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The Vault – Actioning/truthful connection – Post 1
This mega fast intro to playing actions alone is a wonderful warm up and 'shadow box' for the actor
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EVERYTHING IS IMMEDIATE!
Everything is ImmediateIn a webinar recently, one of the participants was being led through an exercise on objectives. Having applied an objective to a piece of text successfully and re energised her piece, she stopped and said ‘wow, it makes everything immediate!’....
Limbo?
Limbo?‘They are not giving me anything!’ How often have we heard this statement? The actor opposite you appears to be doing nothing, leaving you grasping at proverbial straws for some sort of real relationship. You are acting your littles socks off and your...
THE THREE WAY TRANSACTION
The Three Way TransactionHere’s something to ponder. All ‘successful’ performances rest on one thing – truthful connection. It is hard to deny that whatever we are watching (no matter how aesthetically or presentationally pleasing) means very little if we remain...
YOU HOLD THE POWER!
You Hold the Power!Apparently 93% of communication is behavioural and 7% is verbal. This is hugely freeing for us actors. The text is only a small part of the audience experience, which means that we have way more responsibility as well as opportunity than we...
THE ARTISTS HEART
The Artists Heart Kurt Cobain, Philip Seymour Hoffman, van Gogh, river Phoenix, Heath Ledger. Self mutilation. Suicide. Accidental overdose. It would seem that, while not exclusive to the arts, there is a well documented connection between artistry and self harm. My...