Training for Actors
Meisner Technique and Stanislavski Method
Try
Trying is like a muscle that can be developed through use in difficult situations. “Try this ice cream” will not not improve your ability to take on new things in the same way as trying something that you’re unfamiliar with, something you fear or dislike. But, you can actually build the muscle of ‘try’.
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A Straight Back, Acting & the Flow of Truthful Emotion
Meditation, and in this case Zen meditation, is an incredibly effective tool to allow for the flow of truthful feelings - the flow that is so necessary for any actor. Zen meditation requires that we place ourselves in a position we’re not normally in. We cross our...
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Acting Class
At the start of our Foundations I class, in the interest of clarifying the work that we were embarking on we talked about the difference between an Audition Class and an Acting Class. Sometimes people come to Actorium having only taken audition classes and so the...
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Going Forward and Looking Back
In a culture where fear is the air that we breathe, it is hard to see how deeply fearful our education is - let alone imagine another way to teach or learn. Parker Palmer In my classes I often talk about building a specific school culture. In this new year,...
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Embodying the Objective.
The single most important thing for an actor's performance is the Objective. In Character Development, we focus on the Super Objective; in P&A, we focus on Scene Objective. Everyone has an Objective, and if the actor is not living out the character's Objective, than...
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Perfection
I had this realization that I found helpful in my life. I noticed when I worked I usually asked myself this: Am I doing this correctly? What do they want? How can I meet their expectations? Will they be happy with this? Is this good enough? But, if I noticed my...
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