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In-Person 2-Week TV & Film Intensive w/ Top Casting Associate, Joanna Levinger We are so excited to welcome Major Casting Associate, Joanna Levinger to our NYC Studio to teach a 2-Week TV & Film Intensive!! This class will take place at our NYC Studio (address below) and will begin with a Q&A and include the opportunity to perform for and get feedback from Joanna. You will receive professionally recorded footage of your...
The Writers and Actors Group @ 131 West 72nd Street
Utilizing classic acting techniques, improvisation, scene study, and character work, we'll explore the depth of characters, being in the moment on stage, and how to live truthfully under the given circumstances of a scene. We'll also have mock auditions to practice, learn how to prepare, experience engaging with people in the room, and gain more confidence. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px...
Get ready to rediscover your playful spirit and the simple pleasure and ferocious generosity of performance. In this workshop, you’ll pursue the clown in all of its messy and hilarious beauty. Way beyond “being funny,” clowning is a way to check your inhibitions at the door, banish dread of failure, and open yourself up to the potential of delight. According to Chris (who contributed the movement to The 39 Steps on Broadway), “Clown is a...
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Sanford Meisner’s impact on the craft of acting has been, and continues to be immense. His altogether unique approach to the craft has impacted generations of actors. “The seed of acting,” said Meisner, “is rooted in the “reality of doing”. Rather than focus on emotion, Meisner focused on behavior. To accomplish his goal of removing the thought process from the actor’s work he invented the “repetition” exercises. In doing so he...
Sanford Meisner’s impact on the craft of acting has been, and continues to be immense. His altogether unique approach to the craft has impacted generations of actors. “The seed of acting,” said Meisner, “is rooted in the “reality of doing”. Rather than focus on emotion, Meisner focused on behavior. To accomplish his goal of removing the thought process from the actor’s work he invented the “repetition” exercises. In doing so he...
You got the job! Now what? Most film and television classes focus on auditioning so you can get the job, but what happens when you do book it and you show up on set? How do you need to be prepared? What’s first team blocking and how do you work with a director? Director Richard LeMay will take you through the ins and outs of on set scene work. Students will learn multiple scenes and then perform them in on set situations from learning how to...
Bob McAndrew Acting Studio @ 358 W 44th St, New York, NY
As an actor, technique is your calling card. Technique is the cornerstone of all great work. This class consists of transformational exercises that will accelerate your growth exponentially, helping you to reach your full potential as an artist and human being. The roots of creativity are explored. We go to the source, the wellspring where it all happens, utilizing the techniques of Stanislavski, Meisner, Strasberg and Chekhov. If you...
Too often as performer, our habitual body tensions deprive us of an ability to be sensitive and responsive to impulses. Using principles derived from The Alexander Technique and Kinetic Awareness, this class is designed to help actors to identify held tension, and develop a method to free themselves from old patterns. You will learn about your anatomy, how to use Alexander Direction, and how let go of restrictive posture patterns, to form a freer...
This class is perfect for Stage Managers and Directors who desire to learn a short hand for notating intimacy choreography. Participants can expect to leave the class with a vocabulary for notation, as well as practice notating.
Actors and directors create and activate dramatic scenes through in-depth character development. Guidelines for rehearsal and performance provide a framework for actors and directors to expand and deepen creatively.Through film and theater scripts, scene work is supported by technique invoking a fully realized interpretation and...
In class 6 (the final class), students will learn the skills and the proper tools to network/market themselves more effectively in the business. How to make all of your materials (resume format, headshots, demo creation, etc) "Industry Standard" and more will also be covered. By 4 weeks after the last class, each student will be sent their professionally filmed/edited scene to start or add to their acting reels....
Full Course Name: Top TV & Film Agent Online Masterclass with House of Representatives Don't miss this Online TV & Film Agent Masterclass with one of the leading TV/Film agents in LA, Denny Sevier of House of Representatives! This class is for actors 16 years old and up and you will be working on scene study, cold-reading and audition techniques. This will be a live, interactive class where you will have a Q&A and then be able...
Grace Kiley ACTING @ 314 W 54th St, New York, NY
Integrating methodologies from her own training as an actor and her experience as a teacher at prestigious institutions, Grace has developed her own approach to the work that encompasses technique, scene study, on-camera experience, and the underlying principles that allow an actor to explore and expand in all of these areas. Grace demonstrates again and again that when the student brings...
Playback theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience or group members tell stories from their lives and have them enacted on the spot (from playback.org). Playback uses improvisation, storytelling, and music in a unique form that brings people together, blending artistic and theatrical form with social connection and action. Experience what it’s like as playback performer to bring someone’s story to life and see...
Actors Technique NY Kids & Teens @ 500 8th Ave, New York, NY
You'll be sent out on more commercials than anything else. It may not be rocket science, but there is a technique to learning how to analyze copy quickly, what to memorize, and how to make your auditions memorable and unique. You gotta separate yourself from other auditioners. How best to do that? You'll get both single and partnered copy, from food groups to place to favorite items. Become memorable, don't just throw personality blindly to auditions....
Being able to break down a text is the key to unlocking the secrets of your character, allowing you to make the most substantial choices and ask the most effective questions. Cusi Cram (playwright, actor, and stage and film director) will offer practical advice on how to build a character with what’s been given, how best to use rehearsal time, and what to do when nothing is working. Prior to the workshop, you’ll be expected to read a script,...
Writers’ Workshop Weekends are designed with the playwright in mind, bringing professional adult actors into the rehearsal room with writer to workshop & publicly read new material. Sessions will be held on Sundays 1:00-4:00pm, once per month thru May 2015. Time will be allotted each week to work with adult actors before a group presentation & feedback session where each writer will receive structure feedback from collaborating...
This class was designed to help students ages 12-18 who are auditioning for College Programs or Performing Arts High Schools. A school guest teacher will work with students on how to select the right monologue and how to bring it to life. Each student will work in a small group setting and have the opportunity each week to build a strong monologue audition. Students will share in the process of self-discovery and personal growth as they bring...
Create dramatic structure and expand your range. Actors of all levels work individually and collectively to develop, personalize and solidify their technique. Each actor presents rehearsed solo exercises with an assigned character from a script or screen play to address particular aspects of acting on stage or on camera. Solo work is balanced by scene work and group impovisations that encourage specificity, flexibility and openness. Learn the tools...
Acting School for Film and Television
Create a perfect monologue that you can be proud of for auditions, your acting reel, for social media, or to show agents, managers, and casting directors. You can use a monologue you have or the instructor will provide one. You may keep a recorded copy of your work. The class will direct you and help you with rhythm, believability, vulnerability, ON CAMERA PRESENCE, dramatic impact and more. You will have a monologue with movie...
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