COMPLETE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM And
additional Advanced Courses
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PART
I: COMPLETE BASIC TRAINING
(Twelve,
eight-week series)
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1.
BASIC
ACTING PRINCIPLES AND IMPROVISATION
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7. FIRST SCENES
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2.
WORKING
WITH BEHAVIOR
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8.
INTRODUCTION
TO THE REHEARSAL PROCESS
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- Responding
to behavior in more detail.
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- Breaking
down a scene for specific behavior and emotion.
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3.
WORKING
WITH ACTIVITIES
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9.
INTRODUCTION
TO CHARACTER WORK
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- Truthful
improvisation with props to create the actor's reality.
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- The
full range of approaches to creating characters.
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4.
WORKING
WITH IMAGINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
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10.
CHARACTER
WORK IN THE REHEARSAL PROCESS
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- Building
imaginary circumstances for full improvisation.
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- Transforming
yourself into another human being within a scene.
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5. ADVANCED
WORK WITH OBJECTS & HUMAN ACTIVITIES
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11.
THE
ESSENCE OF CHARACTER
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- Exploring
the full range of physical and behavioral activities.
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- Ties
the physical life of the character to deep emotions.
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6.
INTRODUCTION
TO EMOTIONAL WORK
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12.
WORKING
WITH A DIRECTOR
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- Using
imagination to activate & intensify emotional states.
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- Using
the actor's tools to translate direction into truthful
results.
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PART
II: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS
(For
Part I graduates,
fifteen, eight-week series)
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ACTING CLASSES
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WORKSHOPS
(Interspersed
throughout course as group requires)
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1.
CLASSICAL
THEATRE TECHNIQUE
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- INTRO TO SPEECH
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- Finding
and embodying stylized classical characters.
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- YOGA & MEDITATION FOR ACTORS
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2.
SOLVING
PROBLEMS IN WORKING WITH DIRECTORS
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- HYPNOTHERAPY & AUTO-SUGGESTION
FOR ACTORS
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- Using
the actor's techniques to handle various types of directions.
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- AN ACTOR'S COMPLETE BODY,
VOICE & MIND WARMUP
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3.
INTENSIVE
IN FILM AND TELEVISION ACTING
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- AN EMOTIONAL WORKOUT
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- Applying stage technique to the
full range of on-camera work.
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4.
INTRODUCTION TO AUDITION
TECHNIQUE |
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- Systematic techniques for doing
monologues & cold readings.
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ONGOING COURSES
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5. COSTUME, PROPS & SCENE DESIGN
FOR ACTORS |
AUDITION TECHNIQUE CLASS |
- Creating the complete physical
environment of scene and
character.
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- Cold Readings, Monologues,
& Prepared Scenes.
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6. ACTING AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT |
PERFORMANCE TRAINING CLASS |
- Identifying & performing parts from
your range of characters within.
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- Projects, problems & exercises
towards performance.
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7.
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS |
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- Students clarify and work on
problems with the technique.
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