Training, Coaching, and Collaboration

Exploring Shakespeare through movement and collaborative pedagogical approaches.

Radical Text Integration

Workshops offering innovative methods for embodying Shakespeare and other complex texts.

Movement Work

Offering physical training drawn from practice in Viewpoints, Laban, Modern Dance, and mime.

Text and Speech Coaching

Professional, one-on-one coaching including auditions, monologues, Shakespeare, and dialect work.

Collaborative Projects

Writer, co-deviser, and teaching artist.

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Creative Journey

Exploring the synthesis of speech and text practices with contemporary movement disciplines, with an emphasis on collaboration.

Dedicated to the liberation of authentic voices through rigor, ceaseless inquiry, and serious play.

Experience

Company Member/Training Associate

Blessed Unrest, New York City

2014 - Present

Led training ensemble in explorations of Radical Text Integration: an approach to Shakespeare incorporating elements of movement theatre, collaborative practice and elements of dramatic inquiry and classical textual analysis. Coordinated with Artistic Director and company members to incorporate this practice into the company's evolving work in Viewpoints, Suzuki, and composition. Provided dialect coaching and voiceover recordings for company productions including Battle of Angels (2021).

Ensemble Member/Teaching Artist

Project Untitled

2021 - Present

Conducted dramaturgical research and participated in ensemble discussion and debate regarding “world of the play.” Contributed original text and performed improvised scenes in collaboration with the director and playwright. Participated in analysis and editing of early drafts of Nine Moons by Keith Hamilton Cobb and performed in world premier of the play.

Liberating Speech Through Collaboration and Movement

Welcome to my portfolio! I am Aaron Michael Zook, an actor, writer, and educator dedicated to exploring Shakespeare and speech through innovative collaborative movement techniques.

Explore Radical Text Integration

For over a decade, I have been developing a unique pedagogical approach called Radical Text Integration, merging textual practices learned during study with the Royal Shakespeare Company; and physical/collaborative theatre techniques drawn from intensive training with the SITI Company, as well as mentorship at The Ohio State University in Lessac, Laban, and mime.

Get in Touch with Aaron

Reach out for opportunities to train or collaborate.