COURSE IN ESSENTIALS
Andrew Utter - Mother of Invention Acting SchoolThe purpose of the course is to make available to you the acting technique I encountered as an MFA directing student at the Yale School of Drama. This technique has as its goal the visceral activation of the actor, which means that the actor answers the challenges of a scene with impulses that arise from an instinctual, gut-level place. This is the key to delivering performances that inspire people to live more boldly and fully. The technique is presented through exercises, discussion, and scene work. The exercises are carefully-crafted, purposeful, exciting explorations that are designed to give you an experiential grasp of the elements of the technique taught in the class. Discussions elaborate on the principles presented in the exercises. Also, the technique portion of the class includes a weekly body work component, designed to help the actor build awareness of habitual physical tensions and the ability to let those tensions go. The goal of the scene work is to help you, the students, see how the tools and principles of the technique function within the context of practical work. You work on one scene for the duration of the course. When you go up in class with your scene, I spend an hour or more with you and your partner to help you identify and fulfill the next aspect of the scene that confronts you. You'll rehearse with your partner every week outside of class, and each week you'll have provocative new tools that you encountered in the last class to try out in your rehearsals. At the end of ten weeks, you will have come a long way towards making a character come alive and illuminating his or her experience. You will present the scenes at Session 10, "Friends and Family Night", an informal open house where a supportive group of well-wishers gather to show an interest in the work you have been doing. You will leave the course confident in the knowledge that you know how to approach work on a role. The rest is up to you!
Located at 1122 N Gower St, Los Angeles, CACall Andrew Utter - Mother of Invention Acting School at 323-836-2176
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