Kids & Teens > Theater / Acting & Performing Classes  

Physical and voice warm up – Improvisations - Theater games - French texts studies. A different public performance project for each term.

Instructor: Marie-Hélène Brabant
Intermediate / Advanced levels & French speakers
Once a week, 2 hrs per class
Fee: $430

Spring Term (April 5 - June 14)   
8-12 yrs (THC) Saturday 11:30am-1:30pm
13-17 yrs (THJ) Saturday 2-4pm
Building of a show from classical and modern French texts.
Performance on June 14, 2008 (Florence Gould Hall)

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Kids & Teens > Summer 2008 Theater Program  

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Adults > Theater / Acting & Performing Classes (ACT)  

Physical and voice warm up - Improvisations - Diction exercises - Theater games - Modern and classic French texts studies (monologues and scenes). A different public performance project for each term.

Instructor: Marie-Hélène Brabant
Intermediate / Advanced levels and French speakers
11 weeks, once a week, 2 hrs per class
Fee $445

Spring Term

Feydeau in “Pieces”
Fridays, 10am-12pm (April 4 - June 13)
Performance: June 13, 2008 at Tinker Auditorium

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Adults > Reading in Action Classes (READ)  

This class will be based on La règle du Jeu by Jean Renoir, in parallel with Les Caprices de Marianne of Musset, on which Renoir partially based his film.

Instructor: Marie-Hélène Brabant
Intermediate / Advanced levels and French speakers
11 weeks, once a week, 1.5 hrs per class
Fee $350

Spring Term
READ150R01
Tuesdays, 12-1:30pm (April 1 - June 10)

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Adults > Theater Discovery Workshops (WKTH)  

Students will explore a theme in the work of a French playwright through experimentation, theater games and theater training. All in French.

Physical and voice warm up - Creative acting exercises - Theater games

Instructor: Marie-Hélène Brabant
Intermediate / Advanced & French speakers
12 participants per workshop maximum
Series of 3 workshops, 3 hours each
$75 per workshop / $180 for all 3 in the same term

Spring Term
Feydeau – L’effet comique du Théâtre de Boulevard
Le Dindon | Mon, April 14, 2008 | 6-9pm
On Purge Bébé | Mon, May 19, 2008 | 6-9pm
Un fil à la Patte | Mon, June 2, 2008 | 6-9pm

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Adults > Reading in Action Workshops (WKRIA)  

Each month students explore a different genre of French text through exercises such as reading aloud and pronunciation practice. These workshops will help you gain confidence in your spoken French and improve your pronunciation while discovering different styles of writing throughout French literature.

Instructor: Marie-Hélène Brabant
Level: Intermediate to native French speakers
Fee: $75 per workshop or $180 for all 3

Spring Term

Tongue twisters, histoires drôles, charades, devinettes
Tue, April 8, 6-9pm

Les grands discours (Malraux, de Gaulle, etc.)
Tue, May 13, 6-9pm

Scènes du théâtre de Paul Claudel
Tue, June 10, 6-9pm

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Adults > All Day Workshops 

Intensive immersion in French. Each workshop will develop a different aspect of acting in French.

Instructor: Marie-Hélène Brabant
Intermediate / Advanced and French speakers level
12 participants per workshop maximum
$150 per workshop
Bring your own lunch. Lunch will be taken at fi:af. It will be an opportunity to share opinions and points of view on French movies and plays.

Spring Term
Writing and Directing Workshop
Tue, May 6, 2008, 10am-4pm
Description: Write your one act play, direct it and perform.

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