FACULTY QUALIFICATIONS
Founder + Creative Artistic Director | Justice Kwesi Kwarteng, BFA, MFA
:: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Drama from Tisch School Of the Arts at NYU, 2001
:: Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Theatre: Contemporary Performance, Naropa University, 2006
:: Master of Science in Professional Communication (MSPC), 2003-2004, Clark University, 2004
(*MSPC degree Pending Completion*)
Additional Training + Qualifications
:: Lee Strasberg Institute of Theatre & Film, Sept. 1997 - Dec. 1997
:: NYU in London Program, Tisch @ ICA, London, Jan. - May, 2001
:: ETW in Amsterdam Summer Intensive Training, NYU Tisch, Summer 2000
[PROFESSIONAL BIO + CV]
Justice
Kwesi Kwarteng is one of the most well trained Professional Acting
& Contemporary Performance Technique Teacher-Coaches of his
generation. He works actively as an independent professor of Acting
& Contemporary Performance Technique Training, Talent Coach, through
his Creative Talent Development Academy, a unit Justice Talent Agency
Group.
Justice is known for his keen sense for detecting
undiscovered natural creative artistic talent in the aspiring
professional career Actor, Dancer, Performer and/or Creative Artistic
Talent. His teaching and professional creative talent development
philosophy is built on, and driven by, the idea that everyone is
talented, but it is one thing to be talented and whereas it is another
thing to discover that God given talent, so as to effectively cultivate
it to its fullest potential.
To these ends, his first
order of business with each and every new talent/student/artist,
irrespective of their level of training experience, is to understand
that individual talent--in terms of who they are, where they have come
from and where they wish to go--so as for him to effectively help them
accomplish their ultimate professional goals and career aspirations.
As
a Teacher, he is of the tried and tested experience that no two
students/artists are ever the same. Therefore each student is
personally guided by Justice to design a comprehensive set of their
professional training goals and career expectations at the on set of
their training experience together, in a 1-on-1 session.
[
His Academic Qualifications]
Justice
is a 2001 graduate of the prestigious Tisch School Of the Arts at NYU (he
holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama with special emphasizes in
avant-garde theatre creation, acting and directing for the stage).
In 2006, he earned his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Theatre and Contemporary Performance program from Naropa University (
http://www.naropa.edu/academics/graduate/maperformarts/alumni06.cfm).
[His Professional Creative Artistic + Trans-cultural Training Background]
Justice
has an extensive International and Trans-cultural training background
in Acting and Contemporary Performance techniques. He has trained,
lived, performed and/or studied in London, Cardiff (Wales), Edinburg
(Scotland) all in the UK; in Belfast (in Northern Ireland); in Bruge and
Brussels (Belgium); in Amsterdam (in The Netherlands), to list but a
few.
[His Teachers + Creative Artistic Mentors]
He
has studied/trained and/or been taught by some of the most renowned
Contemporary Performance Teachers and professional artists teachers in
the the industry. Some of his favorite teachers have included Arthur
Bathow, Kevin Khulke, Mary Overlie, Chris Bayes, Wendell Beavers,
Jessica Hagedon, Steve Wangh, Jonathan Hart, Ellen Lauren (SITI
Company), Barbara Dilley, Amy Russell, Moises Kaufman & Leigh
Fondakowski (of Laramie Project fame & The Tectonic Theatre
Project), to name a few.
[
His University Level + Professional Teaching Experience]
As
an independent Professor of Acting and Contemporary Performance
Techniques Training, Justice specializes in a unique plethora of fields
from the Performing and to the Fine Arts.
At Naropa, he
served as a graduate teaching assistant in MFA in Theatre program as
well as a guest lecturer in undergraduate Music program. He has taught
at the University of Louisville (in Kentucky), in the MFA in Theatre
program. And at as a student at the Tisch School at NYU, he served as a
Teaching Assistant in film department.
[His Areas of Professional Teaching, Talent Development + Training Expertise]
:: Acting Coaching for Film, TV and Stage Actors
:: Vocal Performance Technique Coaching for Singers
:: Performance Technique Coaching for Singers and Dancers
:: Professional Acting and Stage Performance Techniques Training
:: Portfolio Development for pre-professional Visual and Contemporary Artists
:: Personalized Live and Stage Performance Technique Development Coaching
:: Character Analysis and Role Development techniques for Stage, Film & TV Actors
:: Scene Study, Text and Script Analysis Coaching for professional Actors and Performers
:: Audition Preparation and Monologue Performance Techniques coaching for Actors, Singers, Performers
[Other Creative Artistic Specialties and Professional Experience]
:: Talent Coaching for Performing Artists and Entertainers
:: Personal Creative and Artistic Talent Development Coaching
:: 1-on-1Master Classes in Contemporary Performance techniques
:: Creative Direction for Fashion and Live Entertainment Production
:: Professional Acting Career Development Coaching and Consulting/Advisement
:: Creative Writing for the Stage, Film, Television and Branded Content for the web
:: Artistic Direction for Live Bands, Professional Theatre Companies, Contemporary Arts Institutions
:: Expertise in Professional Creative Artistic Talent Casting, Talent Production Consulting and Direction
:: Staging, Directing, Composition, Choreography expertise for Theatre, Film, Television and Live Music
[His Professional Acting + Performance Experience]
An
avid professional Stage and Live Performer (presently focusing on
traditional African and Contemporary Poetry Performance, Avant garde
Spoken-word performances) in his own right, he has opened for such
renowned spoken word artists like Saul Williams (Boulder Theatre, 2005).
A
trained Stage Director and Theatrical Writer, Justice specializes in
the adaptation of classical and non-theatrical works of art, like poetry
among others, for the Contemporary stage.
He is the
Originator and Founder of the “Collage Technique and Approach” to Stage
Performance, Actor training, Stage Directing & Composition.
CONTACT INFO |
E:
jtalentagency@gmail.com
