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SUMMER ACTING PROGRAM - SUMMER
THEATER INTENSIVE & ACTING SCHOOL NYC |
SUMMER THEATER INTENSIVE
Acting classes & workshops-Actor Training at it’s
Best!
Acting Classes With Master Teachers & Classes
for Actors and Directors |
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Summer Faculty
Andrew Wade RSC
"Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde"
Coach SHAKESPEARE
IN LOVE
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Quote Summer 2006 Student:
Thank you so much for the
beautiful opportunity and all the wonderful memories!
I recently finished "Anna in the Tropics" at FIU
and I could never have tackled the role of Ofelia
(a 50 year old Cuban Woman) without
the skills I developed at your school! I hope
we can work together again very soon ! Also, many
of my classmates are very interested in your Summer
Intensive after seeing the transformation the
six of us had last summer.
- Emily-Jayne Frail , Florida
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Introducing.....
"MOVEMENT MARATHONS"TM
"Where Williamson,
Michael Chekhov and Viewpoints Meet!"(C)
"Act
from your feeling Imagination" John Patrick
Shanley |
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Movement
Marathons
Monday 6-8pm or Wednesday 11am-1pm
Begins February 8th
8 weeks $300.00
Discount
$50.00 with Early Registration by January 18th |
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to: Expand and
Develop Kinesthetic Awareness, Experiential Sensation, The body in
space and time, Creative Imagination, Emotional freedom, Physical and
Vocal ease, Ability to send, receive , and transform, freedom from
Tension, Expansive and Experiential Contact and Ensemble
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Movement
Marathon
©
WILLIAMSON
Physical Technique
VIEWPOINTS and Michael CHEKHOV Technique
E-mail us for the next Free
class
By reservation only Call:
212-736-3309 or e-mail
ams@actorsmovementstudio.com
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NEW
RASABOXES
TM
Actors Become “Athletes
of the Emotions”
 
 Summer
Weekend Intensive
Dates:
7/10/09 - 7/12/09
Cost $250
Space is
Limited, so register now!!!!
Note: (This workshop is not closed
for Registration!.
Please send us an email if you are
interested in our
up coming workshops this fall!!)
 Weekend
Intensive!!
Summer Intensive RASABOX Workshop
Master
Michele Minnick
e-mail or call
to Register : 212 736-3309
ams@actorsmovementnstudio.com
Click Here:
http://www.actorsmovementstudio.com/rasaboxes
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NEW Class
Michael Chekhov for the Actor
 “The essence of our profession… is to give. What is it
that we in the theater give? … We give our body, voice, feelings, will,
imagination – we give a form of pulsating art to life itself; we give it to our
characters and we give it to our audiences. Nothing, absolutely nothing remains
for us save the pleasure of having given pleasure. And yet it is only by this
miraculous process that our love grows and our talent is fulfilled and
replenished.”— Michael
Chekhov
Michael Chekhov
for the Actor
Classes is Chekhov Technique of Acting
Chekhov on Chekhov ©
Uncle Anton & his Nephew Michael
The text: The Three sisters
Application: Michael Chekhov Technique
Begins February 8th
Monday 10:30-12:30pm or Wednesday 6-8pm
8 weeks $300.00 Discount $$ Early Registration $50.00
This class will
explore Michael Chekhov’s "psycho-physical" approach to
acting, through the basic principles and
exercises outlined in Chekhov’s book “To the
Actor”, including psycho/physical
exercises, character work and ensemble improvisation. Each class begins with a warm-up specifically designed to
develop the organic connection between the actor's inner life, creative
imagination and expressive body. Through the rigorous practice of Chekhov’s core
exercises students will explore; Radiating and Receiving, Archetypes, Imaginary Centers, Imaginary body,
Character Atmospheres, Overall scenic Atmospheres, Qualities of Movement,
Imaginary Palace, and Psychological Gesture, along with on camera adjustments and
more… Chekhov's technique consists of a wide variety effective acting tools,
which can inspire endless possibilities for enlarging the actor's creativity and
artistic expression - the actor can then bring this sensibility to the creation of a
character, exploration of the text, and inspired
performance.
