Acting Classes
Meisner Technique and Stanislavski Method
Becoming an Agile Learner
Working in a creative environment our most precious commodity is our agility. Nothing stops development like rigidity. We work to identify and protect the quality of agility. And our rigidity, ever so slowly, disappears. The five pillars of an Agile Learner: 1....
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Communion
Stanilsavski uses the word Communion: "an intimate fellowship or rapport." When the audience reacts with laughter or tears, actors respond to that feedback. That is natural and is a part of the dynamics of acting. It is the audience/performer relationship. When...
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Actors! Meisner Opportunities are Everywhere!
Actorium's August Video. You can also watch "Actors! Meisner Opportunties are Everywhere!" directly on Vimeo.
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Talent comes from Instinct
When we begin the work in Foundations, which asks us to open up to the expression of truthful feelings, many of us encounter a habitual response: an automatic redirection of our emotions. When a truthful feeling comes up, we don't naturally express it: we redirect it,...
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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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