by Michelle Meyrink | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog, Foundations
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....
by Michelle Meyrink | Aug 9, 2018 | Blog
Actorium’s August Video. You can also watch “Actors! Meisner Opportunties are Everywhere!” directly on...
by Michelle Meyrink | Jun 11, 2018 | Acting, Blog, Foundations
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...
by Michelle Meyrink | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Supernaturally Shy
Websters dictionary, the first definition of the word TRY is to make an attempt at. In anything you do, in anything at all, your first movement towards accomplishment is to try. Before it happens there is the effort to try to make it happen. To stand up, you must...
by Michelle Meyrink | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog, Meditation
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...
by Michelle Meyrink | Jan 11, 2018 | Acting, Actorium, Blog, Uncategorized
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...