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Summer Theater Intensive
2009 |
"My experience
at the Summer Theater
Intensive of 2005 was
incredible . I learned
so many things not only
about the dramatic craft
but about myself, too.
I experienced how to
"let go" and be. I am
a big fan of Williamson
technique and Michael
Chekhov technique. Catherine
Fitzmaurice was also
very helpful, I learned
all these amazing exercises
which help me open my
voice even more."
Student 2005 -
Ina Imprescia
opera singer
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SUMMER THEATER INTENSIVE
Students 2005
"The Actors
Movement Studio Summer
Theater Intensive
was a unique experience
because not only did
it allow me to tap
into emotional resources
I had not previously
explored, but it also
provided a one-of-a-kind
bonding experience
that has yet to be
repeated. I am fascinated
by Michael Chekov
technique and I still
use viewpoints in
my current projects.
It was a pleasure
to play Oscar Wilde
in the Salon because
not only did it give
me a chance to really
perform, but it also
gave me the opportunity
to learn a lot about
what went on in the
personal life of a
genius whose work
is a classic and a
must for everyone
who's interested in
theater and life in
general. My experience
that summer is one
I could not speaking
of for several months
after it was over
and it is one that
I still think of when
people ask me for
recommendations for
where to spend their
summer."
- Amir Levi
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Summer Theater &
Acting Intensive
2009 |
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Williamson Technique
 The
body and voice…are
already one
instrument that
is activated
by the same
source with
one result:
the production
of behavior.
Integration
[of the body
and the voice]
is not an issue.
As a physical
specialist,
I’m often asked
to ‘just deal
with the actor’s
body.’ Experiential
life and physical
life, acting
impulses and
physical impulses
are all part
of this single
relationship.
Sensory contact,
experience,
and behavior
are all parts
of one event
occurring in
one indivisible
place, the actor’s
body.”
- Loyd Williamson,
Movement for
Actors
Williamson Technique
I
Level I Basics
8 Weeks $300
1 Class
Early Registration
Discount $50
To register
Call: 212-736-3309
or e-mail
ams@actorsmovementstudio.com
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The
Williamson Movement
Technique
Addresses how the imaginary world and craft of the actor comes alive in the
body.
Through deep
exploration
of breath, sensuality,
dramatic movement,
alignment, intimacy
exercises and
ensemble work,
the actors engage
in a process
of physical
awareness as
to how their
body functions
in their art
form. The actor’s
imagination
is activated
in every class
using fantasy
and relationship
exercises thus
integrating
craft and physical
work.
Williamson
Technique,
is a
series of exercises
that train the
actor's ability
to listen &
communicate
with the whole
body while developing
a stronger awareness
of their own
experience &
the experience
of beingpart
of an ensemble.
Two major aspects
of the work
are freedom
& connection.
Total
physical freedom
in the actor's
behavior leads
to his or her
complete connection
with the relationships
& circumstances
of the imaginary
world.The
actor
explores
how experiences
flow out of
the body into
sound and motion
(behavior) using
specific movement
choreography
and vocal exercises.
During this
process, the
actor becomes
aware of those
places in their
body where tension
occurs and will
learn ways to
promote the
release of that
tension thus
deepening breath,
enhancing vocal
quality, opening
the body to
receive and
respond to contact,
enriching actor’s
experience and
allowing the
body move with
a sense of ease
and clarity
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Movement
for
Actors
New
book
with
Chapter
by
Loyd
Williamson
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The Williamson Physical Technique:
The Physical Process of Acting |
Excerpt:
"...The body has many tasks in acting, but perhaps the highest and most sacred of them all is processing the life that flows through actors' bodies when they are acting. The physical instrument is entrusted with the artist's creation. Imagine that a rare event occurs: The actor's body falters in processing his creation. We, the audience, then , may miss out on an experience that might have stayed with us through our lives. The actor creates the world in which we live during the play or film; the job of the body is to process the life that flows from that world. The processing begins as the actor begins making contact through his five senses with the people and place surrounding him. He must have an almost animal focus and allow that sensory life to permeate his entire body. The phrase we will use is, "the actor's inner life is activated by his sensory contact with the outer world." That activity sends the life out of the body into behavior. Processing is taking in, activating, and sending out. An actor with an effective physical technique will spend his life working to process more effortlessly..."
