SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2023

Summer Workshops Week 1

Meisner Technique: an Introduction, with Alex Murphy

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Meisner Technique

Meisner Technique for actors is quickly becoming a centrepiece for any serious actor training program. The technique is on fire… from London to Manila to Prague to Dublin to Sao Paulo to Helsinki to Amsterdam – world-wide. It has become essential study for actors. Many of the most well-known actors working today have Meisner training on their resume.

“The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.” Sanford Meisner.

Our five day Summer Meisner Intensive we’ll layer our way, bit by bit, exercising the architecture of the “repetition exercises” set out by San-ford Meisner himself; also using the guidance of the late William Esper, arguably the finest teacher ever of Meisner’s technique. Each day we’ll warm up thoroughly, and then do some support exercises for the repeti-tion work. All actors will be assigned a scene to work on-with an em-phasis on text from contemporary, world class writers in english. Actors will be urged to do some rehearsals with partners in the off hours. Finally, In addition to the core “repetition” exercises, there will be an intro-duction to the practice of the “independent activity/knock-knock” improvisations and Meisner’s “Preparation/Daydream” technique for the actor in our last day.

Pay the Registration Fee to secure a place on the course.
Pay the Final Fee before the Course begins.

N.B. Don’t pay for the Course until  you have been accepted!

Meisner Technique: an Introduction with Alex Murphy

Dates: Wednesday June 28 to Sunday July 2nd
5 Days.
Times: 2 – 7pm (5 hours)
Maximum class size: 10.
Location: WG Plein, 163 studio
Fee: € 450
Registration Fee: €200 Final Fee: €250.

ReFocus Method: an Introduction, with Tony Grahn

ReFocus Method Summer 2023

Getting out of your head and in to the present.

The most important thing for an actor or singer is to portray the truth, to move with the truth, to deliver a text as true. To get there, the actor needs to be able let go of self-judgments, personal tensions, to find something beyond control. The actor’s instrument is the body, the muscles that create movement, big movements, small ones, like in the face – tension and relaxation. The five senses also inhabit the body. With the help of these senses and our instinctive thinking, we can direct focus, place attention to something specific, and thus become present and become “the truth”, move with truth and deliver text as the truth. From this, energy, emotions and text will flow without thinking.

“It is the antidote to any acting training that binds the actor in a knot of thoughts. It clears all that away and is ultimately a practice that empowers the individual and encourages us to trust ourselves once more”.

“..total game changer for me…”

“Tony shows you the way to your own artistic truth, in a direct and straight forward manner. I walked out of his workshop with a rekindled passion for acting. Thank you Tony.”

Pay the Registration Fee to secure a place on the course.
Pay the Final Fee before the Course begins.

N.B. Don’t pay for the Course until  you have been accepted!

ReFocus Method: an Introduction, with Tony Grahn

Dates: Monday June 26th to June 29th.
4 Days
Times: 10am to 5pm (7 hours)
Maximum class size: 10.
Location: WG Plein, 159 studio
Fee: €550
Registration Fee: €200 Final Fee: €350.

ReFocus Method: Masterclass, with Tony Grahn

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Getting out of your head and in to the present.

The most important thing for an actor or singer is to portray the truth, to move with the truth, to deliver a text as true. To get there, the actor needs to be able let go of self-judgments, personal tensions, to find something beyond control. The actor’s instrument is the body, the muscles that create movement, big movements, small ones, like in the face – tension and relaxation. The five senses also inhabit the body. With the help of these senses and our instinctive thinking, we can direct focus, place attention to something specific, and thus become present and become “the truth”, move with truth and deliver text as the truth. From this, energy, emotions and text will flow without thinking.

“It is the antidote to any acting training that binds the actor in a knot of thoughts. It clears all that away and is ultimately a practice that empowers the individual and encourages us to trust ourselves once more”.

“..total game changer for me…”

“Tony shows you the way to your own artistic truth, in a direct and straight forward manner. I walked out of his workshop with a rekindled passion for acting. Thank you Tony.”

Pay the Registration Fee to secure a place on the course.
Pay the Final Fee before the Course begins.

N.B. Don’t pay for the Course until  you have been accepted!

ReFocus Method: Masterclass, with Tony Grahn

Dates: Friday June 30th to July 2nd.
3 Days
Times: 10am to 5pm (7 hours)
Maximum class size: 8.
Location: WG Plein, 159 studio.
Fee: €450
Registration Fee: €200 Final Fee: €250.

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