Perviz Sawoski
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OFFICE: Th Arts 119
PHONE: (310) 434-4113
EMAIL: sawoski_perviz@smc.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
5:25-6:25p MW, 10-11a & 12:15-1:15p every other Thurs beg 2/25
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
SPRING 2010
TA 15A Stage Movement 11:15-12:35 MW Th Arts 101 syllabus
TA 42 Acting II 9:30-10:50 MW Th Arts 101 syllabus
TA
45
Musical Theatre Workshop
12:45-5:20p MW
Studio Stg
syllabus
