1. (THE NEUTRAL MASK)
   PART ONE
   - Exploring transformation
   - Transformation exercise: a comprehensive hands-on introduction into the world of the mask
   - Explore the room: further discoveries using the freedom provided in the mask world
   - Chairs: Integration of the full body and the mask
   
   
2. PART TWO
   - The four stages of man
   - Toddler, adolescent, adult, elderly
   - Scales
   
   
3. PART THREE
   - Hinge Moments
   - Using the breath and focus finding the elements that allow the body to speak
   - Choreography of grand moments of change from Shakespeare, Mythology, The Bible and Fairy Tales.
   
   
4. (CHARACTER MASK)
   PART FOUR
   (pre-requisite, two of preceding three sections)
   - This section utilizes the 3/4 or half mask with the actor's own mouth exposed
   - With the return of the voice, a vast array of characters that populate the classroom
   - Actor muscles flex and develop

Shelley Wyant, founding Artistic Director of internationally acclaimed mask and puppet performance company Mask Work Unlimited, has taught classes and workshops for NYU, Yale, Circle in the Square, Smith, Brown, Stella Adler Conservatory, The Actors Studio MFA Program, and Bard College, among many others. She worked with Jacques LeCoq, studied in Bali with Idi Bagnus Anom, and apprenticed for years to Pierre LeFevre of The Juilliard School. Shelley’s recent directing and coaching credits include shows for Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Terrence McNally’s A PERFECT GANESH at Manhattan Theatre Club.