FILM CASTINGS

PARIS-CASTING-LEAD ACTORS
for 2 FILMS this SATURDAY, 24 October
Paris, 75018 FRANCE

Send CV & headshots to: i.p.a.n@live.com


*First Film:
Type: Short Film
Style: Arthouse
Location: Umbria, ITALY
Duration: 1 week shoot
When: mid/end November

This short film is a story of two brothers from a small town in the Italian countryside set to a piece of music. The older brother goes in search of fame & success & the younger brother stays behind in the village, where he becomes a local musician. When the older brother returns, he brings with him his fiancée, a mysterious girl from abroad, who falls in love with the younger brother. The love triangle explores jealousy, pride & the depths of love when pushed to their extremes.

Trained actors only, as the roles require some challenging scenes.

MALE LEAD: A well traveled celebrity:
Age range 25-30 Tall, well built, Hair Brown, Eyes Brown or Green to play Character traits: Very confident with a taste for the darker side of life.

2nd MALE ROLE: 19-25 to play the younger brother of the other. A local Italian MUSICIAN. Eyes brown or green, hair brown, slight frame must PLAY GUITAR- Character: Introverted slightly awkward, sensitive, struggling Musician.

FEMALE LEAD- Age: 19-25 -Hair - long & dark brown, Exotic beauty-Spanish or South- American appearance, Personality: fragility masked by outer confidence & detachment.


*2nd Film:
Type: Independent feature
Style: Documentary-fiction
Location: Paris, FRANCE
Duration: 8 weekends
When: January, February, March 2010

Following two lead Characters, this film explores the life, joys & hardships of street musicians in Paris.

MALE LEAD: Violin Player, street busker.
Age range: 50-60
Bilingual: Fluent English & French+ a third language a bonus.
Must be able to play some violin & be available for weekend filming for 8 weekends during the beginning of 2010.

CHILD LEAD: A young boy, also a violin player.
Age range: 8-12 yrs old
Bilingual, French & English.
Must be able to play violin & available some weekends beginning of 2010.

FEMALE LEAD: A Romany Gipsy
An excellent violinist & musician.
Age range 25-35
Available 3 weekends in February.

Around the World in 24 Hours

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It's Me Down There

IPAN and The Internationalists present

An English Language Reading of

It’s me down there (En bas c’est moi)

Written by Sébastien Joanniez

Translated by Simon Pare

Performed by Doug Howe

Thursday 18 June 2009 at 18:30

Le Cavern Club (Downstairs)

21 rue Dauphine Paris 6éme

Métro : Odéon / Pont Neuf

June Events in Paris

**RED NOSE CLOWN with JOHN BEALE
WHERE: IACP Studios, 32 rue du Capitaine Marchal
WHEN: Saturday 20 June from 9am - 2:30pm
COST: 65 euros
This workshop is for actors, professional and pre-professional, and for anyone interested in exploring authentic presence. Clear the debris, step out of your cocoon and discover your beautiful ridiculousness. Find out what's not boring about you, lift up the blinds and plug yourself back in. Explore the pleasure to be in the spotlight, to be complicit with an audience and not shy away. For more information or to register call 06 48 11 96 63, email john@johnbeale.net or visit www.rednoseclown.net 

**THE PLEASURE OF THE VOICE with HARLAN CHAMBERS
WHERE: Espace St Roch, 35 Rue St Roch (M° Pyramides)
WHEN: Sunday 14 June from 3pm-6pm
COST: Tarif Normale: 30 euros; Tarif Etudiant: 20 euros
Where is it, the pleasure to sing? We will go on an adventure together, searching for this pleasure close to the heart and beyond the limits of the voice. A warm-up that integrates the body and voice. Games and theatre improvisations that release the full vocal (and creative) potential. Roy Hart Voice teacher candidate Harlan Chambers is excited to offer this stage, inspired by a mélange of his training with the Centre International Artistique Roy Hart, the biomechanics of hatha yoga, and le jeu of Ecole Philippe Gaulier. To register or for more info, email harlandchambers@gmail.com

