by Michelle Meyrink | Oct 2, 2023 | Blog, Foundations, Online Classes, Studio Classes
A spontaneous performance is the goal we are working towards. Like the exceptional person who is able to flow with life, the exceptional actor flows with the scene. Spontaneity in each moment. Spontaneity does not live and is not accessed, in the intellectual sphere....
by Michelle Meyrink | May 31, 2023 | Acting, Blog
Fulfillment isn’t something we achieve but rather something that we experience from moment to moment. Every art offers that possibility and most, if not all people drawn to the arts are looking for that fulfillment. Even if someone is simply drawn to the art of...
by Michelle Meyrink | May 3, 2023 | Acting, Blog, Foundations, Online Classes
The audience is the most revered member of the theatre. Without an audience, there is no theatre. Every technique learned by the actor, every curtain and flat on the stage, every careful analysis by the director, every coordinated scene, is for the enjoyment of the...
by Michelle Meyrink | Dec 6, 2022 | Acting, Actorium, Blog
There is a kind of nobility, or dignity, in art. This dignity is earned by the willingness of the artist to give up themselves. It is earned by their willingness and ability to give themselves over to the art, to the role, to the training, to the process, to the...
by Michelle Meyrink | Oct 17, 2022 | Acting, Blog, Online Classes
Learning to drop the plan and follow impulses is acquired learning. In the beginning, it feels like you’re throwing off a nice, warm blanket. You’ve worked through the scene, and you have it all planned out. You are lying all comfy in bed. And then, the blanket comes...
by Michelle Meyrink | Oct 8, 2022 | Acting, Blog, Role Immersion
Learning to work through the struggle is an important part of the training process. If we turn away from the struggle, we save ourselves from that difficulty, but we also save ourselves from having learned what was there to be learned. Role Immersion is difficult....
