Perviz Sawoski
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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
