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I don’t only read acting books, even though people who know me best, know as a fact, that reading acting books is my main source of daily entertainment (yes I am boring) hey, I do other stuff too, you know…stuff that involves mostly uh… fuck it…reading. So to make a dull announcement even duller, I […]
Meisner’s sin.
he article’s title is uhm..strange?!… Nevertheless, I want to be honest….I do not care; What is the reason behind my indifference? Well, first and foremost, “fuck polite” (hey, Sandy said it.) I am half joking; the reason behind my indifference is that: I care more about acting than I do about any specific technique. I care more […]
FINDING YOUR SHADOW AS AN ARTIST
There is a social construct, isn’t there, a social norm, a social bulldozer that wants to level out and iron out everything. And it does. We agreed years ago (unfortunately) to be half. We all chimed, smiled, and danced to a Monty Python like tune “look at the bright side of life,” (a song meant […]
Please sit…tell me all about it!
The actor’s coach, Um…COUCH, I meant couch, yeah! Sorry, a Freudian slip. Ohboy, do you hear that? Do you hear that slight metallic sound? Heh! It’s the sound of a can of worms!Enjoy this small article on a HUGE subject! More and more teachers find it necessary to study and adapt their techniques and teaching […]
Self-confidence in a class.
I really don’t like delving into such mattersI am not a therapistI am not a psychoanalyst…n o t a d o c t o r! But I see so many people in the class ( even seasoned professionals) suffer needlessly.Again, not a doctor, just an acting coach; As an acting coach I sometimes have to […]
HOW DOES ONE APPROACH A NEW TECHNIQUE?
And why on earth “are we so f@&^ing useless ?” Whenever we delve into the world of a new technique, be it M.Chekhov, S. Meisner, it doesn’t matter; you will fail…My advice?…do so gloriously! You ARE supposed to fail! The technique is new…at least to you, it is! Every step, every minute (mī-ˈnüt) addition in […]
DUSTY HERMETIC BOOKS AND PRINCIPLES ABOUT ACTING
Apparently, one can find truths about acting everywhere. My friend and mentor, CT(the most brilliant teacher I know on the damn planet) has diligent eyes; he can trace didactic material about acting into nearly anything. Yes, anything, even books on kayaking. I haven’t perfected my game, it takes freaking time and a friend/mentor, but I […]
“Poor Theatre Costs”
Part A(By Robert Cohen) In the winter of 1982–83, Professor Andy Harris of Columbia University contacted David MacDonald with an intriguing proposal: Jerzy Grotowski was in the United States and wanted to visit California. Andy wanted to know if we were interested in such a visit and perhaps a series of lectures from Grotowski at […]
The “Hintergedanken” of acting Part 2 (PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON)
Do you know what en-clothed cognition is? Well, let me explain it to you in layman terms (I am probably going to kill it, so bear with me) An experiment was conducted in 2012, a set of scientists decided to give two teams of participants a lab coat to wear. Team A was told the lab […]
On Titles
Usually, in an acting class, at some point — inevitably- we will reach the moment of assigning scenes. Without a doubt, the teacher will ask the students to read the play, they will suggest multiple readings, in fact, will explain or try to explain the importance of multiple readings, and if they are worth their salt, will […]
