ZOOM: SEEING Theatre: The Visual Aspects of Production [] Lifelong Learning Program

LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAM – ZOOM CLASS

Instructor: Philip Silver
February 27,28 (M, Tu) 10a.m.-Noon 500 pesos. 
Please note this is a MORNING Class.

We say that we go “to SEE a play.” But do we, as audience members, have a full understanding of how the visual aspects of a production enhance — or sometimes confuse — our appreciation of the play, musical, ballet or opera we are attending?
We’ll illustrate and discuss the various visual elements that directors and designers use to “manipulate” the audience’s reaction to a work. The discussions will include the theatre space itself, audience/performer relationship, the process of stage design and details of scenic, costume and lighting design. Each class will include a Q&A session. This course may forever change the way you SEE performances.

Phillip Silver is a Canadian designer of scenery, costume, and lighting for opera, theatre, and dance, with close to 300 productions to his credit. His work has been seen across Canada, in the U.S., and in the West End. He taught at York University in Toronto and served there as Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts. His approach to design builds on a strong understanding of the storyline as the genesis for the action, the words, and the music in spoken theatre, musical theatre and opera. For LLP he has previously taught courses on the history of fashion and on opera. In 2008, he was honored with induction to the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.