hdr_mcs.gif

Calendar of Events

 
17th Annual Chekhov Intensive Aug. 1-7, 2010
Special focus will be on
Chekhov's Chart for Inspired Acting
Application to Scenes
Application to Improvisation
Clear teaching structure
Analysis to Synthesis


 
17th Annual Chekhov Theatre Institute Flyer
 
A Path to Powerful Organic Acting
 
Additional Articles on the Technique and the Teacher
 
Buy a Gift Certificate NOW!
 
Chekhov in Southern CA, 2010-2011
 
Current Classes and Fees
 
FOUNDATION COURSE FAQ's
 
HEADSHOTOLOGY
 
KCACTF PREPARATION
 
Lisa Dalton
 
Lisa Dalton's blog and activities
 
Mala Powers
 
Master Audition Class- The BIG M.A.C.
 
MICHAEL CHEKHOV STUDIO LONDON

 
National Michael Chekhov Association
 
On-line Enrollment Now Available!
 
PHONE COACHING INFORMATION
 
Products: Books, Tapes, Class Registration
 
Starting To Learn
 
Introduction to Chekhov Course Notes
 
Teacher Certification Requirements, Aug 1-7, 2010
 
Teacher Training Certificate Track
 
TFW Graph for Quick Reference
 
The Connextion
 
THE GOOD NEWS PAGE!
 
The Shakespeare Guy
 
Walking Across Egypt Review
 
What Others Say about the NMCA Chekhov Experience
 
How Chekhov Compares to Other Techniques
 
A Quantum Peek into our Psychology
 
Peak Performance Living
 
GO TO LA or STAY: Busting the LA MYTH
 
secrettoit


ldsFLYER3

818.761.5404


Home | Books & Tapes | Acting Workshop Enrollment |

Bringing the Spirit of Michael Chekhov into the 21st Century!


“In life, and in any true piece of art, the beginning and end are, or should be, polar
in principle. In art, as in life, we begin to evaluate, to understand and experience things
differently if we see them in the light of true contrasts.”
— Michael Chekhov





The National Michael Chekhov Association, INC.
and
University of Texas Arlington
 presents

The 17th Annual Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute Intensive Training
for Actors, Teachers, and Directors
with Master Teachers Lisa Dalton and Wil Kilroy

Aug. 1-6 for Actors or Aug 1-7, 2010 for Teacher Certificate Candidates
The ONLY Michael Chekhov Teacher Certification Program
in America!

This training is for
  • Acting beginners who want to quickly learn to act with a full set of emotional skills, 
  • Professionals wanting to deepen their experience and training, 
  • Teachers wanting to extend their training methods to help students find their place on-stage,
  • Directors who want to add new terms for dynamic communication and exciting rehearsal techniques. 
  • Any one interested in expanding their understanding of the human being.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in coming to this fabulous training opportunity and we will inform you of more details.
REGISTER HERE

Click for Details

Can't attend the full program?
Join us for the evening Seminar Series.


Want to attend but these dates are impossible? Call us if you are available for July 18-24, 2010 at 818 761 5404 or email at chekhov@sbcglobal.net


  

  

   
dvd.jpg Michael Chekhov Technique DVD Workout with Lisa Dalton
$59.95 $50.00 On Sale!
This 62 minute DVD is designed for you to exercise The Chekhov Psycho-Physical Concepts with a group of colleagues led by Lisa Dalton. Based on the Chart for Inspired Acting in Mala Power's Preface of "On The Technique of Acting" by Michael Chekhov, (Harper), a menu offers the option to play all the way through, or to skip to specific exercises. Great for reviewing what you have learned or enhancing your understanding gathered from written and spoken Chekhov Materials. Order 2 or more and get free shipping!
[Add to Cart]  [View Cart]

   
17th Annual Chekhov Theatre Institute ACTORS Registration for Aug. 1-6, 2010
$675.00
Sale for Preregistered Participants. Click on "ADD TO CART" to register for this DFW Metroplex Foundation Intensive. Place your deposit now to reserve your spot. All Participants should also order a $40 fee for Materials. Upon receipt of your order, you will receive confirmation of acceptance and details for preparation. Paypal payments will show as Peak Performance Living. You will be asked to complete the registration on this form and then all of the needed information on PAYPAL's secure site.
   