To purchase the book, please contact us.
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 Summer TBA
Catherine Fitzmaurice
Voice Lab
Visiting, Guest Artist Catherine Fitzmaurice |
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We are proud to announce that the Actors Movement Studio will be featured in this week's Show Business Weekly in an article by Linda Armstrong on Classical Theatre Training. Featured are pictures of our students from our Baroque Salon this past semester. Read Article here.
"The most outstanding value of a Period Style class is that it produces actors that move and live within the style of a period with total truthfulness, vocal freedom, physical grace and ease. Actors learn to create an expansive character free fro the limits of their everyday physical and vocal habits. Immersed in the circumstances of the place and time of an era, the actors as an ensemble create an imaginary world. This Fall they will become Edwardians living in the opulent era of the Belle Epoch" said Janice Orlandi, co-artistic director of Actors Movement Studio.
Past Salon Pictures
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Anna Sokolow
"Anna Sokolow is the mentor who to this day remains the mother of my artistic soul. From my work with Dramatic Movement for actors with Anna, I discovered the aesthetics of movement, and the expressive beauty of another Art. For Anna, movement must grow from the actor's inner experience. She taught actors how to awaken the inner experience by listening to their entire bodies, and to other artists: musicians, composers and poets, (which for me expanded to include, painters, singers and dancers)."
--Loyd Williamson
In the 1930s, Sokolow began giving classes to the Group Theatre, and she continued to work with actors as well as dancers until the very last years of her life. In the 1940s and '50s, she worked with Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio, and in 1958, she began decades of teaching actors and dancers at the Juilliard Dance Division. "My first aim is to free the actor from his self-consciousness," she once commented. "I make him forget about the clichés about having to smoke, to touch or handle something.... It may seem to the actor that he is learning how to move and how to use his body, but what he really learns is to be simple, honest and human."
To learn more about Anna Sokolow, Click Here |
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Congratulations Alumni Micah Alberti
on his new TV series!
"Nothing influenced my work as much as Actors Movement Studio classes. This work had a profound effect on my ability to respond with freedom as an actor..." -Micah Alberti
Click here for more info.
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Day time Emmy Award Winner
Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan, Guiding Light)
Outstanding Younger Actor In A Drama Series
GUIDING LIGHT * CBS
TOM PELPHREY, AS JONATHAN RANDALL
Studied Williamson Technique for Actors at Mason Gross School of the Arts. Rutgers University |
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Edwardian Period Style Summer Intensive 2009
The style project accompanies either Level IIIA or Level IV Class. The actor researches and develops a character through historical and cultural etiquette, manners, protocol, dances, clothes, cultural, and social relationships of the period. The period characters are created using the principles of the Technique such as: sensual contact, open range of sound, and physical alignment.
For more info please click here.
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Loyd Williamson
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Loyd Williamson Jr.
Founder of Actors Movement Studio.
He is the creator and author of the Williamson Physical Technique, and of The Williamson Advanced Period Style Project, "The Salon" ®
He was the principal Movement Professor at The School of the Arts, Rutgers University from 1979 to 2001; served on the faculty of HB Studio for eleven years; visiting professor at the Tisch School of the Arts for three years; for The Juilliard School; and the Princeton Shakespeare Festival. He has taught classes and coached actors on Broadway, and in Feature Film, Television, Regional theaters, and many conservatories.
His acting training was with Sandford Meisner in his two year professional classes, with Harold Clurman, and with Michael Howard. His mentor in actor’s movement training was Anna Sokolow, with whom he trained for 12 Years, and performed in her Players Project. He received and MFA degree from the School of Theater, University of Georgia, specializing in scene and lighting design with major in Directing.
For a brief biography click here |
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