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Teens who are interested should sign up at Youth Ready Chicago . "When a student comes to us & says 'I want to be an artist' we take them seriously & respect them enough to teach them with all our skills." - Artistic Director Ron Bieganski The summer intensive at Free Street is the start of a two-year training opportunity. We will begin developing creative writing skills, acting technique and emotional flow that will deepen as we practice over the coming months. Free Street workshops are free, and teens can earn a stipend through After School Matters . People who are serious about gaining skills as an artists should realize that developing strong creative habits in body and mind take time to deeply experience and absorb. This is why we encourage committed young artists to study with us for two years. Many of our ensemble members stay for many more than two years. Rehearsals begin June 28. We meet Monday thru Friday from 9:30 - 3:00. Teens who are interested should sign up at Youth Ready Chicago . You will also need to call us at (773) 772-7248 to tell us of your interest. There are only a few positions left so call us soon. In the six weeks that we meet, we will develop group site-specific spontaneous performances as well as solo ritual performances. Rehearsals are at Free Street Theater (1419 W. Blackhawk) from June 28 - August 5. Free Street Theater Youth Alum, Christoph Horton Abiel, Accepted into Professional Acting Program at Juilliard Only 18 students are accepted into the Juilliard program each year. "Free Street has given me a real entry into a life that is healthily defined by creative and nourishing risks. I am going to continue my creative education in the Professional Actor Training Program of the Drama Division at The Juilliard School. I would not have gotten this far, this quickly, without the careful consideration that was offered me as a young artist at Free Street. It was impressed upon me to live meaningfully in each moment of my life and labor as an artist. There was never any easy way into or out of those walls. And we were encouraged to take responsibility for this reality. Free Street is not about being safe and simple. Free Street is not about being rebellious and isolationist. It is being real and honest and relevant. It is being urgent to make a contribution to society that will not come back null and void. It must not spoil. Sour. Or smell. " - Christoph Horton Abiel, May 2009 We will develop Ritual and Conceptual Performances Outdoors Each morning we begin with meditation and yoga for 80 minutes. We are strong people. Then we will practice theater techniques for emotional flow, immediate body reaction, and character development. All physical work leads to creative writing. Lunch is a social time to interact and eat. In the afternoon, we build performance ideas- conceptual performance ideas, ritual performance ideas and micro-performance ideas. We will spend three weeks, performing our ideas in public for the unsuspecting public. Some of the ideas we created during the summer of 2008: 45 people singing “Yellow Submarine” to themselves in a subway car. 35 youth as a Flock of geese in the public square.

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