The Dharma of Theatre
Nalandabodhi New York
324 West 23rd Street #2A
New York, NY 10011
Schedule
February 22
6:30-9:00pm
Conventional approaches to theater often favor notions of success and failure, hope and fear, good and bad, with an overemphasis on psychology and a somewhat rigid concept of character and personality. These methods promote more self-consciousness than consciousness and do not present authentic models which can empower the actor.
In this class we will engage in specific experiential exercises based on principles of awareness and egolessness, an approach to theater first presented by Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche in the Mudra Theater Project. We will facilitate a reconnection with the intuition of direct personal experience and the possibilities of spontaneous creativity. This discovery of our own unique and limitless personal resources can lead to an experience of authentic creative empowerment as well as a new paradigm for creative work. Our work will also include Gestalt awareness, guided fantasy/contemplation, dream work, theater games, and improvisation.
This class is open to anyone interested in or involved with the wonder of the creative process.
About Peter Goldfarb
Peter Goldfarb, an award-winning actor and director, is Vice President of the UNESCO/International Theatre Institute Education and Training Committee. He teaches master classes and actor training workshops around the world. A Senior student of Chögyam Trungpa, Rimpoche, he is founding faculty and a former Trustee of Naropa University. He was also a member of Rimpoche's original Mudra Theater Group and has both appeared in and directed his work for the theatre.
Peter recently created and directed a multimedia stage adaptation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead with music by Phillip Glass. In Mexico City, he conceived a major production based on his theatrical approach to dreams. More recently in New York, he starred to great acclaim in His Greatness, a play about the playwright Tennessee Williams.
Currently, Peter is in development for Fritz, about the founder of Gestalt and Love's Glory a production about the life and poetry of the Sufi poet Rumi.
