Nessa Norich
Filmmaker, Theater Artist & Coach
“A tablespoon of mysticism, a tablespoon of therapy, and a handful of logistical creative guidance.
The intersection of self-reflection and art management makes this coaching uniquely comprehensive.”
Creativity Doula & Performance Coach
For performers, orators and creatives, from novice to professional levels of experience.
Nessa Norich applies her skill and creativity as a writer, performer, and director to individual and group coaching. She is committed to using creative expression as a means to empowerment for novice and seasoned creators alike. Her work seeks to support all who wish to share themselves and their stories by demystifying the creative process and dismantling unhelpful habits and blocks. Work with her to clear obstacles to your creative source so that you can be in service of your most authentic expression.
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Let’s set you up for your most fulfilling year of art-making, YET!
In 1 hour, we will identify your fundamental creative needs and design a plan for your creative practice in the year 2222.
All mediums and experience levels welcome!
DECEMBER SPECIAL available for purchase through December 31st, 2022.
ADDITIONAL COACHING OFFERINGS
All services provided at a sliding scale rate.
CREATIVE STRATEGIES
For individuals or teams who need support in bringing a project through the creative process from inception to strategic planning to production and completion.
You have a brilliant idea but you need a step-by-step plan of action to bring that idea into the world. We will design an approach that stems from and remains integrous to your core values so that you are free to dream up creative solutions while never losing sight of your deepest ‘why’. Together we will:
Reinforce the values that ignite your vision
Design the practices that lead you through a generative process
Identify and map the opportunities that are already available to support you
Stay accountable to your goals
SPEAKING WITH CONFIDENCE
For individuals or groups who wish to develop tools to speak confidently under pressure. Perfect to prepare for job interviews, a public speech, or a date.
The unease that arises when speaking in public or under pressure has a deeper source than technicalities like vocal projection and speech articulation. They stem from tensions that build up in our bodies over the course of our lives. I work with individuals to address and dismantle these blocks and build a confident foundation. Together we will:
Identify your goals
Practice a variety of scenarios in order to identify your blocks
Learn techniques that build confidence
STORY DEVELOPMENT & PERFORMANCE
For individuals who need support to compose a compelling story, be it a work of nonfiction, a play, or a speech.
The stories we have to tell, especially those we have lived, are complex universes made up of millions of significant moments, detours, impressions. The task of building a narrative can therefore feel daunting to the solo writer. Together, we will uncover the essence of your message and create the texture of your narrative to craft the story that wants to come through you.
Dad, Written by Cara Francis & Directed by Nessa Norich | So-Fi Festival 2019
Steve: A Docu-Musical, Written by Colin Summers & Directed by Nessa Norich | Recipient of New York Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical
PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUE
For artists searching for greater authenticity in their performances: actors preparing auditions or roles; directors needing technical support for their performers; solo performers looking for direction.
The more comfortable you are in your own skin, the more your presence resonates with the world around you. Small adjustments to the ways you connect to and communicate your material can make a profound difference in your ability to impact an audience. Together we will:
Identify the motivating actions and emotional arc of your piece
Develop deep personal connection to the material
Identify and strip down extraneous performance habits that hinder authentic expression
Stage and rehearse the material in action
RITUAL DESIGN
Creative rituals are customized for the life event and need of each client.
A ritual is a set of intentional actions that alter consciousness and thereby alter reality. Rituals carve out sacred time and space to mark significant transitions, transformations, and thresholds. They are landmarks to our evolution-- meaningful impressions along life’s journey.
Together we will design your ritual using the significant symbols, traditions, figures etc. that enhance this life moment with potency.
Experience: Wedding, Baby Naming, New/Full Moon, Yom Kippur, Grief Ritual, Reconciliation, Ritual Laboratory, Breakups, Preparing for a New Job.
Education
MFA Equivalent, Jacques Lecoq International School of Physical Theatre, 2011
B.A Theatre & Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 2008 cum laude
Additional Studies: Nessa studied Architecture & Movement at the Laboratory of Movement Study with Krikor Belekian (Paris). Nessa studied directing with Peter Brooks, Diane Paulus and David Neumann. She practiced the Vocal Integration Technique with Patrick Wickham for 4 years, during which she studied Musical Theater Performance with Billy Porter. Nessa has also studied physical theater with John Wright, Knee High & Body Opera (Viewpoints).
Nessa applies over a decade of training in following techniques: Collaborative Devising, Physical Theater (mask, clown, physical comedy, melodrama), Viewpoints, Improvisation, Scene Study, Voice training, Architectural Gesture, Public Speaking
Collaboration with Miriam Nassir Zadeh
Consulting Experience
HBO's High Maintenance
Produced a morning dance party for an episode in new season. Guest starred as herself in the episode.
Gravity, Columbus, OH - Programming and Marketing Strategy Consultant
The Alchemist's Kitchen - Chief Events Curator & Programming Manager
The Assemblage - Advisor to Director of Programming
Bacharach Leadership Group
Wrote and directed training video for their managers.
Marta Pascual Barea
Creative consultation for new company School of Wonder.
The Beam Center
Creative consultation for reimagining their after school program.
Sies Marjan (Video)
Coached model and assisted Director Kacper Kasprzyk
River Film
Casting for industrial commercial.
Shine on in Schools at the Ampark School, Bronx, June 2016
Teaching Experience
Shine On in Schools (Ongoing)
Nessa is the co-Founder, Program Director and facilitator of this initiative to bring somatic healing through dance to public elementary school students in NYC.
Creative Team Dynamics at The New School – Guest Artist – “Awareness of the Performance of Self”
Designing Ritual Objects at Parsons School of Design – Guest Artist – “Deconstructing Ritual”
Devised Theater at Pace University – Guest Teaching Artist/Director
World Muse Course at Barnard College (2012/2013)
Based on the fundamentals of the Laboratory of Movement Study (Paris), Nessa guided the students through the transposition of character attributes into color and form. Together they created masks from recycled materials and learned to bring them to life in a live interactive performance.
On Location Tours (Ongoing)
Introductory Acting for high school students visiting New York City with a focus on film media.
Children's Theater Company (2012-2013)
This organization teaches children to be great performers and great activists. Nessa has had the pleasure of teaching and directing children ages 5-18 in original musicals that advocate for racial tolerance, equality and global peace. Back for her second season, Nessa will be adapting a new curriculum for professional acting training for children.
Tremor Theater Collective
Nessa began a collective to bring together professional actors and artists from different mediums and circles. Nessa instructed the group in exercises which open up the imagination, hone improvisation, and engage the body. She also facilitated the sharing of styles and vocabulary to ultimately build a company.
LGBTQ Vocal Workshop
Nessa worked with the cast of Vagina Monologues towards undoing tension that builds up in adult bodies, thereby releasing the deepest and strongest voice of the individual performer.
PRIVATE AUDITION PREPARATION FOR MASTERS PROGRAM
