This course will provide the student with further practice in acting through the creation of a character and pursuit of truth in performance. Students will discover how to use physicality, listening and responding, script analysis and playable actions to pursue truthful moments on stage. Through exercises and advanced scene work, students will have an opportunity to sharpen their acting skills at a deeper level.
The goal of this course is to provide students with further training in the knowledge and practice of acting. Character and Scene Study is a practice in creating truthful characters on stage with an emphasis on physicality, listening and responding, playable actions and script analysis. This course will utilize scene assignments consisting of 2-3 actors per scene, assigned by the instructor and/or chosen by the student with instructor. After successful completion of level 1 in our curriculum, the components of level 2 are:
Warm-ups
Listening and Responding
Actions for the Actor
Script Analysis for the Actor
Physicality and Personalization
In order to achieve more flexibility, both physically and vocally, many actors prepare their voices and bodies with a series of warm-ups, prior to auditions or performances. This class begins with a study of techniques often utilized by performers to enhance their skills.
Acting is reacting. Listening and responding to what is happening on stage is key in unlocking the truth of a scene. By placing our focus on our scene partner we are freed from self-consciousness and learn to react truthfully.
Acting is Doing! Actors will continue to build on the action work begun in Acting 1, this component continues to teach students how to develop and utilize a strong vocabulary of action words.
Script Analysis for the Actor allows students to continue analysis of text. Students will practice identifying and applying the given circumstances, goals, obstacles, tactics and expectations that drive their character’s actions throughout the play.
What do you naturally bring to a character? What are your physical habits? What do you do when you are angry, happy, or sad? We all have certain physical habits and so do characters on stage. How can you identify with your character? Actors make choices for their characters that resonate with themselves as people. This component of level 2 guides students to embody their character combining physical choices and personalization as a way to truthful performance.
Please note: There are no refunds within three business days of the first class. Once class has started there are no refunds at all if anyone chooses to leave.
