CHELSEA PACE 516 South Farmer Avenue C:908.601.6878 Tempe, Arizona 85281 [email protected] ! EDUCATION ! Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance: Expected May 2014 Arizona State University, School of Film, Dance, and Theatre ! Bachelor of Arts in Music: May 2011, cum Laude Binghamton University, Harpur College of the Arts and Sciences ! CURRENT APPOINTMENTS ! 2011- present Graduate Teaching Assistant School of Theatre and Film/ Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts/ Arizona State University ! 2011- present Brokenleg Collective, Founding Artistic Director ! 2011- present Punctum, Company Member ! ! ! RESIDENCIES February 2014 Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN ! UPCOMING RESIDENCIES March- April 2014 Modified Arts Phoenix, AZ ! ! Chelsea Pace. !2 GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS ! X-Act Grant ($3000). Awarded to the director and team leader for Commons, a large ensemble piece created to explore campus diversity and foster community across Arizona State University. !2013 Herbert Smith Graduate Fellowship ($3000). Awarded to an outstanding Graduate student at !the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. 2013 Special Talent Award ($6,625). Awarded to an outstanding student in the School of Theatre and !Film at Arizona State University. 2011, 2013 Anna Rozenzweig Memorial Scholarship ($3,990). Awarded to an outstanding actor in the School !of Theatre and Film at Arizona State University. 2012 AriZoni Award. Honored with two nominations for best choreography and one for best script in a !new work. Won for choreography and best new script. 2013 Keeler Scholarship for Vocal Excellence ($1,000). Awarded to a Music Department student in either conducting or voice at Binghamton University. 2008 ! ! UNIVERSITY TEACHING ! Arizona State University, Herberger College of the Arts, School of Film, Dance, and Theatre ! Acting Introduction (THF 101). Introduction to principles of acting and scene study. Topics include terminology, scene and character analysis, exercises and improvisation, and audition preparation. Instructor. Spring 2012, Fall 2013 ! *Unarmed Stage Combat (THP 194). Techniques of unarmed stage combat applied to scene work and common production requirements. Course emphasis on safety and storytelling within technique. Instructor. Fall 2013 ! Acting: Introduction to Movement (THP 272). Movement training for actors. Incorporates techniques from Lecoq, Laban, Meyerhold, Alexander, Margolis, Rasaboxes, yoga, and others. Focus on embodied performance. Instructor. Spring 2013, Spring 2014 Chelsea Pace. !3 *Creating New Work (Devising) (THP 394). A new course designed to facilitate and direct the generation, development, and rehearsal process of an ensemble of student performers, designers, and writers. The class culminates in the performance of a fully produced, finished, new work. Instructor. Spring 2014. ! *Intro to Theatre: Theatre Appreciation (THE 100). Online course for non-majors and minors designed to cultivate an understanding of theatre arts and build more informed audiences. Co-developer. Spring 2014. ! Clown Performance Styles (THP 294). Introduction to the practices and history of clowning. Topics include western clown, circus clowning, commedia, and circus skills. Assistant to Brian Foley. Spring 2013. ! Acting Introduction (THP 102). Introduction to principles of acting and scene study. Topics include terminology, scene and character analysis, exercises and improvisation, and audition preparation. Assistant to David Barker. Fall 2011. ! Independent Film (THE 403). Examines the independent film movement from the French New Wave to contemporary independent filmmakers. Assistant to Jon Simpson. Fall 2011 * Denotes a course developed by Chelsea Pace for Arizona State University ! Binghamton University, Harpur College of the Arts and Sciences, Theatre Department Acting Introduction (THE 207). Introduction to basic principles of acting for non- majors. Assistant to Godfrey Simmons. Spring 2011 Stage Combat (THE 389). Course trains actors in advanced stage combat techniques. Assistant to Michael Toomey. Spring 2011 ! ! OTHER TEACHING ! Combat and Stunts 101 for Film. On-camera fight workshop for the Arizona State University Film Association. 2014 Chelsea Pace. !4 Stage Combat Workshop. The basics of stage fighting for the students, faculty, and community at Wabash College. 2014 Experimental Composition. Using techniques from Viewpoints and the structure of an autocors, students at Wabash College created site-specific works of performance with found text. 2014 Clowning Around. Rooted in the traditions of red-nose western clown, students and faculty learned the basics of clown and performed a classic clown scene. 2014 Stage Combat Basics. Taught to the students of Introduction to Theatre at Wabash College. 