New for Fall 2012
Acting Studio will be focusing on Scene Study as a way to engage the students in the craft of acting--living fully and truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Students will select, analyze, prepare and perform partnered scenes from a wide variety of film and theater sources. Feedback and adjustments will be made throughout the process through written and oral critique. Each student will keep an acting journal documenting specific criteria such as their ability to:
- consider a wide variety of actions,
- chose compelling and engaging actions,
- commit fully and truthfully to those actions and
- experience the consequences of those actions.
Key Points of Acting Studio:
- To enhance & develop the acting tools and skills via script analysis, character development, performance and performance critique.
- To sharpen the student's ability to pinpoint and adjust performance.
- To expose students to a range of performance situations and styles.
- To foster a disciplined "way of working" in performance.
- To encourage students to make the connection between performance-based skills and improved interpersonal communication.
- To indulge more fully in living out a "point-of-view."