17th Annual Chekhov Theatre Institute TEACHERS Early Registration Full for Aug. 1-7, 2010
$825.00
Register In Full for the NMCA Teacher Certificate Training. Be sure to also add to your cart the Materials Fee. Paypal payments will show as Peak Performance Living. You will be asked to complete the registration on this form and then all of the needed information on PAYPAL's secure site. Your welcome letter will request your Resume, Background information on your Chekhov experience and a letter of intent regarding your purpose for pursuing a Certification. Please respond promptly with these materials so that we may be best prepared to support you!
[Add to Cart]  [View Cart]

   
17th Annual Chekhov Theatre Institute Materials Fee
$40.00
With your registration, you will receive a notebook with many pages of graphs, charts and notes for you to refer back to, during and after your workshop. Additionally you can download articles from the website and add them to this notebook. Past Participant who wish to have a second notebook may also order one here. Paypal payments will show as Peak Performance Living. You will be asked to complete the registration on this form and then all of the needed information on PAYPAL's secure site.
[Add to Cart]  [View Cart]

   
Chekhov Connection Gift Certificate
$1.00
By changing the quantity, you can arrive at the desired amount you wish to gift. After clicking on the Add to Cart button, it will bring you to the cart where you can enter the desired dollar amount without any decimals. Hit recalculate and it will show the total. For Example, enter 20 into the quantity to gift $20. Email with any questions to chekhov@sbcglobal.net. Thank you! You are giving the gift of knowledge! It is priceless.
[Add to Cart]  [View Cart]

   
Teacher Certification Track Registration, April 17-23, 2011
$945.00
Click on "ADD to CART" just beneath this description to enroll in the National Michael Chekhov Association Teacher Certification Course at Chapman University, ORange county CA. It runs Sun. 5-9 and 9 AM-9 PM Apr. 18-22 and 9-6 Saturday April. 23, 2011. Upon receipt of your order, you will receive confirmation of acceptance and details for preparation. Certification requirements can be located at Teacher Training Certificate Track Link.
   
17th Annual Chekhov Seminar Series
$100.00
THE MICHAEL CHEKHOV TECHNIQUE AS A PATH TO PEAK PERFORMANCE:

Sunday: Introduction to Michael Chekhov-biography, context and concepts.

Monday: The Whole Audition as a Little Piece of Art

Tuesday: Making a Great Choice-The Art of Analysis to Synthesis

Wednesday: Improvisation and Monologues

Thursday: Chekhov @ the Helm-Directing/Design/Teaching

7 to 9 PM at the UTA FINE ARTS BUILDING, 502 S. COOPER ST. ARLINGTON TX.
[Add to Cart]  [View Cart]

   
17th Annual Chekhov Single Seminar
$35.00
Select from the list below one or two seminars and enter that number in the quantity option. Tell us which you are coming to in the text box. See you there! Monday: The Whole Audition as a Little Piece of Art

Tuesday: Making a Great Choice-The Art of Analysis to Synthesis

Wednesday: Improvisation and Monologues

Thursday: Chekhov @ the Helm-Directing/Design
[Add to Cart]  [View Cart]

ARE YOU WORKING WITH GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN?

Consider visiting STAGES OF LEARNINGto learn more about what is possible with younger students.
Drama instruction for students in grades three through six and home to the Chekhov Theatre Ensemble (New York)

Lisa's highly successful Foundation Course in Dallas is setting the town on a buzz.
Client Mary Jean Bentley received outstanding response to her emotionally driven performance in The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry at the USA Film Festival Premiere in Dallas in May.

D. Lee Inosanto is getting rave reviews across the nation for her Festival Hot Indie film, The Sensei. Visit www.thesenseimovie.com.

Recent Phone Client Joe booked his film audition in Los Angeles.

New Dallas Client Naima Lett received outstanding reviews as Laura in The Glass Menagerie.

Lisa will return to offer workshops and judge the Irene Ryan Award Preliminaries at the New England Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Fitchburg MA, Jan 26-29th, 2009.

We are delighted to announce the opening of our FACBOOK group- the National Michael Chekhov Association. Join our group and discussions. Please visit us, send questions, offer suggestions, tell us about your Chekhov events.






New Products!!!
NOW AVAILABLE!

e-mail
info@chekhov.net
">
LISA DALTON'S ROCK N ROLL REVIEW----NOW AVAILABLE!
This one hour DVD is a non-stop workout covering the basic psycho-physical and imagination based exercises outlined in Mr. Chekhov's books. Pop it in and work out with the Dalton Gang under Lisa Dalton's guidance. Chapters will allow you to skip segments or repeat segments. You can choose to vary the "tools" each time. While Lisa guides you through each exercise, don't expect in depth explanation of the tools. If you are someone who has read about the technique but has yet to work directly with a coach, you will certainly find it helpful to see the work being done. Your greatest effectiveness will come from reading prior to working with this dvd. Questions can be answered via phone coaching with Lisa. Since this is designed to refresh and review knowledge already learned in the Foundation Course with Lisa and her teaching colleagues, future DVD's will offer more detailed explanations and eventually the entire foundation course.

Here is some feed back from those who have used Lisa Dalton's Rock N Roll Workout!

