Acting Lab for Dancers

Description: Using her two decades of performance and creation with dance and theater artists such as Johannes Wieland, Punchdrunk and Martha Clarke, Isadora has honed her workshops and classes to develop the performance skills of professional and pre-professional artists. Through a designed progression, the dance artist learns how to release inhibitions and gain nuanced control of their energetic and storytelling abilities. Performers find freedom in their play inside both contemporary dance and theater-driven work, utilizing the body and voice as narrative vehicles.

Artist bio: Isadora Wolfe is a dance-theater artist located in New York City and the Berkshires.  She is currently an Artistic Associate of Punchdrunk, following her tenures as Resident Director and Associate Artistic Director at Sleep No More.  Isadora has collaborated with makers such as Johannes Wieland (Kassel, Germany and original member of Wieland’s NYC company), Martha Clarke (Garden of Earthly Delights, Angel Reapers), Punchdrunk (Sleep No More), Richard Jones (The Hairy Ape), David Auburn, Maxine Doyle and Gerald Casel.  She has taught for companies and institutions including Alvin Ailey II, Ballet Hispanico, Jacob’s Pillow, Marymount Manhattan, Rutgers University and Springboard Dance Festival; and is on faculty at The Juilliard School where she continues to develop her Acting for Dancers course. Recently, Isadora directed Metamorphoses to critical acclaim at the Berkshire Theatre Group.  She is a Fellow at NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts. www.isadoramovementarts.com