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So for all of you new actors starting out who dont exactly know what it means when people say “I’m a method actor!” ModernTimes has a little page on the basics. Even so, I strongly reccommend you familiarize yourself with all of the techniquies and schools available to the modern actor (Stella Adler, Meisner, Stanislavski…etc) and then figure out what teachings are most in tune with your personal beliefs and will easily tap into your creativity… For the full article….Click Here

Posted on January 30th, 2009 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, METHOD, STANISLAVSKI, TECHNIQUE. Comments: 1

There is a world of difference between the actor who is
caused authentically to do what his character must do and the actor whi
only indicates of self-generates his actions.

Meisner didn’t invent this concept but it is the principle upon which his technique is based.

The technique is often mistakenly identified exclusively by his
signature repetition exercise. Repetition encompasses the basic
principles of his technique, however it is only the beginning…

Posted on November 11th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, MEISNER, METHOD, STUDYING, TECHNIQUE. Comments: None

After reading Stanislavsky’s dictum about the necessity of the actors being private in public, Strasberg created the private moment exercise. He viewed the exercise as a corrective for actors who were inhibited by the presence of an audience. By enacting a moment of true privacy in front of people, Strasberg hoped to get them to [...]

Posted on November 7th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, METHOD, SCHOOLS, STANISLAVSKY, STRASBERG, TECHNIQUE. Comments: 1

Here is a great article from Broadway Mouth that exemplifies how modern theater actors need change and an evolution in techniques that is paralell to the one happening in the medium. For the full article…Click Here.

Posted on October 30th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, ACTOR, METHOD, TECHNIQUES, THEATER. Comments: 1