In a workshop led by interdisciplinary artist, actor, director, and teacher Daniel Pettrow, WMPI Artists will participate in skill building for increasing expression and communication as performing artists. We will take part in exercises to deepen and utilize full presence when performing, how to increase your dramatic range, exercises to deal with stage-fright and nerves, and ways to increase confidence on stage.

Daniel Pettrow is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, actor, director, and teacher. He is the Director of Performance and Communication Training for Heifetz International Music Institute. Daniel frequently focuses on new and experimental creations while fostering collaborations with artists from different disciplines. Recently, he created the film and art show Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Hot Season (in collaboration with Afghan artist Kubra Khademi) which premiered this year at Fondation Fiminco in Paris, and Collection Lambert in Avignon, France. In January 2021, Daniel created the short film Wolf and Duck as part of the Guggenheim’s Work and Process Artist Virtual Commissions. For the last twenty years, Daniel has worked closely with renowned French director Arthur Nauzyciel: Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Bob in Splendid’s, Cal in Black Battles with Dogs, Roberto Zucco in Roberto Zucco, and staged readings of Hetero and Jan Karski: My Name Is Fiction. In 2016, Daniel worked with legendary Italian director Romeo Castellucci, performing in Julius Caesar: Spared Parts. In 2019, Daniel collaborated and performed in the dance-theater production Herz Schmerz with choreographer John Heginbotham, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, which had its premiere at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Daniel is a frequent collaborator with Dance Heginbotham: Herz Schmerz, The Principles of Uncertainty, and One-Man Show. Daniel also dances the role of “The Wolf” in Isaac Mizrahi’s production of Peter & The Wolf for Guggenheim Works & Process (2012 - present). Daniel is an associate actor with New York City- based experimental theater company The Wooster Group: Hamlet, Vieux Carré, and Who’s Your Dada?. He is a frequent collaborator/director with choreographer Anabella Lenzu: No More Beautiful Dances, The Night That You Stopped Acting, In Pursuit of Happiness, Pacamama, and Sangre & Arena. Film: In Stereo, Sweet Parents, The Cult of Sincerity, The Last Adam, Psychopathia Sexualis, Kathy T, My Uncle Sidney. TV: Red Band Society, Good Eats, Don’t Know Jack, Road Trip.