For Immediate Release December 3, 1999
Contacts: Bryan Markovitz (228.7231) or Amanda Boekelheide (297.1894 x529)

Liminal Presents Thomas Leabhart Physical Theatre and Corporeal Mime Workshop

This winter, Liminal performance group welcomes internationally recognized artist and professor Thomas Leabhart, who will instruct a week-long Portland workshop on physical theatre and corporeal mime at Reed College. Leabhart’s intensive twenty-hour workshop will present participants with exciting new approaches for acting and performance as well as an introduction to the disciplined practice of corporeal mime.

Thomas Leabhart is a resident artist and professor of theatre at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He teaches and performs throughout the world and regularly instructs summer and winter workshops in Paris and in the United States and Canada. He is a permanent member of the artistic staff of ISTA, the International School of Theatre Anthropology. Leabhart is author of Modern and Post-Modern Mime, regularly publishes scholarly articles and reviews and is the editor of Mime Journal. Leabhart’s teachings and creative and scholarly works are based on the techniques of Etienne Decroux, whom he studied with in Paris from 1968 to 1972.

Mr. Leabhart will also present a free lecture and performance demonstration on Thursday, January 6.

Monday-Friday, January 3-7, 2000
6:30p.m. - 10:30p.m.
FREE lecture and performance demonstration on Thursday, January 6, 5:00p.m.

Reed College Dance Studio
3203 SE Woodstock
$200 per person
Space is limited to twenty persons.

To register, fax or mail the enclosed registration form or call 229.3979. Liminal is a nonprofit organization. Founded in 1997 by emerging contemporary artists, Liminal fills an underrepresented niche in Portland’s performing arts community by recognizing performance as a discipline that is moving beyond traditional structures of American theatre.

Liminal’s performances merge theatre, dance, music and visual art into complex events. Our work is highly disciplined and responds critically to issues that are at the vanguard of artistic and cultural debate.

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Thomas Leabhart

Thomas Leabhart specializes in the field of physical theater and in the use of the body as a means of expression. In 2000, Liminal collaborated with Leabhart and Reed College to present a workshop and performance that highlighted his technique and artistry. Leabhart is a professor at Pomona College and the editor of Mime Journal, an internationally distributed publication devoted to mime and movement theatre. He lectures and teaches in the United States, Canada, and Europe and is the author of Modern and Post-Modern Mime as well as many journal and encyclopedia articles. After several years of work and training with Leabhart, Liminal Movement Director Amanda Boekelheide invited him to Portland for this workshop and performance. The workshop took place at Reed, as did Leabhart’s performance demonstration at Kaul Auditorium.

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