Steve Jarand in London 2010
Following the extremely successful Steve Jarand 2009 I have organised
for Steve to come back to London in January 2010 for his second
ever UK workshop.
Steve’s web site - www.stevejarand.com
Steve’s Bio
In 1987 Steve stumbled onto improvisation at the Loose Moose
Theatre in Canada. Spontaneity and accepting made sense to him
and he was excited to break rules and to "make it up as went
along". He went on to spend four years under the auspis of
Keith Johnstone who taught him acting and improvisation at the
University of Calgary.
After graduating, he needed to explore so he left for Europe.
Since then, his adventuring has brought him to South America,
Africa and several trips to India. Between travels he worked in
Provincial Parks in the Rocky Mountains doing Nature theatre.
There he was able to put in practice his interest in skills like
storytelling, puppetry and mask work. Steve would continually
return to the Loose Moose to address his own fears and expression
through improvisation. For almost twenty years he has continued
working. Mainly through mask work, his improvisation continues
to flourish.
In 1998, he had his first experience with masks (a bad one) doing
a stylized Comedia d'elle Arte play. Steve sensed masks could
be much more, having seen Comedia style misbehaviour work wonderfully
at the Moose. So he began making his own masks and bringing them
to the stage. Keith noticed and supported masks at the theatre.
Since then, Steve has been dedicated to workshops in masks and
to performing in all mask shows.
Today Steve is teaching drama and mask, working with children
and doing science and nature theatre. Steve, Keith Johnstone and
Dennis Cahill are leading the most recent and powerful series
of mask workshops at Loose Moose Theatre. Most recently Steve
can be seen co-leading a mask workshop on the KEITH JOHNSTONE
TEACHES, volume one; Trance masks DVD.
YouTube footage of Steve and Keith-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGpzYa9d-Hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuEfVd7Nn3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua5idyU1qb4
From tribal dances in Africa and performances in India to Steve’s
own creations in Canada, masks continue to teach Steve a great
deal about, spontaneity, accepting and exploring his own self.
LONDON WORKSHOP
Date: 29th-31st January 2010
Venue: Imperial Hotel, Russell Square
Cost: £230 (deposit of £75 is required
when accepted on the course)
Rough times:
6pm-10pm Fri 29th
10am-6pm Sat 30th
10am-5pm Sun 31st
What can you expect from Steve's Workshop? 
With so much pressure on us to look right, think right, live right...
it can be liberating to wear a mask!
People continually manage themselves to seem smart, respectable,
cool, funny, etc; whatever is consistent with our personal character.
As yourself, it can be shocking if this model breaks down.
But if it is not you; if the mask is being expressive and new,
then calculated behaviour can be set aside and creativity can
begin.
Am I a suitable candidate for Steve's Course?
In all Steve’s classes, he likes to have
a variety of levels of participants; he enjoys the diversity and
believes it is good for the entire class. It does not matter if
you’ve never even done any improvisation or mask work; Steve’s
courses are not only for performers.
It is not uncommon to see groups which include teachers, Business
people, Lawyers, Actors, Psychologists etc…
THIS LEADS TO THE GREATEST OF LEARNING ENVIROMENTS – TRUST
ME!
Steve’s work enables people to be more active, spontaneous
and flexible. The exercises he will cover work to free the mind.
How to apply:
Please email
or post to,
- 31 Gore Road, Raynes Park, Wimbledon, London, SW20 8JN
your details and a little bit about yourself and why you want
to work with Steve. As Steve sets no boundaries on who gets to
work with him the course places will basically be given on a 1st
come 1st serve basis. The non-refundable deposit will be required
on receipt of confirmation of acceptance to the course. The remainder
of the cost must be paid by the 10th of January 2010.
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