I’m calling this video “Session 7.5” because it’s not just a recap. You can work through the video below, on your own time, to learn the Meisner approach to “Learning the Lines”. But first some administrative notes: Our Ongoing Meisner Workshop We plan to teach 8-week intensives (like the one you’re finishing now) twice per […]
In session 6 we built upon our understanding of Emotional Preparation, and got into talking about learning words. Here Meisner highlights the importance of learning lines by rote, as opposed to memorizing the tonality you’re planning to say them with. (Remember that you shouldn’t be planning your emotions; that part should be spontaneous.) Optional Deep […]
In session 5 we reviewed emotional preparation, and the process of choosing an emotional direction and entering into a free-form daydream to evoke that state. We also introduced “sleeping on stage”, which uses the same emotional preparation process to create the appearance of dreaming on stage. Last, we used emotional preparation as part of “Coming […]
In session 4, our topic was Emotional Preparation. In Meisner work, your emotional life comes from your unfolding connection with your partners in a scene. But what about your first moment on stage? The script might call for you arrive on stage in an elevated emotional state. Emotional Preparation is the Meisner approach to arriving […]
We will NOT meet Saturday October 11, due to UT Fall Break.See you on Saturday October 18! For session 3 we introduced the Independent Activity. Independent activities train us to inhabit a reality; to inhabit a set of imaginary circumstances. In a play or film, this reality would come from the script. In a workshop, […]
In session 2, we started by reviewing our intro to repetition. (Taking the first thing, letting that lead us into a repetition, speaking from your truthful point of view, allowing what’s emerging emotionally for you to become part of the repetition, and “Pinch and Ouch”.) Pinch and Ouch Coming to the Door (YT Videos) We […]
