Meisner 3
Taking it to TEXT!
Scenes, Monologues, Voice & Body
This is where we bring all of the actors' repetition, improvisation, emotional preparation, and relationship skills and bring them directly into reference with the actors' deeply personal relationship to text.
Through a course of monologues and scenes, the actors will learn how to break down text in fast, practical ways that are more conducive to the modern profession and learn how to deeply personalise them at speed. Not only making bold choices to bring to the director but also learning how to deepen those choices, edit them, and change them on the fly.
This course brings everything to direct practical application in terms of professional theatre and film.
Participants will explore…
- Text analysis inspired by practical aesthetics
- Text athleticism - honouring the writer's language, style, and intention
- Improvisation structures to personalise characters and relationships
- Practical use of emotional preparation techniques
- Tactical training exercises to improve scene actioning
- Experience working under direction
- Voice and movement support, including exercises
- Final performances
Participants will have the opportunity to deconstruct and reconstruct well-known scenes, building the experience from the ground up.
1
In Person Training
Twelve in-person training sessions. Three hours each. The sessions include theory/methodology tutorials, guided emotional preparation training, practical script analysis and engaged performance.
The course will also include practical guidance on voice, body and stage/camera craft to keep performances and scene work exciting and engaging.
2
Elective Zoom Sessions
Each course comes with two elective zoom training opportunities to provide support and advice on digital training and self-guided actor training. These sessions are scheduled based on average availability of both instructor and students.
3
Personal Feedback & Guidance
Each student will be provided a 15 minute 1:1 feedback and advice session in which they can reflect on the process so far and what steps they may take in the future.
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Free Drop-in Oppertunity
Each student, on completion of the course, will be offered THREE free attendance ticket to any Meisner based drop-in session being held by Body Mind Voice during the training.