**IMPROFLICKS with THE IMPROFESSIONALS and La GATA
WHERE: Péniche Antipode moored at 55 quai de la Seine (M° Jaurès/Riquet)
WHEN: Wednesday 10 June at 8:30pm
COST: 13 euros (10 euros 'tarif réduit' for students)
A theatrical feast where the Improfessionals take turns in directing each other on the set of Paris's only 'film festival' improvised live on stage! Will the director be awarded a Hollywood Star or be given the punishment of a forfeit? It's up to you, dear member of the jury. The Improfessionals are thrilled to have Felipe and Alberto from La Gata Columbia (www.lagataimpro.com), back on stage with them; they are wonderful performers, so be sure not to miss this show! Reserve tickets on www.billetréduc.com or visit www.improfessionals.com

Also: check out La Gata’s circus show, Déjà vu in Versailles on 9 June. For more information about their performance visit: www.lagatacirko.com 

**CLOWN WORKSHOP with IRA SEIDENSTEIN
WHERE: Atelier Danse-Théâtre-Musique, 6 rue de la Folie-Méricourt
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday 20-21 June from 10am-5:30pm
COST: 140 euros
Ira's experience provides a unique doorway into the authentic world of the clown. Ira has created numerous theatre projects that use clown in all variety of ways from classical theatre to experimental. He was the National Trainer of Australia's Clown Doctors. In addition to his background in classical acting, and physical theatre, Ira has performed as a clown in a variety of skills such as acrobatics with two Chinese acrobats, juggling, dance, mime, singing, music including in Cirque du Soleil as the Dead Clown in Corteo, aerial acts in Corteo as both the Dead Clown and the White Clown. More information about Ira can be found at www.iraseidenstein.com To register, call or email Caspar Schjelbred - 06 70 59 81 54 or improacademy@yahoo.com 

i.Q QUANTUM THEATRE WORKSHOP

This is a truly unique workshop- for all performers & performance styles!

"Ira Seidenstein is one of the treasures of our fringe theatre” Sydney Morning Herald. 

* i.Q QUANTUM THEATRE WORKSHOP with IRA SEIDENSTEIN

For all performers to rediscover & develop their own performance styles- "i.Q Quantum Theatre" , allows the actor clarifies universal principles of acting and theatre regardless of method or style.  This method connects links between Stanislavsky, Suzuki, Lecoq and Shakespeare- engaging the core. Using a basis of Eastern & Western theatre with timing Quantum mechanics: a set of principles underlying the most fundamental known description of all physical systems at the submicroscopic scale. An approach that acknowledges the body-mind-spirit aspects of acting and performance.

Workshop will include original Quantum Theatre techniques: Core Mechanics: ten movements, timing found in any movement technique. Eachof the movementsencourage a different aspect of performance. The Creative Twist: a vortex that embodies creativity, coming spontaneously from the actor's own body. Theatre Ritual :a choreographed patternfor individuality within an ensemble.

Ira Seidenstein trained in the methods of Stanislavsky, Suzuki & Lecoq he has worked on over 100 productions including work with Cirque du Soleil in the development of Kouza, and in Corteo, as the first person to alternate lead clown roles and be resident teacher on tour. Resident teacher, choreographer, actor, co-director with Australia's National Shakespeare company. Actor with San Diego Repertory Theatre. Artistic Director of Sweden’s National Circus High School. He has written numerous plays and worked with independent companies internationally. M.A. in Visual & Performing Arts, PhD in Education. He has coached performers at the highest level including Olympic gymnasts, ballet dancers, circus artistes, and classical actors. 
For more information visit www.iraseidenstein.com

Ira's workshops will run over 5 evenings from 18:00-21:00.

I5 hour training session is 250€
some discounts are available for people taking multiple workshops as part of the IPAN International Workshop Exchange.

FOR ALL BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES CONTACT: i.p.a.n@live.com 

ROY HART & RHYTHM VOICE WORKSHOPS- MAY 5

Take the ROY HART EXTENDED VOICE & the VOICE TRAINING & RHYTHM WORKSHOPS & as part of a unique line up for the IPAN Weekend workshop Exchange in Paris MAY 2 & 3 or take these as 3 hour Workshop during MAY 5 in Paris, For further info scroll to the bottom of the blog or click here for the facebook invite. 