2014 Knife Basics. Basics of theatrical knife fighting, with focus on safety and storytelling at Wabash College for their production of Macbeth. 2014 Installation and Performance Art. Guest lecture in New and Expanded Media at Wabash College. 2014 Prospective Student Day. Workshops in stage combat and recruitment sessions for high school students interested in attending Arizona State University in the School of Film, Dance and Theatre. 2013 Sunday Workshop Series. A free series of three-hour workshops organized by Chelsea Pace and the artists of Brokenleg Collective in partnership with Arizona State University. Workshops taught include stage combat, partner stretching and massage for movers, contact improvisation, clowning, and classical text work. 2012-present Class Clown: Clown in Actor Training. Workshop presentation with Marianne Kubrik and Sara Romersberger at the Association for Theatre Educators Conference in Orlando, FL. August 2013 ! Arizona Broadway Theatre. Stage Combat. Workshop for summer acting intensive. July 2012 ! Arizona Jewish Theatre. Choreographer for summer musicals and instructor for summer dance intensive. 2012 KICK Fitness and Dance. Instructor for introductory hip-hop, introductory jazz, and assistant instructor for advanced hip-hop and the summer dance intensive. 2004-2007 Chelsea Pace. !5 ! Seashore Day Camp Performing Arts. Choreographer for summer musical theatre productions. 2004-2010 ! RESEARCH ! Practical and theoretical research on the ethics and methodologies of staging intimacy within the context of a university environment. The current progression for the effective and ethical staging of intimacy has been developed out of three years of extensive research with student and professional ensembles for both live performance and film. A practical handbook and two articles concerning the work are in progress. ! ! CREATIVE ACTIVITY ! Devised Work/Performance ! laundry.room, created, installed, and performed by Chelsea Pace. A large scale, audience interactive, solo performance installation. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN. February 2014 ! The Fall of the House of Escher, created and performed by Punctum. A multimedia, choose your-own-adventure reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, seen through the eyes of M.C. Escher in a house governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. Tempe, AZ. September 2013 ! Asylum, created by Rachel Bowditch, Chelsea Pace, Julie Rada, and Jenny Strickland, produced by Vessel Project An immersive, site specific piece exploring the depths of madness and life inside a women’s asylum. ! Phoenix, AZ. November 2013 You N.0, created by Lance Gharavi, Chelsea Pace, Brain Foley, and Lauren Breunig. An exploration of how privacy can exist means in a future where a universal, digitized mind is accessible to everyone. Developed for EMERGE 2014: Carnival of the Future. ! Tempe, AZ. Spring 2014 ! Chelsea Pace. !6 Ab-Normal: The Firefly Project, created by Melissa Rex, Chelsea Pace, Matt Ragan, John D. Mitchell, and Boyd Branch. An interdisciplinary collaboration exploring the intersection of technology, choice, social constraint, and intimate interactions through algorithms derived from the natural patterns and life-cycles of fireflys. Developed for EMERGE 2014: Carnival of the Future. ! Tempe, AZ. March 2014 The Seven Layers of Bastian Bachman, created by Megan Weaver, Chelsea Pace, Jenny Strickland, Anastasia Schneider, and Adam Vachon. An immersive, site specific piece that follows composer Bastian Bachman through the last three hours of his life as he succumbs to a brain tumor in his audio cortex. Phoenix, AZ. January 2014 ! Asking for It: The Consent Project, directed, created, and performed by Chelsea Pace. A durational, immersive solo performance and art installation centering around the theme of consent and deconstructing the cultural tropes of victim blaming and “asking for it”. ! Phoenix, AZ. March 2014 You, You Shouldn’t Come Back, created with Orange Theatre Group. The intersection of Sweet Bird of Youth, infomercials, Greek theatre, and the suburbs in a multimedia performance event. ! Phoenix, AZ. May 2013 Memory Room, created by Rachel Bowditch, Chelsea Pace, Julie Rada, and Jenny Strickland. Produced by Vessel Project. A durational performance art installation exploring the theme of women and writing. A part of INFLUX 3, commissioned by Scottsdale Public Art ! Scottsdale, AZ. March 2013 Sea Monsters, directed by Chelsea Pace and performed by Brokenleg Collective. Developed for TheatreLab at the Arizona State University School of Film, Dance, and Theatre. An ensemble of Sea monsters, sailors, clownfish, sirens, mermaids, and puppeteers explore the metaphor of what lies beneath. ! Tempe, AZ. March 2013 Mixed Tape, directed, created,