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Workshops:
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Leather
Mask Making Workshop
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Learn to make “folded” leather masks. An easy
technique for beginners to learn, yet gives the artist infinite
potential for creating elaborate works of art.
This is a professional techniques based
class. It is not a crafting class. It is best suited to
people who are interested in learning the professional techniques
and plan to continue to make more masks on their own. You
will sculpt 2-3 leather masks in class. You will keep what
you make in class.
Location: Ravenwood Studios at The Brewery Artists Colony,
Los Angeles (near Union Station)
Directions will be emailed after registration.
Class size is limited, register early to reserve space.
Credit cards accepted through Paypal.
About
the Instructor:
Alyssa Ravenwood is an award winning mask designer. She
has taught mask making and mask performance workshops at
theatres and Universities across the US.
Contact
Information:
email: ravenwoodmasks (at) yahoo (dot) com
Ph: 3.2.3 – 2.2.7 – 8.0.2.8
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Neoprene
Mask Making Workshops
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Learn
how to make expressive masks in neoprene
Neoprene
Mask Making Workshop:
You
will learn:
* sculpting in clay
* how to sculpt an expressive face
* plaster mold making techniques
* casting with neoprene rubber
* trimming and sanding neoprene
* fitting a mask to a person’s face
* making an adjustable elastic strap
* painting techniques
This
is a professional techniques based class. It is not a crafting
class. It is best suited to people who are interested in
learning the professional techniques and plan to continue
to make more masks on their own. You will make a ½
face character mask in class. You will make a sculpture
in clay, make a mold in plaster and cast the mask in neoprene.
You will keep what you make in class.
Location:
The Brewery Arts Complex in downtown Los Angeles, CA.
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Class size is limited, register early to
reserve space.
Credit cards accepted through Paypal.
About the Instructor:
Alyssa Ravenwood is an award winning mask designer whose
masks have been seen in performances by theatre companies
and schools in the USA, Europe, Canada, Korea and Japan.
She was awarded the Portland Drammy Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Mask Design and is a two time winner of the
Best Performance Mask Award at the Ink People Maskibition.
She has taught mask making and mask performance workshops
at theatres and Universities across the US.
For
more information and to reserve your place in class:
Alyssa Ravenwood
Ph: 3.2.3 – 2.2.7 – 8.0.2.8
ravenwoodmasks
(at) yahoo (dot) com
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Performance
Workshops
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Physical Comedy - Performance Workshop Enhance
your ability to express character, emotions and humorous action
through physicality. Come to class prepared to move.
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Acting under Rubber – Performing in Masks and Prosthetic
Makeup
Learn the specialized techniques needed to
give an emotionally nuanced and physically dynamic performance
when acting in masks and prosthetic makeup. Techniques for
theater and film. Come to class prepared to move.
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Some
partial scholarships available for low income applicants.
Student Testimonials:
"I've learned and grown immensely while participating in
the Ravenwood Performance Group workshops. The clown and mask
training is at once challenging, provocative and inspiring, and
strikes at the heart of the creative process. I recommend it for
all students serious about the art of physical theatre."
Jon Monastero, Ten West Comedy Troupe
“I’ll start with applauding her dive-right-in approach.
The physical work was immediately appropriate and helpful. The
workshop was also excellent in jarring me out of my comfort zone,
challenging me to stretch for more risky, interesting choices.”
- Mark Twohy, workshop graduate
From Stage Directions Magazine Jan 08:
“The benefits of having performed in mask are body awareness
and body freedom. Training in effectively communicating emotion
and action with the body gives actors another tool to use besides
the voice and face… Los Angeles mask designer and physical
theatre expert Alyssa Ravenwood creates expressive masks and individualized
workshops for theatre companies. In her classes, performers learn
to enact characters with movements and emotions that embody their
masks. ‘My focus,” Ravenwood says, ‘is teaching
actors practical techniques in order to give the best performance
possible.”
Instructor
Bio:
Alyssa Ravenwood is an award winning physical theatre director,
performer, and mask designer. She has been working in regional
theatre since 1986. She has worked with Krizo Theatre (France),
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (Pennsylvania), Chicago Shakespeare
Theatre, Northwest Children’s Theatre (Oregon), WGBH Boston
for PBS, and more. She toured her own solo show, Orlando Eats
Children with Wine, from 2000-2004. Her masks and prosthetic makeup
designs have been seen in productions and used as drama training
tools in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Ms. Ravenwood
teaches physical theatre and mask making workshops at theatres
and universities across the United States.
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