Frantic Assembly Physical Theatre & Devising Workshops Set In NYC

Frantic Assembly, the award-winning London-based theater company, comes to New York City for two weekend workshops September 22-30th. Frantic Assembly won a Tony Award Best Choreography for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (West End, Broadway, UK & Ireland Tour, US tour). Frantic Assembly's physical theatre and devising workshops in New York City and Los Angeles are sponsored and hosted by Janice Orlandi, Artistic Director of Actors Movement Studio, a 45 year-old New York City conservatory dedicated to training actors in physical technique and movement. One and Two Day Workshops will be taught by Frantic Assembly practitioner Amelia Cardwell and will be held on September 22 and 23rd and September 29th and 30th at Pearl Studios 500 8th Avenue, midtown Manhattan.

"Frantic Assembly is an innovative London-based company that has developed a methodology for creating heightened movement that is grounded in reality. Join Frantic practitioner Amelia Cardwell for six-hour sessions and discover Frantic Assembly's unique approach to creating physical material. Frantic Assembly's Method of devising liberates potential, and builds confidence in performers. These highly physical workshops will build skills, confidence, bravery, and creativity.

Workshops will range from beginning to intermediate work and no previous experience is necessary. The workshops will explore how to use physicality to create meaning and subtext and will enable participants to build physical confidence and learn new and exciting approaches to devising work that can be applied to projects. Participants will experience what it is like to be an actor in the rehearsal room·; working collaboratively to create new devised material including Group Elevation and Chair Duets.

Those taking part will also learn practical, production specific exercises from shows like the Tony-Award winning shows 'Curious Incident,' 'Lovesong,' 'Stockholm,' 'Beautiful Burnout,' and 'Othello.'

Frantic Assembly practitioner and London-based theatre director and choreographer, Amelia Cardwell will lead workshops

New York City:

September - Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd 10am-5pm

September - Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th (2-day Intensive) 10am-5pm

Early Bird Discounts through September 8th

Register ams@actorsmovementstudio.com for more information go to www.actorsmovementstudio.com

Tony Award-winning theatre company Frantic Assembly led by Artistic Director and co-founder Scott Graham has toured extensively across the UK and worked in forty countries collaborating with writers such as Mark Ravenhill, Abi Morgan and Bryony Lavery, and the success of the company's distinct creative approach has influenced Contemporary Theatre-making and foregrounded the use of movement directors and choreographers in new dramatic works. For more information visit www.franticassembly.co.uk

About Workshop Leader: Amelia Cardwell is a theatre director and choreographer based in London, UK. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Animate Dance as well as a practitioner for Frantic Assembly. Amelia studied at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. After graduating she joined Company Chordelia Dance Theatre under the director Kally Lloyd-Jones. Amelia's work as a director and choreographer include: Cage in Motion (Roundhouse Camden, Britten Theatre), One Is The Loneliest Number (V&A museum, Dalston Old Boys Club, Cochrane Theatre, St Barnabas Church), We Had A Black Dog (Theatre de Menilmontant), Elephant Angel (Scottish Opera UK Tour), Warrior (West Yorkshire Playhouse), By Your Side (Bermondsey Street Festival), Sea of Love (The Yard Theatre), Transfigured Night (Cadogan Hall), Trouble in Tahiti (Kino-Teatr, UK Tour).