Drag me to the stage

w/ Elektra puzzz

This is a course series over several weeks and will take place on tuesdays

The participants gets to perform on the semester showcase

Limited spots!

The course caters towards all drag expressions, and the teacher is familiar with different types of drag.

Dates

Starting date 25.3.25 // Time: 19.00 - 21.00 //  Course fee: 2000 NOK

Course week 1: Tuesday 25th of March

Course week 2.Tuesday 1st of April

Course week 3. Tuesday 8th of April

One week off - Easter break

Course week 4. Tuesday 22nd of April

Course week 5. Tuesday 29th of April 

Course week 6- Performing at semester show 2nd of may

Content

DRAG ME TO THE STAGE is for you that has some experience in performance art, or drag from before and wants to perform drag on stage and improve your dragacts. The course focuses on the performance aspect of drag, and will have a higher level than Drag 101. This course series is up to 2 hours long each time, has fewer course spots, and the teacher will also add time outside the course for you to get individual feedback and guidance on your act (up to total 45 min per person).

The course will always start with games and exercises to create a group feeling, and as well to rehearse and hone skills that we need while performing: such as stage presence, strong and willed expressions, and stage and audience awareness. Further each course will immerse in different themes. You will be working towards developing an individual act and you will get the chance to show it at the semester ending show (but you can also choose to just make the act, and not performing at the semester show). 

Note: The course does not cover visual transformation aspects like make- up, hair and outfit.

Course week 1- Theory about drag, drag performance and the drag scene in Norway

Course week 2-  Dramaturgy- the art of constructing a good drag act

Course week 3- Digital aspects of drag: music and video editing (mostly focus on music editing with tips for video editing)

Course week 4- Movement and choreographing oneself

A week break (work on your act)

Course week 5- Working on your act- feedback 

Language:

can be adapted. Let us know in the form when you register if you need the course to be in english

About the teacher

Katinka Steensgaard Aka Elektra Puzzz has worked with drag in many ways since 2013. Through the years she has culminated a diverse and vast experience in different drag expressions, as artist, producer and as a teacher. She is educated as a drama and theater teacher, and wrote her masters degree about drag and masculinity. Some projects are: producer in Open Drag Stage, amember of dragcollective Princessilicious and she was a part of the board in Oslo Drag Festival in its three first years. As a performer and producer she har performed in, and produced countless shows, private and communal gigs, as well as teaching workshops. She has taught at Kunsten å Dragge at Oslo Met, and at Draglinja at Arbeiderbevegelsens FHS. She is also a judge in Norways Next drag Champion. And of course we must mention she is the founder and headmistress of Oslo Dragskole!

Photos by

Orange glasses: Celina Christoffersen

Yellow and pink outline: Karina Rønning