29/03/2020 As social distancing has become essential for our safety during the pandemic, we are no longer meeting in person. We made the move online straight away, to enable the continuation of our workshops and keep our little community together. Today was our second online session as we gathered together to start moving the mostContinue reading “Online sessions: Colours”
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Moving online!
With the global pandemic affecting everyone’s reality, we need to keep safe. That means we can’t meet in the studio, but we can meet and keep moving, writing and singing online. We decided to do this right away. Sadly, some members can’t join us, due to health issues, aversion to the online medium or lackContinue reading “Moving online!”
Feedback
We asked our lovely ‘Red Hatters’ what they thought of the workshops and collected them here to demonstrate just how much people get out of Red Hat Opera workshops. It’s important for us to get feedback so that we can continue to grow and progress as a community. Communication: “Enjoyed it! I liked the factContinue reading “Feedback”
Time Opera: What kind of creature is time?
We are currently working on creating an opera about time: our experiences of time passing, memories and visions of the future. We will be sharing materials from the creative process with you. If time were a living creature, what would it look like? How would it move? What would it sound like? What would itContinue reading “Time Opera: What kind of creature is time?”
Introducing: Elizabeth Uter
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much Helen Keller ‘Liz’ is a professional actor of many years, training at drama school and now teaching in the arts. The workshops help her to keep up with her training and her practice current. She has a great creative flair that spans acrossContinue reading “Introducing: Elizabeth Uter”
Introducing: Gianpiero Tartabini
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have. Maya Angelou Gianpiero is an actor who has worked as a creator and performer in ‘Teatro delle moire‘ in Milan before joining us at Red Hat Opera. Gianpiero is multilingual, positively contributing to his devising and writing process resulting in beautifully wordedContinue reading “Introducing: Gianpiero Tartabini”
Introducing: King Caryl Vytelingum
The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. Dieter F. Uchtdorf ‘King Caryl’ is a regular participant of our workshops. Being a leader of his own external workshops, he loses out on creativity and collaboration. Each workshop allows him to take on exterior direction and reverse his usual role.Continue reading “Introducing: King Caryl Vytelingum”
Introducing: Elise Lorraine
The creative adult is the child who survived. Ursula Leguin Elise is a business coach by day and by Sunday leads our vocal warm-ups. They combine elements of Guy’s focus on movement and brilliantly complement each other. Although she has prior improvisation experience, there is a lot that she is still able to gain byContinue reading “Introducing: Elise Lorraine”
Introducing: Esi Eshun
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. Within our project we build a sense of community, relationships, security, a place to be you. Some of our members have been with us since the beginning of the Red Hat Opera workshops, but we do get new members discovering us and joining our allContinue reading “Introducing: Esi Eshun”
Time Opera: Memories
We are currently working on creating an opera about time: our experiences of time passing, memories and visions of the future. We will be sharing materials from the creative process with you. In the past few workshops we have been exploring the concept of memory. Personal memories, a feeling of the past, a wish toContinue reading “Time Opera: Memories”
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