ACTING COURSES (SYDNEY) start Jan 27th - The Actors Studio Australia

SHORT COURSES & WEEKLY CLASSES @ THE ACTORS STUDIO AUSTRALIA 4 Month Intensive Weekly Classes Text to Performance workshop Study the dynamic new techniques that will revolutionise your approach to performance. The Actors Studio Australia’s unique process draws together techniques from international master teachers including Sanford Meisner (The Meisner Technique), Lee Strasberg (The Method), Constantin Stanislavsky and others. Our step by step approach equips students to harness the raw power of real emotion, personal life experience and honest communication to create a vivid sense of truth on stage or screen. 4 MONTH INTENSIVE ACTING PROGRAM The Actors Studio Australia 4 Month Intensive Program offers students an in-depth exploration of the actors’ craft via our unique, powerful process of working from a place of personal truth. Over 4 intensive months students will strengthen and deepen their performance skills and hone their personal process. Classes utilize a combination of dramatic improvisation, exercise work and scripted performance to identify and eliminate blocks and bad habits and build a strong core technique platform. The program is 4 months part time (14 hours per week - with the option of undertaking additional classes up to a total of 22 hours per week). The course is divided into two (2) terms of seven (7) weeks. Apply Now – Auditions open till Jan 27th 2011 Entry is via audition. Application forms available from our website. WEEKLY ACTING TECHNIQUE CLASSES Our weekly technique classes offer progressive training for actors of all levels seeking to enhance and improve their skills, technique and process. Classes offer a detailed examination of your individual skills, identifying weak areas, building keys skills and developing your overall process step by step. Our classes are strongly focused on authenticity and honesty, teaching actors to allow their performance to originate from a powerful place of personal truth. Classes utilize a combination of exercises, dramatic improvisation and text work. Enrolment is on a per term basis (7 weeks at a time) with experienced students choosing from 1, 2 or 3 classes per week. - Experienced actors – Thursdays 6.15pm - Mixed levels (incl. beginners) – Saturdays 12pm - Orientation 27th Jan, classes commence 3rd Jan. 2011. From $440 per term. TEXT TO PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP Develop your creative choice making ability and learn to give dynamic, authentic performances that are vividly alive with real emotion. This 7 week short course explores scripted performance and the rehearsal process. The program lays down a simple step by step approach to analyse text, make creative choices and apply core technique skills to scripted stage performance. Experience our Powerful 10 Step Scene Analysis Tool and refine your scenework approach. Classes contain a combination of theory, practical exercises and scripted performance work culminating in the performance of one monologue and one duologue scene at the end of the course. Course commences the week of 31st Jan 2010. $499 AUD or combine with our weekly technique classes and save! More information www.actorsstudio.com.au or contact The Actors Studio Australia on (61) 0418 687 372