#actor training

[honestlyjustamillyfanpage]

Theatre Playground vs Straight Acting

@maryxschuyler the Stella to my Blanche 💞

Martin said we couldn't post videos on socials but he said nothing about pictures also I think Tumblr doesn't count as it is simply a deep dark void so it should be fine

Also peep the violin wrist I don't think I'll ever do anything better than that in my life icl.

[edzephyr]

Appeal - Help restore The Actors Centre

You might have noticed in the credits of our very well-received short film, a special thanks to The Actors Centre Workshops and Community. The Actors Centre was known as "the UK’s leading organisation supporting actors throughout their careers. Over 1700 workshops and courses per year for professional actors and the public. Advice, introductory courses, auditioning, specialised techniques, casting, rehearsals..."

This is where I received absolutely stellar training from tutors from around the world and experts in their field. It's where I was first told I could play a role like Kirk. They were instrumental to me. But the Centre has been repurposed by its management into a receiving house, the community and workshop programme gone. This is a huge loss to the industry and acting community. Please support the tutors and campaigners in restoring this vital service and community to present and future actors like myself, by signing this petition

Sign the Petition

Return ongoing professional training for actors to The Actors Centre

[gymaaholic]

Major body transformations seem impossible until you see someone do it. This is a common challenge to some actors when they have to play an important role.

The truth is, you can also achieve it. You just need to know where to start and what exactly to do. 💪

Learn how a renowned fitness coach trains actors to get in shape by reading the article: https://www.gymaholic.co/articles/movie-star-training

[decademia]

(Text)Books for voice & speech development

You may download them using the Library of Genesis (the pirate way) or google the names and buy/rent them (the honest way).

The Second Circle by Patsy Rodenburg; 

Actor Training The Laban Way: An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement by Barbara Adrian;

Pronouncing Dictionary of American English by John S. Kenyon and Thomas A. Knott;    

Freeing the Natural Voice by Kristen Linklater;

Voice: Onstage and Off by Robert Barton and Rocco Dal Vera;

Public Speaking by Michael Osborn & Susanne Osborn, 8th Edition.

For those with Russian as mother tongue:

Speaking clearly. Improving voice and articulation: Фонетический практикум by Фомиченко Л.Г.

[otome-obsessed]

A3! Social Media is Live, Game to Release this Fall

An official youtube channel and twitter account for upcoming joshimuke actor training game, A3! has begun releasing teaser content.

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[shakespearenews]

Whiteness, Patriarchy, and Resistance in Actor Training Texts

Reframing Acting Students as Embodied Critical Thinkers |By Amy Steiger. Amy Steiger reflects on some of the classic acting texts—which are overwhelmingly written by cis white men and use colonialist, binary, and patriarchal language and narratives—and how teachers should be approaching them today.

When transferred from the context of twentieth-century Russia to twenty-first-century United States, the significance of whiteness as a dominant force in Stanislavsky’s books and others like them is thrown into relief. An Actor Prepares begins with Nazvanov’s use of racist imagery in a pre-training diagnostic test. His representation of Othello includes more than one application of blackface makeup—of which there are extensive descriptions—stereotypical eye-rolling, and racist preconceptions of the character’s physicality: “…my general aspect was modern and civilized, whereas Othello was African in origin and must have something suggestive of primitive life, perhaps a tiger, in him.” Once he is onstage, the actor recognizes how “bad” this movement is, but his shame is connected simply to his lack of skill as an actor, not to his racist assumptions.

Torstov goes on to critique the young actor’s performance, saying, “Can you really believe that the Moors, who in their day were renowned for culture, were like wild animals, pacing up and down in a cage?” He continues,

You could say to any one of us, ‘Play for me immediately, without any preparation, a savage in general.’ I am willing to wager that the majority would do what you just did; because tearing around, roaring, showing your teeth, rolling the whites of your eyes, has from time immemorial been intertwined in your imagination with a false idea of a savage. All these methods of portraying feelings in general exist in every one of us. And they are used without any relation to the why, wherefore, or circumstances in which a person has experienced them.

While Torstov encourages critical capacity in the young actor and recognizes the racist culture in which his perceptions have been shaped, the critique centers on the lack of specificity in the actor’s work and his minimal engagement with Shakespeare’s writing rather than a complex analysis of racism and representation in theatre. In twenty-first-century United States, how might teachers who have assigned this text encourage students to voice concerns that none of the actors in Torstov’s class are African-descended, or that a white student chose to perform—in blackface, as was common historical practice—the role of a Moor? How can we address and make room for the pain and anger this history raises for students of color in the classroom?

[colinwsmith]

Colin W Smith - Actor and Voiceover Artist

Currently available for auditions!

Special announcement: I'm launching my actor training business! Need help with monologues or scenes? I've coached actors at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, and Queensland University of Technology, and now I'm reaching out to practitioners at any level who want to get an experienced set of eyes and ears on their craft to make it really shine. Jump onto my website and scroll down to find out more and to make inquiries.

[honestlyjustamillyfanpage]

Conservatoires are the only place in the world where you get penalised for being late but you can leave class early just to go to shows.