Hi Lisa,
It was great to have the opportunity to speak with you last week. I am writing simply to continue to gush praises for Lisa Dalton's Rock 'n Roll Review of Michael Chekhov's Exercises for Inspired Performance. The first time I followed along with the other actors in the film guided by Lisa, I realized, about five minutes in, how rusty my imagination had become, how blunted my own acting seemed to me. But one exercise flows into the next, engaging movement and my full attention and by fifteen minutes in, somewhere while performing archetypal movements; pulling, pushing, gathering, I remembered what I love about acting. After a half an hour, I felt what it was to be a connected actor gifted with an array of choices to offer a character and after finishing the entire course of exercises I felt, I had truly played the scale of what is needed to be a well tuned instrument for a play, a director, a character.

These days when the rehearsal period very rarely has the time to explore how we actors can transform into our characters, I am so happy to have this session to work on changing rhythms, qualities, radiation and finding and moving with different centers and tempos. Of course I would love to study with Lisa and a group on a regular basis, but for the time I am with the Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company where we have recently finished a great run of MACBETH. Even though I used Chekhov's technique to create the character of Lady Macbeth and I was happy with the results, when Rock 'n Roll came and I began to practice, allowing myself to be directed by Lisa, I discovered far more joy,versatility, lightness above all clarity. I am happy to have such a great teacher to practice with on a regular basis, given the fact the DVD is recorded, she won't change, but we are changing with every exercise.
I truly hope I am able to come to Texas in 2008 to study with you, or in Maine this coming summer.
Thank you so much for making this film available to us.
All the very best,
Diane _____

Anthony Quinn's Life and Encounter's with Michael Chekhov
In this DVD, Lisa Dalton interviews Anthony Quinn about his very special relationship to Michael Chekhov and his acting technique. Filled with moving and humorous stories, Mr. Quinn is a lively and robust guest who shares his passions fully. This dvd is educating, entertaining and insightful. All true devotees of the Chekhov technique will want to add this to their collection. Mr. Quinn won two Oscars, had 4 nominations and a Tony nomination. He is considered one of the great all time actors of the 20th century with a career spanning from the 1930's to 1990's. You will be deeply inspired by his love and reverence of Chekhov and the magical shifts he makes when discussing techniques such as centers and gesture.


Ft. Worth/Dallas Current
Lisa Dalton is now offering coaching and training in this area. Please email or contact her at 818 761 5404 or 817 656 4620.

PHONE COACHING NOW Available
See link to left for details!
NOW AVAILABLE!
On Theatre and the Art of Acting 5 Hour CD set of Mr. Chekhov addressing his Hollywood constituents in 1955.
Michael Chekhov: The Dartington Years. Learn more about this wonderful new documentary by clicking on Books and Tapes link. Order it now!


*NOW AVAILABLE:
New Audio Cassette workout with the Chekhov Connection Ensemble!

You can workout home with Lisa guiding you through this 25 minutes workout that includes EXPANSION/CONTRACTION, 4 MOVMENT QUALITIES of MOLDING (EARTH), FLOWING(WATER), FLYING (AIR), & RADIATING(LIGHT) and the radiating/receiving-tempo rhythm exercise known as STACCATO-LEGATO.

ONLY $10! INCLUDES 22 MINUTE DISCUSSION OF THE BALANCING POTENTIAL THIS WORKOUT OFFERS ALL WHO USE IT FOR HUMAN GROWTH AND ARTISTIC PREPARATION.

** ONLINE IN VHS OR DVD! ORDER HERE on bottom of this page!

From Russia to Hollywood:
The 100 Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff- the award winning documentary Lisa Dalton co-produced with Fred Keeve is now expanded from 65 minutes to 105 minutes. Lisa 's interview with Anthony Quinn highlights this dynamic overview of the technique and the biography of Chekhov. It now includes more detail on Marilyn Monroe and James Dean with added interviews of Jack Palance and Jack Larson(Jimmy Olsen on the original Superman).

New version of Chekhov's classic text TO THE ACTOR available here! Read the Backstage West Review on Additional Articles page. Scroll to bottom of this page and add it to your Cart!

*Michael Chekhov:
The Dartington Years 1935-1938- is a new doc from the UK featuring Lisa's documentary footage. We have it available. Next in the works is The Ridgefield Years!


Home | Acting Workshop Enrollment | About MCC

ActorGear.com
Professional Custom Websites Made Quickly with Unlimited Updates.
In addition, ActorGear is an excellent source of acting resources.
http://www.ActorGear.com| Calendar of Events |

Micha Chekhov’s Dream

by Harold Burnett @2008

See the imaginary stars of inspired acting,
Those eighteen points of light?
You are soon to become adept at
turning on each one.
Maybe today, maybe next week,
within the next month.

You have only to illuminate two or three
 for a chain reaction to begin.
Then inspiration strikes
with greater and greater frequency,
Like lightening charges in you,
the imaginary body takes form,
feeling power from emotional centers,
Your sensations easily become feelings,
Imaginations soar within
expanding and contracting you
While adding the jewelry
to your ensemble,
your composition clear and to the point.

One gesture says it all.
The objective is yours
As the atmosphere shines
with style, beauty, and truth.