Perviz Sawoski

 

Perviz Sawoski.

            

OFFICE:    Th Arts 119

PHONE:    (310) 434-4113

EMAIL:    sawoski_perviz@smc.edu

OFFICE HOURS:
8:55-9:25a MW, 6:55-7:25p MW, 10-11:15a & 12:15-1p every other Tues beg 9/11

DEPT. CHAIR HOURS:
(please call or email 3 days in advance for appointment)

 

Perviz Sawoski teaches Acting , Musical Theatre and Stage Movement for the Actor at Santa Monica  College . She has also taught at Long Beach Community College and California State University, Los Angeles.  Perviz is the Theatre Arts Department Chair.

Originally from India, Perviz is a teacher and performer trained in several Western and Asian theatrical and movement forms including Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance, Karate (Black Belt), Opera and Bharata Natyam. Her Bharata Natyam studies, along with her training in Stanislavski’s “Method of Physical Actions” and her explorations into Michael Chekhov’s “Psychological Gesture,” Brechtian “Gestus,” and Samuel Beckett have led her to create a physicalized approach to acting.  This approach is also influenced by the Sanskrit “Abhinaya” model of codifying and artistically interpreting emotional states. 

Perviz has directed and choreographed several plays and musicals at Santa Monica College and elsewhere. They include, “The Threepenny Opera,” “Prelude to A Kiss,”  “Beckett: 3 Plays,” “The Royal Hunt of The Sun,” “Bohemian Lights,” “Witness for the Prosecution,” “Forever Plaid” and "Rags". Her 1996 Santa Monica College production of “Once On This Island” went on to become a national winner at the Kennedy Center/ American College Theater Festival in Washington D.C.


Education

    B.A.        University of Bombay                                English & French Literature

    M.A.       California State University, Los Angeles     Theatre Arts


 

FALL 2008

    TA 15A       Stage Movement              11:15-12:35 MW           Th Arts 101             syllabus

    TA 15B       Adv Stage Movement       5:30-6:50 MW               Th Arts 101             syllabus

    TA 42         Acting II                            9:30-10:50 MW             Th Arts 101            syllabus

    TA 52         Adv Production-Musical                                          Main Stage
                        (AMERICAN REFLECTIONS)

    TA 55         Adv Prod-Small Th Venue 2:15-5:20p MW             Th Arts 101
                        (BUTTERFLY WINGS)
                        8/25-10/29

 

SPRING 2008

    TA 15A       Stage Movement              11:15-12:35 MW             Th Arts 101           syllabus

    TA 52          Adv Production-Musical  Rehearsal Sched               Main Stage
                        (CAMILA)

 

FALL 2007

    TA 15A       Stage Movement              11:15-12:35 MW           Th Arts 101             syllabus

    TA 15B       Adv Stage Movement       5:30-6:50 MW               Th Arts 101             syllabus

    TA 42         Acting II                            9:30-10:50 MW             Th Arts 101            syllabus

    TA 45         Musical Th Workshop       12:45-5:20p MW           Studio Stage            syllabus


 

SPRING 2007

    TA 15A       Stage Movement              11:15-12:35 MW             Th Arts 101           syllabus

    TA 45         Musical Th Workshop       12:45-5:20p MW             Studio Stage          syllabus


 

FALL 2006

    TA 15A       Stage Movement              11:15-12:35 MW             Th Arts 101           syllabus

    TA 15B       Adv Stage Movement       12:45-2:05 MW               Th Arts 101           syllabus

    TA 52         Adv Production-Musical    Rehearsal Sched               Main Stage
                        (EVITA)
                        8/28-10/20
 

SPRING 2006

    TA 15A       Stage Movement              9:30-10:50 MW                Air 160                syllabus

    TA 42          Acting II                          11:15-12:35 MW              Air 160                 syllabus

    TA 52         Adv Production-Musical    Rehearsal Sched               Air 117
                        (CABARET)
                        4/17-6/9
 

FALL 2005

    TA 15A       Stage Movement              9:30-10:50 MW                Air 160                syllabus

    TA 15B       Adv Stage Movement       5:30-6:50 MW                  Air 160                syllabus

    TA 42          Acting II                          12:45-2:05 TTh                 Air 160                 syllabus

    TA 45         Musical Th Wrkshop         12:45-5:30 MW               Con Hall                syllabus


 



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