Fall apart in our back yard...
Join us for the Fourth First-Ever Annual
Big Upstate Clown and Move Around
Weekend Retreat!
Friday October 9th - Monday October 12th
It’s back! For the fourth year in a row! Join us for a little pagan mess around. Work with Christopher Bayes (Clown and what not) and Annie Piper (Body, Breath, Heart: Energy Practice for Actors) over Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend at the North American Cultural Laboratory in Highland Lake, NY.
Meet us in beautiful upstate New York this fall (less than two hours from the GWB) for a weekend intensive of movement, play, and audacity. Stay in a charming old boarding house! Work in an old church by a lake! Spend a few days with some Master Teachers from The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale (formerly The Yale School of Drama)!
Where we'll be working!
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Where we'll be staying!
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Take a breath, eat some yummy food, make some new friends, and surprise yourself! Space is limited, so sign up now to save your spot.
Arrive on the evening of Friday, October 9th for dinner, then jump into class the next morning. Head back to the city after a morning class on Monday, October 12th all nice and unwound from your wild weekend mess around.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided onsite at NACL, including dinner on the evening of the 9th and breakfast on the morning of the 12th. Accommodation options include single or shared rooms at NACL. Rooms at NACL and all meals are included in tuition. If you would prefer to find local housing and/or your own accommodations outside of NACL, tuition covers class fees and meals.
Arrive on the evening of Friday, October 9th for dinner, then jump into class the next morning. Head back to the city after a morning class on Monday, October 12th all nice and unwound from your wild weekend mess around.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided onsite at NACL, including dinner on the evening of the 9th and breakfast on the morning of the 12th. Accommodation options include single or shared rooms at NACL. Rooms at NACL and all meals are included in tuition. If you would prefer to find local housing and/or your own accommodations outside of NACL, tuition covers class fees and meals.
The Details:
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Schedule:
Friday Before 7pm: Arrival 7pm: WELCOME DINNER at NACL Saturday 7am - 9am: BREAKFAST 9am - 11am: Body, Breath, Heart with Annie Piper 11am - 11:30am: BREAK 11:30am - 1:30pm: Clown and Whatnot with Christopher Bayes 1:30pm - 2:30pm: LUNCH 2:30pm - 4:30pm: Clown and Whatnot with Christopher Bayes 7pm: DINNER Sunday 7am - 9am: BREAKFAST 9am - 11am: Body, Breath, Heart with Annie Piper 11am - 11:30am: BREAK 11:30am - 1:30pm: Clown and Whatnot with Christopher Bayes 1:30pm - 2:30pm: LUNCH 2:30pm - 4:30pm: Clown and Whatnot with Christopher Bayes 7pm: DINNER Monday 7am - 9am: BREAKFAST 9am - 11am: Indigenous People’s Day Acknowledgement and Goodbye After 11am: Depart NACL |
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Tuition Options:
Private room, Meals and Classes: $1060
Shared room, Meals and Classes: $935
Meals and Classes. No Housing: $760
Private room, Meals and Classes: $1060
Shared room, Meals and Classes: $935
Meals and Classes. No Housing: $760
The North American Cultural Laboratory
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110 Highland Lake Rd, Highland Lake, NY
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Click here for Driving Directions (and then scroll to the bottom of the page) Click here for Bus Info Train: Penn Station to Port Jervis on the Bergen Line (New Jersey Transit) - requires changing trains in Seacaucus, NJ Click here for more info on NACL |
And who the heck is running this thingamajig anyway?
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Christopher Bayes (Founder of The Pandemonium Studio)
began his theater career with the internationally acclaimed Theatre de la Jeune Lune where he worked for five years as an actor, director, composer, designer and artistic associate. In 1989 he joined the acting company of the Guthrie Theater where he appeared in over twenty productions. His roles included Caliban inThe Tempest, Edgar in King Lear, The Herald in Marat/Sade and Harlequin in Triumph of Love. In 1993, commissioned by the Guthrie Theater, he produced his one-man show This Ridiculous Dreaming based on Heinrich Boll’s novel The Clown. ...More |
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Annie Piper
teaches at Kula Yoga in Tribeca, The Shala and Prema Yoga in Brooklyn. She is on the movement faculty at NYU's Tisch School of Graduate Acting and The Yale School of Drama. She is the co- teacher of 'The Open Voice' with Jessie Austrian at NYU's Gallatin School. She is certified to teach trauma-sensitive yoga by both the Trauma Center in Boston and with the national organization Warriors at Ease, and continues to bring yoga to veterans throughout the New York area. ...More |
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To ask questions, email [email protected]
