"Dirty fighting" onstage with Kristen Mun
This workshop will build on the basics of unarmed combat with the addition of dirty moves including bites, hair pulls, tackles, etc. Please wear close toed shoes and clothes that you can move in.
(Basics of unarmed staged combat not required to take this workshop but it is encouraged)
Kristen Mun will be offering four different workshops, each focusing on a different area of the world of stage combat. Take one or all 4!
Kristen Mun has worked as a fight choreographer for over a dozen theatre companies in the Portland area including Portland Center Stage, Profile Theatre, Third Rail, and Milagro. She has trained in theatrical combat for almost 15 years. She has been recognized for her fight choreography 4 times by the Portland Drammy's. Outside of Portland she has worked at Utah Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Repertory Theatre, and was the assistant fight choreographer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 2 seasons (09-10).
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¡Soy Yo!, is a multi-media project, created by Mika Martinez, that examines and celebrates Latinx identity featuring more than 50 portraits of the Hispanic/Latino community in Portland.
Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
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Improvisation Classes for Beginners
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Nassim
From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (creator of the Off-Broadway smash hit White Rabbit, Red Rabbit) comes an audacious new theatrical experiment, presented in collaboration with Boom Arts. Each night, a new, unrehearsed local performer joins the playwright on stage, while the script waits, unseen, in a sealed box... Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, NASSIM is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us.
Art Exhibit: Garam Garam Chai by Yusra Siddiqui
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Coriolanus
Shakespeare’s tragedy about the war hero Coriolanus and the fight between the elite and the deprived masses will be fueled by a dynamic female and non-binary ensemble with a muscular, movement-focused staging.
Portland Center Stage is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).
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