Janice Orlandi, New York U.S.A. 2022
Movement Specialist, Psychophysical Techniques, Character Transformation, Williamson Technique and Period Styles, Period Dance and Physical Dramaturgy, Michael Chekhov Specialist; Movement Consultant for; RED VELVET Lantern Theater Company Philadelphia PA, Movement Director & Period Style Choreographer for: THE OTHER MOZART London St James Theatre, Here Arts Festival NYC, Cherry Lane Theatre Solo Festival, Berkshire Fringe Festival. Directing credits include: MOZART & SALIERI and THE BRUTE at The Westside Theatre, EVENING WITH STEPHEN CRANE, Manhattan Rep Best Solo Show Award, Crane House Museum, Asbury Park, BETTE DAVIS AIN’T FOR SISSIES (Five Stars at Edinburgh Fringe Festival), St. James Theatre Studio London UK, Theater Row, Laurie Beechman, 59E59 Theater in NYC, Director Solo Show: GARBO DREAMS at Red Room NYC. Movement Director THE CONTRAST, Mirror Repertory Company, St Clements NYC, AN IDEAL HUSBAND and TARTUFFE Sonnet Repertory NYC, Director: UNCLE VANYA Expanded Arts Theatre NYC, THE THREE SISTERS New Vaudeville Theater NYC. Edwardian Period Style Salon at The Players, Artistic Director Actors Movement Studio Conservatory, Certified Teacher and Designated Teacher Trainer, Williamson Technique and Williamson Period Styles Specialist including; Regency, Victorian, Edwardian, Elizabethan and Restoration, classical and 1920-1950’s. Certified Teacher Michael Chekhov Technique, Mary Overlie, in Six Viewpoints, Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints and Rasaboxes, Summer intensive.
Teaching at Atlantic Theater Company NYU TISH, Advanced Movement HB Studio NYC, Master Teacher Rose Bruford Summer Program UK, Faculty at New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Tom Todoroff Conservatory NYC, Former Assistant Professor of BFA Movement at University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA, Mason Gross School of the Arts; Rutgers State University; Internationally at, De Lindenberg Centre in Netherlands; State Theatre School in Odense, Denmark; Ophelia Theatre School in Copenhagen . Featured in Backstage and American Theater Magazine on the current “Trends in Movement TrainingSAG/AFTRA, AEA
ART OF TRANSFORMATION - Ensemble Cross-training psycho-physical techniques
Physical Process of Acting, including Williamson Technique RASA-Emotions, Viewpoints, and Michael Chekhov technique. We will explore qualities of movement, atmospheres, centers, imaginary body, Archetypal and Psychological gestures, Character Transformation enlarging the actor’s expressive body, physical ease and organic connection to their inner life, artistic expression, and ensemble collaboration.