Embodied actor online course
A 5 WEEK DEEP DIVE INTO CHARACTER EMBODIMENT AND THE ART OF PLAY
APRIL 3 - MAY 8
This 5 week online course will inspire and challenge you to experience yourself in ways you never have before.
It will expand your understanding of human nature, psychology and behavior.
It will leave you with more tools and awareness for interacting with your life, and all the characters in it.
It will expand your understanding of human nature, psychology and behavior.
It will leave you with more tools and awareness for interacting with your life, and all the characters in it.
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Acting has always been such a healing art for me.
It has allowed me the space to come into intimate contact with the many parts of who I am, and to grow a relationship with them—with all of me.
It has allowed me the space to take ferocious risks without real world consequences, but to still feel the emotional impact, and learn from it.
It has allowed me the space to investigate and understand forms of life very different from my own, and to discover the infinite threads of human connection and empathy.
It has allowed me the space to become another, and therefore, to really know what it means to be myself.
As Shakespeare so aptly put it, theatre can "hold the mirror up to nature," and often reveal truths we didn’t know were there.
It has allowed me the space to come into intimate contact with the many parts of who I am, and to grow a relationship with them—with all of me.
It has allowed me the space to take ferocious risks without real world consequences, but to still feel the emotional impact, and learn from it.
It has allowed me the space to investigate and understand forms of life very different from my own, and to discover the infinite threads of human connection and empathy.
It has allowed me the space to become another, and therefore, to really know what it means to be myself.
As Shakespeare so aptly put it, theatre can "hold the mirror up to nature," and often reveal truths we didn’t know were there.
What we do
Each actor will be investigating a piece of theatrical text that will be assigned to them, and will learn how to authentically embody the character that arises from that text. This will involve READING THE SCRIPT to feel the full impact of the richness of the character's story, USING IMAGINATION to fill in any questions that the script leaves no answers to, GETTING EXPERIMENTAL AND CREATIVE to discover how the character wants to be expressed through the body and voice, and DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST AND AUTHENTICITY with the other actor in the scene (and the group as a whole) to invite the lessons and expansion that connection creates.
As with all my acting classes, there will be emphasis on authenticity, connection, movement & storytelling through the body, vulnerability, communication, and trusting your unique creative instrument.
Each week of the course will build upon what is learned the previous week, with the experience culminating in a presentation of an embodied monologue (you will learn what this is during the course), and the scene that you will have explored and developed throughout the 5 weeks.
As with all my acting classes, there will be emphasis on authenticity, connection, movement & storytelling through the body, vulnerability, communication, and trusting your unique creative instrument.
Each week of the course will build upon what is learned the previous week, with the experience culminating in a presentation of an embodied monologue (you will learn what this is during the course), and the scene that you will have explored and developed throughout the 5 weeks.
THE THEMES OF EACH WEEK:
Week 1.
THE TEXT & THE WORLD OF THE PLAY
Week 2.
CHARACTER EMBODIMENT & THE VOICE
Week 3.
AUTHENTICITY, VULNERABILITY & CONNECTION
Week 4.
TRUST
Week 5.
PERFORMANCE PREPARATION & RELEASING THE CHARACTER
Week 1.
THE TEXT & THE WORLD OF THE PLAY
Week 2.
CHARACTER EMBODIMENT & THE VOICE
Week 3.
AUTHENTICITY, VULNERABILITY & CONNECTION
Week 4.
TRUST
Week 5.
PERFORMANCE PREPARATION & RELEASING THE CHARACTER
what we learn
- Embodied movement techniques
- Meisner technique
- Vocal technique and expression
- Character embodiment
- Text analysis
- Scene study technique
- Improvisation
- Performance preparation
- Skill building in communication and collaboration
-Somatic methods for grounding and returning to self
-And honestly, much more that is difficult to put in writing!
- Meisner technique
- Vocal technique and expression
- Character embodiment
- Text analysis
- Scene study technique
- Improvisation
- Performance preparation
- Skill building in communication and collaboration
-Somatic methods for grounding and returning to self
-And honestly, much more that is difficult to put in writing!
who is this for?
- You want to learn how to connect to your emotions with more fullness, presence and understanding
- You want to gain greater ability to empathize with others that are different from yourself
- You want to feel more capable in the creative capacity of your body and voice
- You want to learn acting techniques, and grow as a performer
- You want to connect with like-minded people, and collaborate on creative projects
- You want to be challenged in healthy ways to expand your understanding of human psychology and relating
- You want to move your body, use your voice, and learn practices that will support your holistic wellness
- You want to be in a space that respects the fullness of the human experience
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE ANY PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN ACTING OR PERFORMING TO ATTEND THIS COURSE!
I'm only allowing 8 people to participate in this course for this round.
This is so that each actor has the opportunity for personalized attention, and so that we create a powerful sense of intimacy within the group throughout the experience.
- You want to gain greater ability to empathize with others that are different from yourself
- You want to feel more capable in the creative capacity of your body and voice
- You want to learn acting techniques, and grow as a performer
- You want to connect with like-minded people, and collaborate on creative projects
- You want to be challenged in healthy ways to expand your understanding of human psychology and relating
- You want to move your body, use your voice, and learn practices that will support your holistic wellness
- You want to be in a space that respects the fullness of the human experience
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE ANY PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN ACTING OR PERFORMING TO ATTEND THIS COURSE!
I'm only allowing 8 people to participate in this course for this round.
This is so that each actor has the opportunity for personalized attention, and so that we create a powerful sense of intimacy within the group throughout the experience.
what is included?
- Class every Sunday for 2 hours for 5 weeks
- One partner work session for 1 hour each week per partner coupling
- Two 45 min coaching calls with me throughout the course
- Access to dynamic scripts from fantastic playwrights
- Additional guided exercises, support, and optional reading available online
- Connection to a private Facebook group and community
- A 30% discount to any one course OR retreat I hold in the future
NOTE that our first group session will be on Saturday, March 13th for a character summoning,
and then we will meet every Sunday after that...
- One partner work session for 1 hour each week per partner coupling
- Two 45 min coaching calls with me throughout the course
- Access to dynamic scripts from fantastic playwrights
- Additional guided exercises, support, and optional reading available online
- Connection to a private Facebook group and community
- A 30% discount to any one course OR retreat I hold in the future
NOTE that our first group session will be on Saturday, March 13th for a character summoning,
and then we will meet every Sunday after that...
The investment for this offering is $535
