Complete Program Outline

 

[Eight-Weeks][Complete Program Outline]

 

 

COMPLETE OUTLINE OF PROGRAM

 

 

COMPLETE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM
And additional Advanced Courses

PART I:  COMPLETE BASIC TRAINING  

(Twelve, eight-week series)

1.   BASIC ACTING PRINCIPLES AND       IMPROVISATION

 

7.  FIRST SCENES

    Behavioral improvisation as the basis of acting technique.

 

    Improvising with scripts to bring emotion & reality to scenes.

2.  WORKING WITH BEHAVIOR

 

8.   INTRODUCTION TO THE REHEARSAL       PROCESS

Responding to behavior in more detail.

 

Breaking down a scene for specific behavior and emotion.

3.  WORKING WITH ACTIVITIES

 

9.   INTRODUCTION TO CHARACTER WORK

Truthful improvisation with props to create the actor's reality.

 

The full range of approaches to creating characters.

4.  WORKING WITH IMAGINARY      CIRCUMSTANCES

 

10. CHARACTER WORK IN THE REHEARSAL       PROCESS

Building imaginary circumstances for full improvisation.

 

Transforming yourself into another human being within a scene.

5.  ADVANCED WORK WITH OBJECTS &      HUMAN ACTIVITIES

 

11. THE ESSENCE OF CHARACTER

Exploring the full range of physical and behavioral activities.

 

Ties the physical life of the character to deep emotions.

6.   INTRODUCTION TO EMOTIONAL WORK

 

12. WORKING WITH A DIRECTOR

Using imagination to activate & intensify emotional states.

 

Using the actor's tools to translate direction into truthful results.

 

PART II:  ADVANCED APPLICATIONS 

(For Part I graduates, fifteen, eight-week series)

ACTING CLASSES

WORKSHOPS

(Interspersed throughout course as group requires)

1.  CLASSICAL THEATRE TECHNIQUE

INTRO TO SPEECH
circle03_green.gifFinding and embodying stylized classical characters.
YOGA & MEDITATION FOR ACTORS

2.  SOLVING PROBLEMS IN WORKING      WITH DIRECTORS

HYPNOTHERAPY & AUTO-SUGGESTION FOR ACTORS
circle03_green.gifUsing the actor's techniques to handle various types of directions.
AN ACTOR'S COMPLETE BODY, VOICE & MIND WARMUP

3.   INTENSIVE IN FILM AND TELEVISION       ACTING

AN EMOTIONAL WORKOUT
circle03_green.gifApplying stage technique to the full range of on-camera work.

 

4.   INTRODUCTION TO AUDITION       TECHNIQUE

 

circle03_green.gifSystematic techniques for doing monologues & cold readings.

ONGOING COURSES

5.  COSTUME, PROPS & SCENE DESIGN      FOR ACTORS

AUDITION TECHNIQUE CLASS

circle03_green.gifCreating the complete physical environment of scene and character.
circle03_green.gifCold Readings, Monologues, & Prepared Scenes.
6.  ACTING AND SPIRITUAL      DEVELOPMENT

PERFORMANCE TRAINING CLASS

circle03_green.gifIdentifying & performing parts from your range of characters within.
circle03_green.gifProjects, problems & exercises towards performance.
7.  QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS

 

circle03_green.gifStudents clarify and work on problems with the technique.

 

 

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