Thursday, April 28, 2011

JTA SUMMER INTENSIVE TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR THE ACTOR-PERFORMER | May - July 8th, 2011

The JTA SUMMER INTENSIVE TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR THE ACTOR-PERFORMER  MAY-JULY 8th, 2011 || BOULDER + DENVER, CO, USA


:: Experience 6weeks of Intensive Multidisciplinary Professional Training for the aspiring professional Actor + Stage Performer :: 

:: All Training will Culminate in a professionally Staged Public Performance with an invited audience::

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS Offered Summer 2011
:: Theater For Social Change (level i,ii,iii)
:: Acting Shakespeare + The Classical Text (i,ii,iii)
:: Mastering the Craft + Technique of Acting (i,ii,iii)
:: Mastering Vocal Performance as a Technique for the Singer

:: Hollywood Audition Preparation + Monologue Performance
:: Mastering Stage Performance for the Actor + Performer (i-iii)

:: All Programs are Taught with JTA Talent Development Academy's unique 360 Approach to Developing + Training the pre-Professional Actor/Performer/Entertainer into becoming the best Career Artist they will permit themself to be-come ::

BENEFITS |

:: All Experience Levels Welcome + highly Encouraged to Apply 
:: But Very Serious Students Only
:: A Promise of Deep 1-on-1 Attention 
:: Every Student Required to Perform in the Final Presentation

OPPORTUNITIES |
:: An Opportunity to study with Justice Kwesi Kwarteng, BFA, MFA: a NYU, Tisch School of the Arts trained professional Actor, Performer, Director, Teacher, Acting Coach, Talent Agent and Casting Director :: Respected for his unique and highly individualized approach to professional Actor and Performer training, Justice is one of the most exceptionally trained professional Acting and Performance teachers of his generation :: He has trained under and performed with some of the most renowned teacher-artists in the contemporary performance, acting and dance worlds :: He has a strong trans-cultural background as a teacher, artist, performer and individual :: An opportunity to work with a professional Talent Agent, Agency Owner and Casting Director with an entertainment industry standard approach to creative artistic talent development and sustainable career management ::

:: He is the founder of the Justice Talent Agency group (The JTA Group) | a multi-disciplinary firm unlike any other | expertise in:
* highly personalized professional creative + artistic talent development
* strategic + in-depth entertainment career management
* professional fashion styling + image consulting
* professional actor career development + management
* professional casting services for fashion, film, tv + the stage 
* professional fashion modeling career development + management 
* creative direction for fashion runway + trunk show productions + more
* professional fashion show production, management, branding + marketing
* creative direction for fashion editorial campaigns, fashion magazine spreads, catalogs + more

Learn More About the JTA Group of Companies by visiting these Blogs | 

:: Summer Institute Training Begins Friday, May 20th -June, 25th, 2011 :: In Boulder + Denver :: 


:: Register TODAY While Spots Last :: Small Class Sizes ::

REGISTER TODAY |
:: Email: JTALENTAGENCY@GMAIL.COM [with "JTA Summer Intensive Actor Training" in the Subject Header]


[See Justice' Longer Form RESUME + CV Below] 
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

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