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Masha Bashmakova

Theatre
Specialities: Circus, Collage, Comedy Improv, Dance, Improvisation, Mask-making, Nature-focused art, Outdoor Art-making, Printmaking, Puppetry, Recycling/upcylcing art projects, Screenplay writing, Songwriting, Soundscapes, Storytelling, Zines

Contact Info

Please note that you must communicate with the artist to confirm details such as dates, levels or grades and workshop themes.

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Email address
Phone Number
Website address
Resides in
English Montreal

Experience working with

  • Early childhood
  • Cycle 1 Elementary
  • Cycle 2 Elementary
  • Cycle 3 Elementary
  • Secondary 1 & 2
  • Secondary 3 & 4
  • Secondary 5
  • CEGEP

Lifelong Learners

  • Adult Learners

I regularly explore the following Broad Areas of Learning/Themes in my work

  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Personal and Career Planning
  • Environmental Awareness and Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
  • Citizenship and Community Life (Identity & Belonging)

Listed in the Quebec Culture in the Schools Repertoire

  • No

I have experience working with

  • ArtsInspire Grants through Geordie Theatre

I can facilitate virtual creative experiences

  • Yes

Travel

  • I am available for travel within the same day
  • I am available for travel overnight
  • An extended residency is an option
Masha is an actor, director, and arts educator with 10 years of experience teaching acting, puppetry, clown, playwriting, and physical theatre. She values leading with joy, taking creative risks safely, and community-building. Following her BFA in Theatre, she has trained with companies in London, Germany, and Poland, and has been working in Film, TV, voice, and theatre, including on CTV/NBC’s Transplant, the 2PlayTour, and in Geordie and Imago’s award-winning co-production of The Wolves.

Creative Approach and Experiences Offered

Every workshop is designed with each school, age group, and curriculum in mind.

Past workshops:

Physical Theatre Techniques: Animal Movement, Laban, and Viewpoints
Voice for Actors: Soundscapes and Choral Song
Shakespeare for Beginners
Devised Theatre: An introduction to collective storytelling
Puppetry
Verbatim Theatre: Stories based on Truth
Collage and Cantastoria
Intro to Playwriting
Scene Study

Each workshop has 3 sections:

WARM UP:
- Meeting the students
- Introducing themes
- Warming up the Body, Voice, and Imagination

SKILL-LEARNING:
- Hands-on explanations of new tools/techniques
- Game-based exercises designed to practice and integrate the new technique, with progression in mind
- Time for questions

APPLICATION:
- Short groupwork projects designed to apply, test, and explore the newly learned skills
- Sharing outcomes with class! (practice being in front of an audience and giving positive, constructive feedback)
- Time for questions, reflection, and discussion
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