MASTER CLASS WITH PUPPETEER JAMES GODWIN Acting, Character Development & Performance Hacks for the Puppeteer
About This Show
Award-winning puppeteer, performance & visual artist James Godwin leads participants of this master class into an intensive exploration of the many facets of character development inherent in puppetry, object manipulation and storytelling. Through a wide variety of exercises and techniques designed to access the imagination and to further connect with an audience, James will delve into the practical, poetic and even chaotic aspects of character work in order to strengthen the participant’s creative toolkit.
Both solo and ensemble performance will be addressed as well as movement, voice and music. Participants may bring a puppet if they wish, but they are not required to.
Cost to participate: $25
Class size is limited. Applications: DEADLINE EXTENDED to Monday May 4th.
About James Godwin
JAMES GODWIN is a performance & visual artist and puppeteer. He is a founding member of The Elementals Puppet Company and “Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement”. His work has been presented all over NYC and beyond in such venues as P.S.122, Dixon Place, DTW, Franklin Furnace, La MaMa and the Walker Art Center. He was also a cast member of Henson Alternative’s off-Broadway show Stuffed and Unstrung. He has worked with Julie Taymor, Dave Chappelle, David Bowie and Aerosmith. His film and T.V. credits include I Sell the Dead, Ice Age 2, as well as It’s a Big, Big World for PBS, Saturday Night Live and StakeLand and puppeteering Wyatt Cenac for The Daily Show. His Dixon Place commission, Lunatic Cunning, was the recipient of the Jim Henson Award for Innovation and an UNIMA Citation of Excellence. His most recent commission, The Flatiron Hex, is running at Dixon Place May 15 – 30.