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New Opportunities at New Street Arts!

For those looking for...

•  ways to develop your abilities
•  ways to expand your interests in film and theater
•  new collaborators
•  new projects to develop your skills

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Kali QuinnKali Quinn "Movement Creation" Workshop
Actor/creator Kali Quinn will host a movement workshop for actors, directors and creators at PushPush!

Kali has taught extensive workshops in creating theater throughout the United States and in Brazil, and is currently teaches Mask and Clown within the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Program.

Kali’s hands-on movement workshop will focus on the following:

Constructing a Movement Vocabulary: Taking actors, directors and creators through several physical techniques and methods that give a larger range of movement to use and refer to within the rehearsal process. 

Character Physicality: helping to create a physical vocabulary for characters including: gestures, animal, minimum to maximum emotional range, body leads, etc. 

Discovering Habitual Tendencies: To point out actors’ physical tendencies in their characters or in relation to the group and allow for a space where actors are eventually able to indicate this for one another. 

Sustainability: To ensure physicality without tension.

The workshop will end with a brief Q & A on such topics as touring and development logistics, networking organizations,  self-producing, festival tours.

Kali Quinn “Movement Creation” Workshop
Wed Jan 25, 7-10pm
Pay-What-You-Can $25-$60

Spaces are limited. Please reserve early. Tickets available online, or reserve by email or by calling 404.377.6332.

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Deborah KampmeierDeborah Kampmeier
Screening of Hounddog and reception
Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, this film won the top jury prize, Best of the Show, at the 2009 Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto and Best Feature at the 2008 Foyle Film Festival in Ireland.
Friday, Feb 3, 7pm-11pm
Pay-What-You-Can $15-$35 
 
Women's Intensive: "Finding our Voices and Visions"
In addition to writing screenplays and directing films, Deborah teaches acting in NYC. She is also working on an new screenplay called SPLIT. This five-hour intensive for women in film and theater will introduce participants to her own unique style of working on original text with actors, as well as approaches to writing, developing, and directing original material.  The workshop will include writing and acting exercises and concludes with scene work from her screenplay using personal and challenging rehearsal techniques.  The workshop is ideal for women actors, writers, directors who want to explore new approaches and foster their own original voice and content.
Saturday, Feb 4, 11am-5pm
Pay-What-You-Can $90-$175
Due to extremely limited space, advance reservations are required. NO WALK-UPS!
 
Public Q&A
As founder of Full Moon Films Deborah brings 25 years of filmmaking experience to Atlanta artists at all levels. In this session she will take questions and discuss developing and funding new work.
Sunday, Feb 5, 1-3pm
Pay-What-You-Can $10-$25
 
PASS FOR ALL THREE EVENTS: Pay-What-You-Can $115-$235

Seating is limited. Please reserve early. Tickets available online, or reserve by email or by calling 404.377.6332.

This residency is sponsored in part by WIFTA and DIGITAL MOVING IMAGE SALON.

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Creative Capital Workshop
Flux Projects and PushPush Theater will co-host Creative Capital’s highly acclaimed Core Weekend Workshop in Atlanta the weekend of June 8 -10, 2012. The workshop has space for twenty-four Atlanta area artists. Artists working in all disciplines and at all career levels are invited to apply. Participants must be working artists. Students are not eligible. 

The Core Weekend Workshop is the flagship program of Creative Capital's Professional Development Program (PDP). Described as a "crash course in self-management, strategic planning, fundraising, and promotion," the workshop employs lectures, peer critiques, one-on-one consultations, interactive exercises, handouts, and written assignments to introduce business skills to individual artists. Additional information is available through the following links and the Flux Projects website.

Information + Application
Sample Agenda

The Core Weekend Workshop is supported in part by a grant from Creative Capital and by sponsorship from Atlanta Celebrates Photography.

Workshop dates: June 8 - 10, 2012
Deadline to apply: Friday, March 16
Notification: April 16

 
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Artists' Workout
, these workouts will directly link to the opportunities listed
on our shows page. We'll be working on skills, techniques, styles, and scenes from current and upcoming projects, as well as providing practical solutions for challenges in your work. Use them. Suggest them to actors you know.

Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm, $10 per class or $100 for a 20-class workshop card.

Limited work-study opportunities available by emailing pushpushtheater@gmail.com

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Screenwriting and Team Writing: An advanced writing workshop focusing on new trends in 21st Century original dramatic series, screenplays and stage plays (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Breaking Bad and other similar series).
 
The work will focus on working in a writing team, writing under deadlines, pitching new ideas, the role of the story runner, using the basics of narrative structure, and team writing schedules and time management. There will be a practical assignment each week in the style of daily writer assignments for professional writing teams.
 
Email us to get involved.

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Sessions 4: A workshop aimed at improving actor-director communication and skills through the creation of film shorts. As part of the Year of Tennessee Williams, celebrating the 100th anniversay of his birth, Sessions 3 focused on a selection of his short pieces. Sessions 4 is currently in development and will likely center around original works. Actors, directors, designers, and other film and theater artists are encourged to sign up for the entire series or attend the lecture/workshops on a drop-in basis.

Check back for info on Sessions 4 or check the calendar for updates.

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Setting Goals to Achieve Results: Artistic Planning for PushPush & New Street Artists
How do I start a project? What do I need? What resources are available? What and how can new artists contribute to existing or new projects? Learn the ins and outs of articulating and achieving your artistic goals as current New Street and PushPush artists share feedback and ideas on their current plans. Artists of all experience levels in planning are encouraged to come to this hands-on workshop. Develop your ability to set goals, timelines, actionable steps to achieve results, and funding guidelines through financial planning. This workshop is designed to learn about existing projects and to develop your own.

First and Third Sunday of every month, 6pm-7pm, Free

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Dailies Film Screenings: Film Structure Crash Course
Directors and writers of the new independent film movement are often missing crucial background when trying to tell stories. Understanding narratives can be accomplished in two ways - from the perspective of the audience or from the perspective of the artist. The majority of our time is spent watching others’ work. Therefore our perspective is that of an audience member, just more committed. This rarely helps when creating a new work. You have to get under the hood to understand, especially if you want to reinvent!

Step over to the other side of the footlights and behind the camera, roll up your sleeves and dig into an interesting examination of some great films. These workshops help filmmakers better understand structure and are a prime networking opportunity for filmmakers looking to develop a project, or get involved with an existing project.

Fourth Sunday of every month, 7pm, Free, bar is open!


All workshops are at New Street Arts, home to PushPush Theater.

Email admin@pushpushtheater.com to register or for more details.

Along with our workshops, there are a variety of production opportunities connected with the writing, directing and acting sessions this year.

 

 

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