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 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 | 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 | Aug 26, 2022 | Acting, Blog, Online Classes
Our sensitivity is highly intelligent. We know those one thousand moments very well. But when we are dismissing our own experience, trying to prove ourselves to an outside force, sensitivity is an embarrassment. We want to discard it. We feel like we have to squash...
by Michelle Meyrink | Feb 14, 2021 | Acting, Actorium, Blog, Foundations, Online Classes
Foundations class is the heart of Actorium’s training. In this class we use the term: the stake of truth. Truth because, to the degree that you are able to work authentically as yourself, to that same degree you will be able to work authentically in your acting. Not...
by Michelle Meyrink | Jan 12, 2021 | Acting, Blog, Online Classes, Super Task
When you act, you must have a fire in your gut. It’s hidden. It’s far below the surface, but it is always there. A fire. You must sit with the burn. You must stand with the burn. You must speak with the burn. You must listen with the burn. Whether it is comedy or...
