This page is still under construction - Read on              Dramasports      Mind-Body-Emotion-Intution Training for Success ___________________ Dramasports Showcase Dates/times: Friday, June 10,   From 8 - 9:30pm 6560 Hollywood Boulevard, 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90028 Tickets: $5 per person- Free for SAG members _________________________________________ MORE INFO: Call (951- 672-1838 _________________________________________ Improv Performance Training What does it cover? This training is  GEARED TOWARD PERFORMANCE. The primary objective of this intensive training is to learn the rules of Improv, ensemble DRAMASPORTS Improv performance, character development, and what is funny and what is not through learning theater games, group exercises, mask work, spontaneity exercises, structured narrative building, scene work, and LEARNING HOW TO WORK THROUGH YOUR BODY. The focus is to learn practical tools and develop new skills. Participants will appear in a showcase. We are providing a safe, supportive, and affordable learning place for interested actors. All workshop participants will be evaluated at the conclusion of the training and maybe invited to join DRAMASPORTS Improv Troupe. We will continue offering effective and  affordable rates for all serious- minded aspiring and experienced actors. ______________________________________ WHAT YOU WILL COME AWAY WITH ..Learning narrative building skills and a usable Improv technique ¨ Create interesting characters using your body ¨ Mind-body preparation for the demanding industry ¨ Discovering mind-body connection and your comic timing ¨ Skills which serve as a foundation to your acting ¨ Knowledge of how to trust yourself in auditions Space is limited to 18 actors. _________________________________________ Fees: Special Rate: April & May Training: $75 per month/$150 for 8 weeks/ four hours per session - This includes a final showcase.   * SAG members will receive special rates-  $50/month- All student actors will pay for two months in advance. Space is limited to 18 participants _______________________________________ Teacher-Director Al Razavi is DRAMASPORTS Artistic Director and the founder of Imagination Unlimited Group.  He has been teaching, acting, and directing for over twenty years. He is a two-time recipient of the Partnership for Excellence grant from California colleges for creating performance training programs. His learning-by-doing approach to training makes his workshops very effective and fun. He provides a safe and challenging experiential learning environment for workshop participants and encourages them to take risks and find out for themselves the dynamics of human interactions. He has presented innovative workshops at national and international conferences including Screen Actors Guild Conservatory/Hollywood, NASAGA, Magnet Schools of America, and International Schools of Performing Arts, The California Theater Education Association, and Actors. Al believes actors build a strong acting foundation and confidence when they act out what they learn before live audiences. Actors consistently rate him as one of the best acting teachers in their experience. He has studied acting with award-winning and internationally known directors including Keith Johnstone, Don Richardson, and Nina Wise. Additionally, he has worked with master director-teachers at UCLA’s Professional Studies in the Entertainment Industry Program. He holds two graduate degrees in the areas of performing arts and creative writing. He has taught acting and directing at different levels across the country. Currently, he conducts acting for Film/TV and improvisation Performance Workshops in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire and coaches privately. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). _______________________________ What do workshop participants say about Al Razavi I have taken several Improv classes and have never learned so much about myself and Improv in such a short amount of time. This class is very informative and the teacher was wonderful. Andie Artino, Actor Member of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) SAG Conservatory Evaluation – Hollywood, CA Thanks for a superb improvisational workshop! You opened my eyes, ears, brain and heart to new listening techniques and innovative communications skills. Your ability to meet the needs of all students and to give them performance confidence is a testimony to your excellence as an instructor and director. Corinne Williams, Workshop Participant Long Beach (CA) Theater is the only art form that imitates life and deals with real life issues. Mr. Razavi’s invaluable training provides students with an opportunity to develop creativity, self- expression, and performance and communication skills far above anything offered in the past. In this unique workshop, all teachers take on the roles of students and participate in every activity, and so they feel and learn step-by-step how each activity works. This tremendously helps teachers to learn the entire process and encourage them