Lida Winfield Performance Art Studio
Classes and Workshops for Fall 2005

SuperFit (Adults)

Exercise with guaranteed results!
Sept 19th-Dec 12th. Monday & Friday 8 -9:30 am, and Wednesday 5:45-7:15pm.
Two classes a week $140, (seven week series) one class a week $77 (seven week series).
Classes are ongoing past seven weeks.
Walk-Ins $12 / class.
Instructor: Patricia Kane (PK).

Superfit is a fun and challenging class consisting of aerobic dance warm up, deep muscle strengthening and guided stretching throughout. Inspiring music and a totally upbeat teacher, leads you through a unique and thorough exercise class. Please pre-register with PK at 978-546-9860

Intro to Choreography: (Ages 10-13)

Monday 4-5:30pm, Sept 19-Nov 21, $100 for 10 classes.
Walk-ins $12. Instructor: Lida Winfield.

Using structured improvisation, game, brainstorming, and experimenting, we will explore different ways to create and choreograph dances. In this supportive and fun environment we will work both on solos and in groups, using each other to bounce ideas off of and for feedback. Try your ideas on yourself and on others. Explore your creativity and be open to trying new things. Pre-register by calling Lida at 978-879-9772

Structured Improvisation (Adults and Teens)

Mondays 6-8 pm, Sept 19 - Nov 21, $120 for 10 classes.
Walk-Ins $14 / class. Instructor: Lida Winfield.

Using improvisation as a tool and in a variety of structured formats, we will explore different ways of creating movement and dance. We will come up with ideas on the spot, share them, and rework them. We will also discover the use of spoken word and other art forms examining how additional factors effect our dance/movement. This supportive class is great for dancers looking to develop new choreography and for the non-dancer to delve into creative movement. Please pre-register with Lida at 978-879-9772

Acting for the Stage (Adults and Teens)

Monday 5-6:30pm, Sept 19-Nov 7, $125.
Instructor: M. Lynda Robinson.

Students will be taught the craft of acting through work on theatre exercises & games, improv, scenes and monologues. Emphasis will be on risk taking in a supportive environment as character development and scene study skills are experienced and learned. Working at their own pace, students will develop an understanding of emotional truth, communication, the playing of intentions, staying centered, working as an individual artist and within ensemble, and working “in the moment.” Call Lynda for more info at 978-546-8345

Acting for the Camera: (Adults and Teens)

Monday 7-9pm, Sept 19-Nov 7, $150.
Instructor: M. Lynda Robinson.

Utilizing actual commercial and film copy in a supportive and creative environment, students will work on-camera with playback, as they learn the skill set required by the camera. The class work will target character, types, reading & analyzing scripts, transitions, vocal quality, framing, improv, auditioning, working with props, etc. Call Lynda for more info at 978-546-8345

Luigi Jazz: (Adults and Teens)

Tuesday 5:45-7:15pm, Sept 20.
Seven week series for $77 or $12 for walk-ins.

Instructor: Patricia Kane (PK) This is a class for anyone and everyone who has wanted to learn some of the most elegant and professional moves created in jazz dance today. The class consists of a gentle, thorough and beautifully designed, free standing and ballet-based warm up, and finishes with a short break to put on jazz/ballet shoes and then dancing to the choreographed routine for the day. Please pre-register with PK at 978-546-9860

Percussion & Dance Jam: (All Ages)

8-10pm. The 1st Tuesday of every month: Sept 6th, Oct 4th, Nov 1St, Dec 6th.
Hosted by Jon Holland & Lisa Bouchie

Bring your instruments and drums jam if you like/ dance if you like. $5 Open to all. For more info call Jon at 978-430-3778

African Hand Drumming

Wednesday 8-9pm, Open classes - $5/class.
Drum rental available $3 per class.
Instructors: Jon Holland & Lisa Bouchie.

Good for beginners and intermediates. For more info call Jon at 978-430-3778

Creative Movement: (Ages 3 & 4, and 5 & 6)

Thursdays 3-4:15pm for ages three and four, 4:30-5:15 for ages five and six.
Sept 22-Dec 15 (no class on Thanksgiving).
12 class for $120.
Instructor: Sarah Fader.

Every child is a dancer. In these classes we’ll explore rhythm, ways of moving to a variety of music, making up our own dances, and creating the stories that inspire them. We’ll also learn new concrete skills: following a rhythm and reproducing it on percussion instrument, as well as skipping, hopping on one foot, leaping and galloping. Glamorous and exciting props will be put to extensive use. Please pre-register with Sarah at 978-356-7672

Beginning Watercolor Painting: (Ages 9-13)

Saturday 10am-12pm for ages nine through thirteen.
Sept-17-Dec 10th, $325 for 13 classes.
Material fee: $18 (includes pad of watercolor paper, palette, paints and brushes).
Instructor: Kathy Gentile Roberts.

Learn the basic techniques of painting with watercolor paints and paper. Through teacher demonstrations, guidance, and group discussion students will learn about the color wheel, paint palette, paper, brushes and other important tools necessary for quality sketch and painting. We will look at a variety of painting techniques including; abstract, impressionism and realism and the artists who make them famous. Fun demonstrations and hands on projects which will cover sketching, composition, color, value and texture. A still- life will be set up at each class. Pre-registration required: register by Sept 10th and get a $25 discount will apply. Call Kathy for more info at 978-281-3665.

Writing & Movement: (Adults and Teens)

Saturday 9-10:30am, Sept 17 - Nov 19, 10 classes for $130, walk-ins $14.
Instructor: Suzanna Collinson & Lida Winfield.

