Ensemble Dynamics with Dan Griffiths
Step into the power of the ensemble. In this dynamic, immersive intensive led by acclaimed theater artist Dan Griffiths, participants will explore the visceral, embodied practice of moving, listening, and creating as one.
Drawing from the ancient engine of theater—the interplay between chorus, hero, and muses—we will investigate how story emerges through collective breath, image, and impulse. What does it mean to hold the space as the many, while uplifting the one? To channel inspiration as both vessel and voice? Through this mythic framework, we will train the ensemble to function as a living organism: responsive, intuitive, and alive to rhythm, design, and each other.
Through structured improvisation, physical storytelling, and deep attention to musicality, tempo, line, and architecture, we’ll learn to share our center—to partner not only with fellow performers, but with props, structures, and the unseen forces that shape story.
This is a space for conjuring. For ensemble-driven magic. For surrendering individual ego in favor of collaborative impulse. Whether you’re a performer, director, or deviser, this intensive will challenge and refine your ability to generate dynamic, image-rich theater rooted in presence, myth, and shared vision.
Come ready to move. Come ready to play. Come ready to invoke the muses and awaken the hero’s path through the voice of the chorus.
DAN GRIFFITHS is an award winning theatre maker, director, teacher, and the founder of The Clown Workshop, ClownZero, and KAPOOT Clown Theatre. He has created and performed original theatrical works in over 45 states and 25 countries since 1988. Dan has performed with the Clown troupe Die Hanswurste, with Chicago’s 500 Clown, and internationally for The Department of Defense Overseas Shows. Dan has served as faculty for the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Clown Conservatory San Francisco, The School for Mime Theater, Columbia College Chicago, Roosevelt University, Indiana University Northwest and Academy of Art University.
Bring comfortable movement clothes
Cost: $350
Early Bird $320 by June 17