Please see Upcoming for summer and fall sessiosn of workshops. There are also many new spirituality workshops listed.

Archetypal Performance Workshop

Caroline Myss states in Sacred Contracts that archetypes are "universal forms of cosmic intelligence that are directly involved in the day-to-day organizing of or lives." We are always subconsciously reading each other's archetypes as we navigate life. In this evening workshop, you will learn how to consciously choose which archetypes you embody on stage. These archetypes can be used as a springboard for building a character from scratch or as an extension of an already established character. Exercises using Grotowski's physical theatre approach, Viewpoints and learning to tap into your intuition will be incorporated with archetypal energy exploration to create a toolbox you walk away with that will assist you in creating original work and characters.

Goddess Burlesque

Come let loose of your inhibitions and get comfortable in your own skin. In this six-week workshop, you will build a three to five-minute performance piece incorporating a strip tease that reflects your individual attributes. You can release the Goddess within and learn how to send out healing energy while performing. Using tools of physical theatre, archetypal energy, intuition, character exploration and imagery, each participant creates an original performance piece, receives feedback and learns how to further develop the piece, and then performs the creation while discovering how to be comfortable while doing it! Women of all backgrounds are welcome and previous performance experience is not a requirement. Performance opportunities are often a part of this workshop. But, not a requirement.

Intro to Burlesque

In this three-hour workshop, Howling Vic aka Victoria Libertore will take you through the basics of stage presence, the secret of seduction and the art of taking off a glove. You will learn the first steps of how to create your own burlesque performance piece using tools of physical theatre, improvisation and Victoria's original archetypal energy work. You'll be encouraged to listen to your own intuition in the act of creating new work and to honor your own individuality. Enjoy being in your body and tapping into your Goddess energy. Women of all backgrounds are welcome and previous performance experience is not a requirement.

Quotes from past participants:

"Throughout this workshop Victoria envelopes you in with an energy that is both safe and savory...it allows you to push yourself to edges unknown-- and have fun doing it! She teaches you concrete ways to channel the sacred feminine regardless of what that looks like for you." - Shannon student & social worker

"I took Howling Vic's Goddess Burlesque Workshop because people said it was a transforming workshop, and it proved to be a life-altering experience for me. Within the first couple of weeks I discovered a major lie I'd been telling myself my whole life and got the chance to correct it, coming to new understandings about my power and sensuality. From the first class to the last class I also quit my job to pursue my own projects full-time, and I put together a pretty kick-ass burlesque piece that I was proud to perform. Vic creates a safe, creative environment that lets you become more yourself, whether you have performance experience or not." - Magda, mother and author

"Howling Vic provided such a warm safe space for me to express the burlesque diva I had repressed deep down. She allowed each of us in the workshop to explore what burlesque meant to us and express it in our own individual ways. Not only did I meet some amazing women and make new friends, but after taking her workshop I felt like I could do anything...including burlesque. I learned about burlesque and about myself." - Dulce De Leche, Burlesque Performer

Teaching Bio

Victoria Libertore aka Howling Vic has performed her original performance art at dozens of venues throughout New York including BAX, Dixon Place, Galapagos, Joe's Pub and Joyce SoHo as well as in Boston, Philly, Provincetown, Montreal and Toronto. Victoria has taught sold-out burlesque workshops at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Dance New Amsterdam, Grove Mama Ink and independently. Victoria has worked with Six Figures Theatre Company teaching workshops in the Viewpoints technique, has taught improv, hula and worked for eight years teaching performance, showmanship and how to interact with audiences at an international hands-on science museum. Victoria also coaches one-on-one for solo performance.

Victoria has a BFA in Theatre from Otterbein College. Her studies also include Balinese mask with Per Brahe, Butoh with Tanya Calamoneri, clown with Kendall Cornell, Grotowski with Raïna von Waldenburg, Viewpoints with Stephen Wangh and site-specific performance with Martha Bowers. She is a 2008-2010 Brooklyn Arts Exchange/BAX Theatre Artist in Residence where she is developing new performance work.

Victoria has developed her own original approach and method to performance which she calls Archetypal Energy Work. She combines archetypal images with both chakra and imagry work to create a dynamic and powerful experience for both the performer and audience. She teaches this approach to those who wish to create their own original performance work.