Only 1 One Yellow Rabbit

Only 1 Summer Lab Intensive

Established in 1997, the Summer Lab Intensive is an unconventional three-week master class for actors, writers, directors, dancers and all other artists interested in performance-based creative practice. The Lab teaches performance creation techniques, enhances your performance skills and stimulates your imagination. Throughout the process, we aim to fascinate, motivate and initiate your creative abilities – the experience is about transformation.

With a mixture of emerging and established artists, the Summer Lab Intensive uses an integrated approach during the teaching process with the emphasis on exploring individual personal aesthetic. Instructors work closely with artists to provide a truly meaningful experience.

One Yellow Rabbit's Summer Lab Intensive

Who Are You Now?

Artists of the Summer Lab Intensive should expect to be immersed in the creation principles honed by One Yellow Rabbit since 1985:

• Economy, precision, and relaxation.
• There are no "rules" to creation except the ones you invent yourself.
• Imagination is key.
• A solid understanding of all elements of performance and creation is necessary to authentically engage an audience.
• Practice and discipline are necessary throughout the entire process, from creation to warm-up and finally to performance.
• Honest experience creates the most powerful art.

“Our idea is to create a safe place where artists can explore their personal aesthetic without judgment. The Lab is not just a philosophical exercise or a place where we just talk. We are active in our bodies investigating performance theatre.”

— Denise Clarke, Founder and Director of the Summer Lab Intensive, OYR Associate Artist

What Can You Expect From the Summer Lab?

Throughout the Summer Lab Intensive artists will work to create both a solo and group performance for an invited audience. Although guided with questions and inspiration derived from exercises, suggestions and a daily practice led by instructors, these works are wholly
self-generated.

Each day of the Summer Lab begins with The Player: Physical Practice and Discovery Without Rules, taught by Denise Clarke. A physical
warm-up adaptable to the needs and abilities of each participant is followed by a series of investigations and exercises and techniques as utilized by the OYR Ensemble.

The second half of the day is divided into two sessions, The Gaze: The Observer and the Observed, led by Chris Cran and Text: Words From the World, led by Blake Brooker. To motivate, initiate and transform artists’ ideas of performance, guest artists are also invited to perform pieces and lead conversations on their work.

Multiple rehearsal venues are provided for artists to create and rehearse out of sessions, and opportunities for artists to socialize outside of class are provided, such as the delightful/challenging Stampede Parade Breakfast. One Yellow Rabbit is proud to have played host to a long and distinguished list of past Summer Lab Intensive Artists.

“The teachers are exceptional, each recognized national leaders in their respective fields, and more importantly they are personally and genuinely engaged in the process of learning; giving the participants not only the fruits of their experience but the constant re-assessment and exploration of the theatrical art form itself.”

— Peter Hinton O.C., Theatre Director/ Playwright.

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