the arts themselves, working in these areas can support the inner and outer growth and development of the human being. Participants can begin any time and work at their own pace.
Course Inclusions
- 12 Written Lessons with video and imagery examples
- Tutoring
- Recordings of Past Webinars
- Certificate of Completion
Additions
- Short Workshops
- Apprenticeships in New York
For Waldorf teachers, artists and anyone who is interested in taking new steps to begin or further an artistic practice as well as those who wish to deepen their relationship to artistic activity.
Twelve Lessons
This course is designed to be experiential and practical with many exercises to integrate into an individual artistic practice. This practice will encompass speech exercises, movement exercises, imaginative exercises, study of the principles of the dramatic arts as well as contemplative exercises to orient and train oneself.
A Foundation in Speech and Drama Practice (2 parts)
The Wisdom of The Ancients
Five Primal Archetypes of Will – The Ancient Greek Gymnastics
Michael Chekhov’s Approach to Acting The Three Centers & Four Qualities of Movement
A Threefold Experience of Speech & Five Principles of the Dramatic Arts
The Three Styles Of Language
Invisible Gesture in Language
Keys for Speaking Spiritual Texts
The Task of the Arts in Deepening Inner Landscapes of Soul
The Spiritual Origins of the Dramatic Arts and The New Mysteries
Acting for the Stage Part I – The Art of Acting Part II – Stage Pictures
Tuition
Each lesson is an assignment in itself, based around bringing the content into daily thoughts, reflection, and actions, as well as keeping a diary/journal.duCareDo supports independent and flexible study. Find your own study rhythm for the year and feel free to extend into a second year to give yourself time to communicate with Anthony if you choose.
This communication is via an optional diary sheet accompanying each lesson, the aim of which is to support the process of better understanding what newness has revealed itself to you in a lesson.
Meg & Seamus do you have some images to offer here? Some instructional images from your lessons?
This is the first course that I have encountered in my years of study that takes into account the ‘consciousness soul age,’ places it in conversation with existing techniques and methods and actually considers how we as artists and human beings can orient ourselves towards the ‘spirit in matter’ and how we can strive to identify our individual inner/outer tasks in the act of creation.
Actor and WaldorF Early Childhood Educator
(participant of Speech & Drama as Living arts)
This course supports the artist, actor, educator, and human being in their journey towards essential aspects of the dramatic arts: speaking, gesture, tableau, developing character, and perhaps most importantly, considering out of what place in ourselves we are speaking and creating. The course brings together various important techniques and methods while maintaining its connection to the deep inner work that work in/with speech and the dramatic arts requires and invites. This is the first course that I have encountered in my years of study that takes into account the ‘consciousness soul age,’ places it in conversation with existing techniques and methods and actually considers how we as artists and human beings can orient ourselves towards the ‘spirit in matter’ and how we can strive to identify our individual inner/outer tasks in the act of creation.
Neil Anderson
Actor and WaldorF Early Childhood Educator