Instructor
Aliana de la Guardia has garnered acclaim for her “vocally fearless” performances that are “fizzing with theatrical commitment.” The Cuban-American artist enjoys a multifaceted career, and is specialist in new music and opera. As a founding artist of Guerilla Opera, she has produced many newly commissioned operas tailor-made for her ferocious stage presence. Her cultivated skills in physical theater make her especially fit for new opera, genre-bending performance art, devised works and intimate performances. In 2020 she received OPERA America’s Women Opera Network mentorship distinction paired with Wolf Trap Opera, as well as a receiving a Public Art Learning Fund Grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts to pursue a tailor-made mentorship with Double Edge Theatre.
This “Guerilla” intensive is designed to expand your creative mind, and to develop awareness, openness and quick thinking through physical theater. Using Viewpoints, an improvisational technique from the post-modern dance world, you will explore important theatrical concepts of time and space and learn to create powerful work quickly. The spontaneous interactions from a group train our sense of play as well as build ensemble. It develops flexibility, articulation, strength in movement, and makes ensemble-generated work really possible!
You don’t have to be a singer or actor to take this class. Composers, instrumentalists, librettists, directors, teachers, administrators, are all welcome - anyone seeking to inject a little bit of theatricality into their live and art-making! This is a safe and open place to play and learn!
$175.00
$148.75
SOLD OUT! Mon 7/27, Fri 7/31, Mon 8/3, Thurs 8/6, Fri 8/7 SOLD OUT!
Mon 7/27, Fri 7/31, Mon 8/3, Thurs 8/6, Fri 8/7
Classes are conducted via Zoom. Session times are all EST. Sessions are limited to 12-15 participants. Session I and Session II are identical, we’re just giving you some choice with your schedule! They end with an informal presentation for some of the Guerillas!
Contact alidelaguardia@guerillaopera.org with any questions.
Guerilla Opera offers discounts to workshops and masterclasses for any alumni of our programs! To qualify for this discount you need to have attended at least one of the following:
Guerilla Lab participants (all)
Guerilla Opera – Writing for Chamber Opera Class at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Residency at Brandeis University (2014 or 2019-2020)
Residency at University of Memphis (2014 or 2019-2020)
Workshops led by Guerilla Opera members or alumni at other institutions do not qualify you for this discount. THIS IS AN HONOR SYSTEM: Please only use the discount if it is appropriate to you. We will be checking our records against enrollment, so please save us the trouble and only use the discount that is appropriate for you.
If you’re unsure of your alumni eligibility, please email alidelaguardia@guerillaopera.org to find out more.
