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Nicholas Bruder
Contemporary
Biography:
Nicholas Bruder earned a Falstaff Award for Best Principal Actor for his portrayal of Macbeth in punchdrunk’s Sleep No More. He also is a 2016 Bessie Award Nominee for his work in Palissimo’s Custodians of Beauty. Nicholas just finished the run of The Hairy Ape at the Park Avenue Armory. Choreographers he has had the pleasure of working with include Adam Weinert, Pavel Zustiak, and Patricia Noworol. Past theater work includes The Hairy Ape at the Park Avenue Armory, William Lee in Angel Reapers, by Martha Clarke and Alfred Uhry, Raymond in Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro both through the Signature Theatre Company. Nicholas was a guest artist, alongside Harry Hamlin and Hannah Yelland, for Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2014 Will On The Hill benefit, and has appeared on Gossip Girl and Smash. He graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 2009 as a Lovelace Full Scholarship Student.Class Description
Open Improv
Walking is something we rarely have to think about
anymore. But it’s a piece of choreography that is so
complex, even a little dangerous. If we break down the
mechanics, what we do when we walk is constantly
letting ourselves fall and trusting that we will be
caught. What can we find when we allow this
overlooked trust to permeate into even more
“complex” modes of movement? You are a mover
before a dancer. A mover before and actor. You move
to pick up a paintbrush or enact physical precision to
apply that eye liner at 7 in the morning.
I am interested in playing with structures that allow all
to engage in the physical habits to highlight what is
habit and take advantage of realizing where we do not
move. We will fall, collapse, move through space and
watch each others work with the lens that we already
are performers and capable movers.