Improvisation

Jo Ronan

Abstract

Is collective ownership of theatre rooted in selected models of theatre production or is it the aspiration of some theatre makers yet to be fully actualised?

Nick Moseley, BA, PGCE, MA

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Nick Moseley, BA, PGCE, MA

Nick Moseley is a Senior Lecturer in Acting, specialisms include Stanislavski-based text work, Improvisation, Psychophysical Actions, Sanford Meisner.

He has taught at Central since October 2006. Prior to that he was Course Director for the BA (Hons) Acting at Italia Conti/London South Bank University since 1998. Other teaching posts include Head of Drama posts at East Berkshire College and Ricards Lodge High School.

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Undergraduate Courses›BA (Hons) Acting›Acting
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Senior Lecturer & Pathway Leader, Acting
Qualifications
BA (Hons) English and Drama (University of Kent)
MA Drama and Theatre Studies with Disctinction (Royal Holloway)
PGCE Drama (Goldsmiths)
Teaching Areas
Chekhov
Improvisation
Jacobean Tragedy
Sanford Meisner
Shakespeare
Text
Email
nick.moseley@cssd.ac.uk

Vesna Stanojevic, BA, MA

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Vesna Stanojevic, BA, MA

Vesna studied acting at the University of Dramatic Arts Belgrade, from 1984-1988. Whilst there she trained in the acting method of Stanislavski. She also studied the Dramatic Corporeal Mime of Etienne Decroux from1998–2002 at Ecole de Mime Corporeal Dramatic, Theatre de l'Ange Fou, London.

Vesna’s professional career as an actor started in 1986. and has seen her play many leading roles, both classical and contemporary, in theatre, film and television in Serbia and internationally.

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Undergraduate Courses›BA (Hons) Acting›Musical Theatre
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Lecturer, Acting
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Acting, Belgrade Academy of Dramatic Arts
Diploma Dramatic Corporel Mime
MA in Dramatic Corporel Mime, Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatic, Theatre de l'Ange Fou, London
Teaching Areas
Acting Fundamentals
Exploration of the actor’s emotional and physical journey in the transition from scene into a song
Improvisation
Inner and Outer action
Investigation of Michael Chekhov technique in relation to acting for the musical stage
Musical Stages (Specialist Acting Musical Theatre Unit)
Psychophysical approaches to acting
Theatrical Interpretation
Email
vesna.stanojevic@cssd.ac.uk

Nicholas Wood, BA, PGCert, MA

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Nicholas Wood, BA, PGCert, MA

Nick trained at Oxford University, and was appointed Lecturer in Dramaturgy at Central in 1994.

After University, Nick first worked as a Playground Leader with Ed Berman in North Kensington, and then as an Assistant Director with Lindsay Anderson at the Royal Court.

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Postgraduate Courses›Masters›MA Advanced Theatre Practice
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Senior Lecturer, Dramaturgy and Course Leader, Advanced Theatre Practice
Qualifications
MA, Oxford University
PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Central School of Speech & Drama
Teaching Areas
Contemporary theatre practice
Improvisation
Interdisciplinary practice
Writing
Email
nick.wood@cssd.ac.uk

Allison Cologna, BA

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Allison Cologna, BA

Ally trained at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris from 1988-90. She set-up Brouhaha Theatre Company in 1991and was involved until 2005, creating eight visual, comedic, multi disciplined shows that toured throughout UK and Europe. She started teaching in 1990 with company workshops, Webber Douglas Academy, Fordham University LDA and Central since 2005.

She specialises in teaching acting through movement, having spent many years teaching and researching the art of clowning along with other areas of visual theatre i.e. mask work, element  work, bouffon etc.

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Undergraduate Courses›BA (Hons) Acting›Collaborative and Devised Theatre
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Pathway Leader/Lecturer, Collaborative and Devised Theatre
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BA (Hons) Theatre Studies and English Literature, Rolle College, Devon (awarded by University of Exeter
Diploma, Jacques Lecoq
Teaching Areas
Improvisation
Movement into acting
Visual Theatre
clown bouffon
mask work
Email
ally.cologna@cssd.ac.uk