Drama, dance and speech
Graded ‘outstanding’ in a recent government inspection, Drama, Dance and Speech at City Lit offers a vibrant, vigorous, creative learning environment that reaches out to all adults whatever their background, age and aspiration. We provide classes of a very high standard that range from beginners to professional where you can develop your imagination, sense of play and expand emotionally. Many of our tutors are professional practitioners. In addition to our varied programme for all levels we also run the City Lit Rep Company to help actors build their professional portfolio. Next show: Topdog/Underdog
City Lit's Rep Theatre performs Topdog / Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Vivienne Rochester. 4th, 5th & 6th December.
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Contact:
Tel: 020 7492 2542 Email: drama@citylit.ac.uk
- Acting the text stage 1
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- Acting: courage workshop for big emotions
- Acting: Stanislavski workshop
- Actors' studio
- Directing different plays: stage 1
- Directing different plays: stage 2
- Drama graded exam success
- Introduction to the Meisner technique
- Meisner: introduction to text work
- Method acting
- Performing studio
- Scene rehearsal: contemporary British, Irish & American drama
- Scene rehearsal: Shakespeare's plays 1
- Scene rehearsal: Shakespeare's plays 2
- Shakespeare for the terrified
- American tap: stage 1
- American tap: stage 1a
- American tap: stage 2
- Beginners' classical ballet
- Beginners' contemporary dance
- Beginners' jazz dance
- Classical ballet 2
- Dance and stretch
- Early morning dance moves
- Flamenco Andalucia 1
- Flamenco Andalucia 2
- Introduction to dance
- Jazz dance general
- Movement conditioning into dance
- Performance dance workshop
- Tango Argentino
- Tap workshop
- Acting through improvisation
- Acting: introduction to Stanislavski
- Acting: ways into text 1
- Acting: ways into text 2
- Actors in training 1
- Actors in training 2
- Actors in training 3
- First auditions
- Improvisation towards text
- Introduction to sightreading skills for actors
- Making the show: devising for actors and directors
- Performance impro: sketches
- Performance impro: the play
- Theatre workshop 2
- Voice into scenework
- Acting in comedy
- Acting in Shakespeare
- Acting on camera
- Advanced screen acting workshop 3
- Children's TV presenting
- Comedy sketch show
- Communicate with confidence through voice and body language
- Contributing assertively at meetings
- Directors workshop
- Fast-track TV soap opera course
- Film acting exercises
- First steps in acting
- Getting into drama school
- Intensive public speaking
- Introduction to acting
- Introduction to screen acting
- Making a radio programme
- Presenting yourself successfully
- Radio comedy writing and performance
- Radio presenting 2: a follow on
- Realistic screen acting technique 2
- Storytelling for business
- Successful job interviews
- The power of the actor
- TV presenting for actors
- TV presenting for beginners
- TV, film and commercial casting techniques
- Young performers' workshop
- Your voice is the business
- Acting for writers, performers & film-makers
- Agent masterclass
- Alexander technique for actors
- Audition success day
- Beginners' ballet
- Casting director masterclass
- Casting: improve your chances
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- Commercial jazz
- Computer workshop
- eBay: introduction
- Find your acting motivation
- Find your acting motivation 2
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- How to run your own theatre projects
- Introduction to burlesque
- Introduction to drama therapy
- Introduction to tap
- Musical theatre day
- Networking made fun
- Perform songs from 20th century black singers
- Performers' self-marketing CV masterclass
- Podcasting, downloading and blogging
- Removing acting blocks
- Salsa Afro Cuban dance
- Shatter your lack of self-belief
- Six proven steps to focus
- Storytelling
- Sunday Afro-tango
- Sunday ballet
- Sunday ballroom
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- Sunday jive
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- Sunday lambada and calypso
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- Sunday salsa
- Sunday salsa and rumba
- Sunday tango
- Tap dance workshop
- Troubleshoot common computer problems
- TV/film supporting artist workshop
- Ways into computing
- Ways into creating a character
- Ways into emailing
- Ways into surfing the internet
- Ways into theatre devising
- Ways into web page design
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