* EXTENDED VOICE- ROY HART INSPIRED WORKSHOP with HARLAN CHAMBERS
Ground your breath, open your body come on an adventure into the unknown. Fly up into the heights and dive down into the depths of the voice.  This workshop searches for the delicate balance between solid technique and playful imagination. By engaging each other in theatrical play, we strive for the freedom that allows sound unheard of and unimagined.

Harlan Chambers is a candidate for the Roy Hart Voice Teacher's Diploma. He teaches regular workshops in Paris, where he moved after spending 8 months living at the Roy Hart International Arts Centre in southern France. Harlan's previous theatre experience includes four years of training and performance with the internationally renowned Guthrie Theatre, as well as with John Barton (RSC), Michael Langham, Thomas Prattki (LISPA), and Ecole Philippe Gaulier.

*VOICE TRAINING & RHYTHM WORKSHOP with JOHANNES STEINER
Warming-up the voice: discover your “own voice“, breathing exercises, vocal techniques, vocal health, control of breath and resonance- body posture while singing and speaking, using the voice more effectively- getting more power and emotion in your voice.  Rhythm theatre is a combination of performing arts and rhythmic patterns based on body percussion. You will learn simple body beats, improvise rhythm-scenes, connecting percussive grooves with gestures, movements and words. 

Johannes Steiner Studied music, philosophy and psychology at the University of Graz (Austria); École Philippe Gaulier in Paris; LEM at École Jaques Lecoq, International Summer Academy for Theatre in Graz (Clown, Improvisational Theatre); Rumba Tap with Max Pollak; Pantomime with Anke Gerber; Masterclass „masque and commedia dell’arte“ with Markus Kupferblum

Both three hour workshops 5 MAY are 50€
or take both as part of the "theatre menu" options on IPAN's Workshop Program.

FOR ALL BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES EMAIL: i.p.a.n@live.com

COMMEDIA DELL ARTE MASK WORKSHOP- MAY 4

Take the COMMEDIA DEL ARTE WORKSHOP as part of a unique line up for the IPAN Weekend workshop Exchange in Paris May 2 & 3 or take the the 6 hour Workshop MAY 4 in Paris, For more information, click here.   

* MODERN COMMEDIA DELL´ARTE MASK WORKSHOP with CARLOS GARCIA ESTEVEZ- TEATRO PUNTO
Teatro Punto makes theater where the actor is the author of the story. As the actor on stage is stripped of supports such as extended settings and a fixed script, he can become the author of a tragicomic show. He does this through movement, text, techniques and imagination. Carlos’ main source of inspiration is Commedia dell'Arte. Employing his training, imagination, intellect and a great deal of hard work and experimentation Carlos has taken the Commedia to new heights. His story telling takes the masks into new territory. He has discovered ways to make the life within each mask not only amuse and engage the audience but takes them to the dark side. A theater form full of acting possibilities; it is precise and vulnerable, yet above all else it is alive.
• Movement Analysis 
• Physical transformation/metamorphoses
• From Tragedy to Comedy
• Musicality and timing
• Mask and archetypal characters
• Improvisation and scene composition 
Study of interaction between actor and audience

Carlos Garcia Estevez. Founder of the international theater company Teatro Punto. He is actor, director and trainer in physical theater, specialized in Commedia dell’Arte and Mask play. He studied at Jacques Lecoq's School and at the Laboratory of Study of Movement - LEM. Carlos´s work is based in his research the tragic depth that exists in Commedia dell’ Arte. From his research he developed his own methodology for training actors and making theater. He also studied with Donato Sartori (master in mask sculpture) and he became a collaborator at his Centre in Italy, as movement teacher and performer. He works as an actor, director and trainer in Spain, France, Ireland, Holland, Italy, USA, Turkey and Cyprus. For further information on Carlos or Commedia dell´Arte see: www.teatropunto.net www.solodellarte.blogspot.com

Cost for the 6 hour Workshop May 4 is 100€ 

discounts available for people taking multiple workshops as part of the IPAN Workshop program.

FOR ALL BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES CONTACT: i.p.a.n@live.com