Artists' Gym: Exercise those creative muscles!
Two free workshops
Friday, October 29
10:00 am & 1:30 pm ET
Joel Bernbaum, Leah Cogan & Albert Dumont
IN PERSON ONLY
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Artists’ Gym consists of two, in-person English-language workshops to fire your creative mind and body. Saskatoon playwright, theatre director and journalist Joel Bernbaum will lead a workshop on developing verbatim theatre scripts. Ottawa actress and anti-poverty advocate Leah Cogan and Ottawa Poet Laureate Albert Dumont will lead a workshop on embodied poetry.
Take one or both workshops. They're free, but you must register to attend. A simple lunch will be provided to those who express interest at registration.
Take one or both workshops. They're free, but you must register to attend. A simple lunch will be provided to those who express interest at registration.
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Verbatim theatre is a way to create theatre scripts out of interviews or transcripts. A mix of journalism and playwriting, this type of creation is easy to do and accessible to anyone, no matter what their level of experience. The only thing necessary is curiosity.
In this two-hour introduction to verbatim theatre Joel Birnbaum offers participants the tools needed to create their own verbatim theatre script. Elements include choosing a meaningful topic, the art of asking good questions and the language of transcription.
Bring a pen, notebook, headphones, and a smartphone with a voice memo function. Extra materials will be on hand for anyone who is not able to bring them.
In this two-hour introduction to verbatim theatre Joel Birnbaum offers participants the tools needed to create their own verbatim theatre script. Elements include choosing a meaningful topic, the art of asking good questions and the language of transcription.
Bring a pen, notebook, headphones, and a smartphone with a voice memo function. Extra materials will be on hand for anyone who is not able to bring them.
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As trauma therapist and author Resmaa Menakem teaches, “...we heal primarily in and through the body, not just through the rational brain. We can all create more room, and more opportunities for growth, in our nervous systems. But we do this primarily through what our bodies experience and do—not through what we think or realize or cognitively figure out.”
Join performance coach and embodiment teacher Leah Cogan for an experiential exploration of Albert Dumont’s poem on homelessness commissioned for Writers Fête 2021. Participants will investigate the rhythms of recognition, empathy and reconciliation by playing with heightened language—in both movement and voice. In this interactive workshop, natural allyship emerges, not just through observation, intellectual assent and conversation, but also through authentic expression of self and story.
All are welcome.
Join performance coach and embodiment teacher Leah Cogan for an experiential exploration of Albert Dumont’s poem on homelessness commissioned for Writers Fête 2021. Participants will investigate the rhythms of recognition, empathy and reconciliation by playing with heightened language—in both movement and voice. In this interactive workshop, natural allyship emerges, not just through observation, intellectual assent and conversation, but also through authentic expression of self and story.
All are welcome.
JOEL BERNBAUM is an actor, director, playwright, journalist and the founding artistic director of Sum Theatre. Joel has produced plays including Operation Big Rock, My Rabbi (with Kayvon Khoshkam), Home Is a Beautiful Word, Reasonable Doubt (with Yvette Nolan and Lancelot Knight) and Being Here: The Refugee Project. Joel is an interdisciplinary PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan, investigating the potential of theatre to strengthen cities. He lives in Saskatoon with his 6-year old son, Judah.
Ottawa actor, musician and performance coach LEAH COGAN is most at home when walking alongside others in their journey towards full and free expression. As a voice and embodiment specialist, her work has led her across North America, learning and leading, speaking and listening to the nuanced work of advocacy through the arts.
A graduate of Brown University, founder of Abolitionist Theatre Company, acting teacher, mother of three, Vice-Chair of PAL Ottawa, and most recently, partner with Alliance to End Homelessness on the development of an arts-driven, immersive simulation experience of homelessness, Leah most keenly identifies as human/she/her.
A graduate of Brown University, founder of Abolitionist Theatre Company, acting teacher, mother of three, Vice-Chair of PAL Ottawa, and most recently, partner with Alliance to End Homelessness on the development of an arts-driven, immersive simulation experience of homelessness, Leah most keenly identifies as human/she/her.
Born in traditional Algonquin Territory (Kitigan Zibi), ALBERT DUMONT (“South Wind”) is a poet, storyteller, speaker, and Algonquin Traditional Teacher. He has been walking the “Red Road” since commencing his sobriety in 1988.
Albert has published five books of poetry and short stories including With the Wind and Men of Dust (2021), Sitting by the Rapids (2018) and Of Trees and Their Wisdom (2009). The Maple Leaves of Kichi Makwa (2011/17) is one of two children’s books written in three languages.
Albert has dedicated his life to promoting Indigenous spirituality and healing and to protecting the rights of Indigenous peoples, particularly the young. He is currently the Poet Laureate of Ottawa.
Albert has published five books of poetry and short stories including With the Wind and Men of Dust (2021), Sitting by the Rapids (2018) and Of Trees and Their Wisdom (2009). The Maple Leaves of Kichi Makwa (2011/17) is one of two children’s books written in three languages.
Albert has dedicated his life to promoting Indigenous spirituality and healing and to protecting the rights of Indigenous peoples, particularly the young. He is currently the Poet Laureate of Ottawa.