Within a safe and welcoming space we will explore and play with language and words. We will use movement to write from the body, loosening and stretching our creativity. Improv activities will offer a fun, inspiring, supportive environment. Please pre-register with Lida at 978-879-9772

Children’s Theater Showcase: (Ages 8-12)

Saturday, Sept 24-Nov 12, 11am-1pm.
Performance Nov 13 at 2pm.
Final technical rehearsal Nov 12th, 10am-1pm, $175.
Instructor M. Lynda Robinson. (See description under Adult Showcase)

Adult Theater Showcase:

Saturday, Sept 24 -Nov 12. 2-4pm.
One day performance Nov 13 at 7pm.
Final technical rehearsal Nov 12th 2-5pm, $175.
Instructor: M Lynda Robinson.

Students will work toward a final performance in front of an audience, thus incorporating all aspects of actor training: voice, movement, character development, rehearsal process, improv, scene work, monologue work, etc. The work environment will be safe and supportive with emphasis on individual growth and ensemble building. The final performance material will be a short play, monologues or scenes, depending on the composition of the classroom. For more info call Lynda at 978-546-8345.

Dual Identity: Halloween Mask Making Workshop: (Ages 10 – Adult)

October 25, 26, 27, 7-8:30pm. $55 +$10 material fee.
Instructor: Alison Landoni.

Make a plaster mask from your own face just in time for the Halloween festivities. Students will construct these wearable masks from their own design with the help and guidance of a professional. Plaster, gauze and structure materials provided. Please bring your own decorations to fit your design. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Please pre-register by Oct 19 with Alison at 978-546-5826

Video Puppetry Workshop (Teens and Adults)

Sunday Oct 2st, 12:30-3:30pm, $45.
Instructor Alison Landoni.

Learn how they do it on The Muppet Show! This Challenging workshop gives you the feel of what it’s like to be a television puppeteer. Learn basic lip synch techniques and perform them to music. We will also try our hand at both improvising and writing and acting out short skits on camera! Please pre-register by Sept 23 with Alison at 978-546-5826

About Our Instructors

Alison Landoni, a native of Cape Ann, is a multi-faceted artist with a background in fine arts, illustration, film/video making, puppetry for stage & video, acting and screenwriting. She has worked with puppet master, Nikki Tilroe, taught with Art Harbor of Cape Ann and has performed with Theatre in the Pines in Rockport and London, & at Windhover. She is the founder of Potamus Puppets (now Potamus Studios) and collaborates with Blue Streak Pictures as a writer/producer/actress/puppeteer for an upcoming sit-com. She has worked with Cramer Productions on TV pilots & industrial videos as a TV puppeteer. Ms. Landoni is also the Author/llustrator or the children’s book “A Place For Spooz”.

Sarah Fader studied Dance and Theatre at Mount Holyoke College. Her dance background includes ballet, jazz, modern, African, Afro-Cuban, and Cuban-Modern. From 2002-2004, she taught Carl Thomsen’s Power Moves classes at Dancer Courageous in Gloucester, and she currently teaches classes in movement and theatre for children in Ipswich, Essex, and Marblehead.

Jon Holland & Lisa Bouchie have lived in Gloucester for most of their lives. Jon who is an Engineer and Lisa who is an Art Teacher have also spent much of their free time over the past ten years drumming, dancing and creating. They have brought both drum circles and ensemble drumming to their local community. Their work is always participatory and spans all age groups. They remain deeply dedicated to community, music and art.

Patricia Kane (PK) has a 30 year background as a professionally trained dancer, performer, teacher and choreographer. In 1994 she became a certified personal trainer with AFAA and The Lotte Berk Method of N.Y.C. and L.A.. She has taught group and private instruction in a variety of settings, the most recent settings being Dancers Courageous, Yoga for Health and the Waring School.

Kathy G. Roberts, a native of Gloucester, has been a watercolor artist for the last 15 years. Painting many local scenic veiws, still lifes and floral designs. Her work has been featured at the Sawyer Free Library, the North Shore Art Association, local banks, galleries and shops in Gloucester and Rockport. She has enjoyed working with children of all ages during the past 25 years as a social worker and earned her MSW in 1999. Art has been an important part of her life in expressing herself in many different mediums. Children can learn to express themselves and develop their confidence through the arts which can carry over to other parts of their lives. She is very supportive of community art programs for youth of all ages.

M. Lynda Robinson is a New England based actress/teacher/writer and has a 25-year career in theatre, film, commercials, TV & radio. She has worked on stage and on-camera in Boston, New York, Florida, and Washington D.C. including principal TV work on Law & Order, Another World, etc. Recent films include: Dead Silent, The Retreat, Treading Water, and Johnny Slade’s Greatest Hits.
She was awarded the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Boston Actor in 1993. She currently teaches “The Business of Acting” at Emerson College.

Lida Winfield founder of the Lida Winfield-Performance Art Studio has a diverse background in dance, theater, and the visual arts. Winfield has studied traditional modern dance, ballet, African, theater, sculpture, painting, and anatomy. She was a member of an improvisational, multi-generational dance-theater company, “Working Ground,” for eight years. She has studied, choreographed, and performed in many locations from Burlington VT to Amsterdam NL to Portland OR. She has worked with, and taught children and adults on a variety of levels. Now a resident of Gloucester Winfield has been involved with many art programs and performances, including producing several of her own shows. Winfield is dedicated to enhancing the arts in this community.