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Fred Curchack

Teaching

TEACHING - Schools

The University of Texas at Dallas, School of Arts and Humanities.

Professor of Art and Performance. 1986-Present.

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. Acting, Directing, Production, Voice, Mime, lectures in History of Theatre. Received grant for creating and teaching new course "Experiments in New Theatre." Assisted in creating new theatre curriculum, collaborated with Raymond Burr on professional training program. 1978-1985.

Reid School, Petaluma, California. Created and taught drama program for primary school. 1985.

Sonoma State University, School of Expressive Arts.

Artist-in-Residence in interdisciplinary program. 1979-80.

Dominican College, San Rafael, California. Acting. 1979.

San Francisco School of the Arts. High School classes in Acting, Movement, Voice, Production. 1977.

United Nations International School, New York. Originated and taught drama curriculum, production (grades 6-12). Also taught theatre for E.S.L. students. 1974-1976.

Queensborough Community College. Taught workshops in acting and play production. 1971-1976.

Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults. Taught drama classes to eight senior citizen centers. Taught international song and folk dance. Formed and directed the J.S.P.O.A. Players. NY. 1974-75.

Amity School. Assisted in creating an innovative primary school. Taught theatre, mime, and music. Amity, New York. 1973-1974.

Queens College of the City University of New York. Taught Acting, Movement, Honors seminars in Childrens' Theatre and Play Production and Tour. 1970-1972.

 

TEACHING - Lectures, Talks, Symposia

Talks in conjunction with performances at International Festivals and theatres: Casablanca, Morocco; Vina del Mar and Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Tunis, Tunisia; Berlin, Frankfurt, Cassel, Stockholm, Bergen, Oslo, Marseille, Grenoble, Paris, Wroclaw, Sofia, Belgrade, Novisad, Sambur, Kyoto, Osaka, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Seattle, Dallas; Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY; Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven CT; Synergy Studio, Austin TX; Virginia Museum, Richmond VA; Shakespeare Society of America Conference, Movement Theatre International, Philadelphia PA; Southwest Theatre Conference, Dallas TX; American College Theatre Festival - Rohnert Park CA; American College Theatre Festival - Sacramento CA, Dallas Theatre Center; Southern Methodist University; Next Wave Festival - NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN; American Festival Theatre - Stratford CT; National Theatre School - Oslo, Norway, Mark Taper Forum, Long Wharf Theater, Goodman Theater.

College Workshops and Talks at: California State University at Los Angeles, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Memphis, Boston Conservatory of Art and Music, Dartmouth College, San Jose State University, Sonoma State University, Hamilton College, Brown University, University of Puget Sound, Washington University, Williams College, Rhode Island College, California Institute of the Arts, Sacramento State University, University of North Carolina-Greensborough, University of South Carolina-Columbia, New Mexico Military Institute, Shasta College, Queensborough Community College, N.Y.; LaMaMa E.T.C., N.Y.; Duke University, Southern Methodist University, Roger Smith College.......

TEACHING - Selected Workshops

Professional acting workshops, consultation, and private coaching in acting, voice, and movement. 1970-Present.

Workshop for Theater of the Independent Eye. Philadelphia. 1999.

"Contemporary Artists and the Bard." Performance and talk in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY. 1998.

Workshop at Festival International de Theatre Universitaire. Casablanca, Morocco. 1998.

Coached Erika Batdorf in the development of solo performances, Facing East and Mr. Raisinhead. Boston, Dallas, N.Y.C. 1998, 1997.

Workshop at the Boston Conservatory of Art. 1998.

Workshops and lecture/demonstrations to the MFA students in the International Theatre Training Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 1998, 1997.

"Discombobulating Shakespeare," a lecture to professors from the California State University system. Cal State, L.A. 1996.

Talk, "Theatre Adaptation." The Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles CA. 1995.

Consultation with Tawfiq Jeballi on adaptation of OTHELLO. El Teatro, Tunis, Tunisia. 1995.

Workshops at the National Theatre of Tunisia; The Theatre du Cygne, Paris; the Odyssey Theater, Los Angeles CA; The MET Theatre, Los Angeles CA; Northeast Movement Theatre Conference, Baltimore MD; Pontine Theatre, Portsmouth NH; Dartmouth College; The University of Memphis. 1995.

Workshop for the National Theatre School; Tunis, Tunisia. 1994.

Playwrights' Horizon - Workshop for professional actors and directors, New York. 1993.

Festival Mundial Teatro de las Naciones - Workshop for professional actors and directors, Santiago, Chile. 1993.

Workshop for National Theatre School - Montevideo, Uruguay. 1993.

Workshop for professional actors, dancers, directors - Synergy Studio, Austin TX. 1993.

Workshop for therapists. City Center Theatre, Oklahoma City OK. 1993.

Noh Space - Workshop for theatre professionals, San Francisco. 1992.

Oklahoma Community Theatre Association - Workshop for theatre professionals, Tulsa. 1992.

Pontine Theatre - Workshop for theatre professionals, Portsmouth, N.H. 1991.

American College Theatre Festival - resident artist, California. 1991.

International Movement Theatre Festival - Workshop in playing comic types. Philadelphia. 1991.

Workshop for Teatro Movimento. Ancona, Italy. 1991.

Workshop for Pontine Theatre. Portsmouth, N.H. 1991.

Elementary school workshops for Young Imaginations. California. 1989-91.

Taught the International Theatre Institute's performance workshop to an international group of professional actors, directors and designers, Berlin. 1987.

Performance and Media workshop in collaboration with film maker Peter Rose, International Festival of Movement Theatre, Philadelphia. 1987.

Solo performance workshop for professional Scandanavian performers, Nordic Theatre Committee, Oslo, Norway. 1987.

Theatre and art workshops for children at Appel Center for the Arts and for ghetto children in Atlantic City through Sharing the Arts, New Jersey. 1987.

Performance workshop for theatre professionals (in French), Quinzaine Internationale du Theatre, Quebec. 1986.

Performance workshop in collaboration with Norwegian director/performer Elsa Kvamme at On the Boards, Seattle. 1986.

Performance workshop for Theatre Pariminou-Montreal (in French). 1986.

Humanities lecture and a television talk with Frederick Turner on The Tempest at the Portland Stage Co., Portland, Maine. 1987.

Organized symposium on Play Hous

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