Theatre faculty
Retired faculty
Movement | Voice
About
Over the last 40 years of his career David has worked in Theatre, Ballet, Opera, Mime, and Clown and as a Creator, Performer, Director, Choreographer, and Educator. He is a Movement Specialist, Body worker, Creative and Performance Consultant, and an Experienced Counsellor who has taught at several universities. He was Head Instructor at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre School, Movement Director for the Music Theatre and Opera Programs at the Banff Centre for the Arts, guest resource artist at The People's Light & Theatre Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1987 -2001, training program director for Full Circle: First Nation's Ensemble Training Program, 2003 -2013, and founding faculty and instructor for the Expressive Arts Therapy Training program, Continuing Ed, Langara College, 2005 to present.
David is now an independent educator who founded Fantastic Space Enterprises in 1995. The focus there is on cultivating high levels of performance awareness through the development of primary life skills that nurture creative awareness and the ability to embody intuition in a consciously expressive and functional way. His special interest is in how memory moves and patterns itself in our bodies and how this affects our perceptions, behavior, and communication. As a movement specialist, David has drawn upon his broad range of experience and sources to develop his own humanistic approach to performance training. His expertise lies in his ability to facilitate learning environments that promote principle centred self-education and provide strong foundations for continued personal and professional growth.
Training
Double Major in Theatre and Dance Univ. of Mass. Amherst Full Scholarship Joffery Ballet, N.Y.C HB Studio, N.Y.C. Advanced Physical Training for Actors, Linda Putnam, Mass. Decroux Mime, Mime Omnibus, Montreal Clown, Richard Pochinko, Mime Unlimited, Montreal and Toronto.
Specialities
Physical Training for Actors Emotional Embodiment Ensemble Politics & Creation Clown Mime Dance Performance Psychology.
Faculty Emeritus
Faculty Emerita
Education
- BFA, Alberta
- BEd, Alberta
Biography
An actor, teacher, director and theatre administrator, Cheryl has many theatre, film and television credits to her name. She has taught voice, movement and acting at a number of post-secondary institutions in Edmonton and Vancouver including The University of Alberta, MacEwan University and U.B.C. She was a full-time faculty member in the 51情报站 Theatre Department for 26 years and the Coordinator of the department from 1991 to 2007.
She has taught voice, movement, acting and directed over 20 theatre productions in the department including: Love and Information; Subsequent Conversations; Ten Lost Years; Unity (1918); Kindertransport; The Diviners; Agnes of God and A Clockwork Orange.
She decided on early retirement in August of 2017 so she could pursue personal and creative interests but her love of teaching brings her back to the college to teach PEFA acting classes each fall.
Cheryl continues to work as a professional artist in theatre, film and television. She is a Mentor, Instructor and Company Member with Seacoast Theatre Centre in West Vancouver. Her acting credits with the company include Ten Lost Years and Pioneer Years (5 years of touring); Grapes of Wrath; Love and Dreaming; The 鈥淰鈥 Project; Th