to enthusiastically take the learned tools to their classrooms. Karen Robertson Murrieta Valley Unified School District Instruction and Staff Development Coordinator Thank you for the terrific experience! …Having worked fifteen years in corporate, I have been to every workshop or seminar you can fathom. In the Improv workshop, being a part of the information by participating, brought a new dimension to the learning process. I found that I retained more information than other seminar types, and my listening skills have improved greatly…I discovered new joy in being with people. I look forward meeting my clients and they are no longer just part of my agenda. Carmen Cozby, Millennium Productions, California …I was looking for a way to extend my knowledge and gain more experience. Mr. Razavi fit the bill perfectly. The result was immediate and effective: not only was my drama teaching enhanced, but also my academic classes were injected with new life and energy. The concepts taught in his acting workshops apply not only to performance but to many aspects of working with people as well. I would wholeheartedly recommend his acting and communication training workshop for any educator, and any professional. As an educator who teaches in a culturally and ethnically heterogeneous school, I was impressed how sensitively, encouragingly, and carpingly Mr. Razavi insisted on involving all his students, coming from diverse socioeconomic, ethnic, age, and cultural backgrounds, in workshop activities and theater productions. I have observed closely how effectively his teaching style and innovative Dramasports Improv theater formats consistently created learning environments for participating students. His improvisational acting training and writing programs with ongoing successful shows in the region are truly unique and one of a kind. Art Liberman, Teacher, Hamilton High School, Hemet Unified School District, California …Al has been very innovative in developing effective classes for our community. Program evaluations have been outstanding, and members of Riverside Community College management team still comment on a presentation Al made two years ago. Cyndi Pardee, Riverside Community College, Community College Supervisor Mr. Razavi’s teacher-in-service workshops in the areas of teaching performing arts, organizing school-based DRAMASPORTS theater troupes and improv-based creative writing are truly unique. His teacher and student friendly workshops and teaching materials are not only useful in a visual and performing arts setting, but can also easily utilized in conjunction with the core curriculum, as well as Gifted and Talented and at Risk programs. Suzanne Linden, Moreno Valley Unified School District, Academy of the Arts, Site Administrator and Coordinator Thank you for your participation again this year as a workshop presenter in the Temecula Valley International Film Festival's Workshop Series on Film making. You've played a pivotal role in making the workshop series the success that it has become. Thank you for your support from the very beginning! Jean Clement, Workshop Series Chair Temecula Valley International Film Festival This seminar was incredibly helpful. I'll be able to use the very complete and helpful booklets as a student and as a teacher. I will be using these simple techniques to help my students produce creative works of their own. Cindy Smith, Conference Participant and Coordinator Educational Theater Association, California I found this class very exciting. It helped me throw away the nervous side of me, and bring out the comedy and inventions in my head. It has been a great stepping stone as I build my way towards an acting career. James McLean, Workshop Participant Temecula Valley International Film Festival I really enjoyed your workshop. You have a great ability for being so naturally human. It was my first Improv experience ever and I hope not the last one. Marie Kothera, Workshop Participant, Temecula, California ...a great experience... You gave people a chance to find out who they are, and for that you are commendable. Mike Gilroy, Participant Improvisational Comedy Workshop, Murrieta ...it was so exciting that I wanted to keep going. Why do we have to go home without each other? Mary C. Brown, Workshop Participant, Murrieta, California …Excellent instructor! High energy, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, well spoken, very encouraging and positive. Mt. San Jacinto College, California Student actor evaluation …this instructor is the most gifted teacher I’ve ever had. Mt. San Jacinto College - California Student actor evaluation ….Students have awarded Mr. Razavi high numerical ratings on their college-administered evaluations of his teaching, and they have also written to congratulate Mr. Razavi on his exemplary teaching. Any program or institution privileged enough to benefit from Mr. Razavi’s combination of expertise, training, and personal qualities will indeed be fortunate. Bea Ganim, Ph.D. Dean of Instruction, Academic Programs San Jacinto Community College Menifee Valley Campus, CA