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| Calendar of Events |Home | Acting Workshops | About MCC When is the next FOUNDATION INTENSIVE? *The Contents of Our Foundation Intensive Weekend are integrated into our week long intensive July 26-July 31/Aug. 1, 2009. Why take this Chekhov Foundation Course? These are the gifts of Michael Chekhov's Work
ALL of these Imaginings can be REAL The best way to begin mastery of these amazing tools used by Hopkins, Depp and many more, such as Psychological Gesture and Atmospheres, Transformational Characterization, and range of Styles is through the Foundation Course. Additional Benefits of the Foundation Course:
BEST BARGAIN IN TOWN!!!! The Foundation Course is the prerequisite for the Chekhov “In Action” Class where you apply what you have learned to all aspects of work in the Film and Television industry including on and off camera:
Private Coaching for your casting meetings and shoots: Knowledge from your Foundation Course speeds up your sessions as you get better prepared for your casting meetings and jobs. It prepares you to respond to fast phone coaching as well.( a courtesy for regular clients when possible.) Will this technique work for me? If you are wondering whether this approach will work, consider reading Michael Chekhov’s Book, On the Technique of Acting. By the end of the second chapter- you should have a strong desire to go further into this or not. That’s the time to get into the Foundation Course. If you don’t have the desire, please try another path. Lisa is only interested in working with folks who are passionately committed to growth. You can also examine your nature and ask whether you feel freer, safer and more creative working through “pretend” or “reality.” If you know kinesiology muscle testing you can check. Pretend folks usually love Chekhov. If you have ever secretly pretended to have a memory or pretended to have someone in your life to substitute for the character, if you ever pretend your memory was worse than it was, to try to stir up your feelings or up your stakes, then you are probably a great candidate for this work. What if I am just not a “reader”? Listen to On Theatre and The Art of Acting, a Five hour CD series of Mr. Chekhov answering questions put forth from the Hollywood Community who trained with him in 1955. His Hollywood students included Yul Brynner, Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Palance, LLoyd and Dorothy Bridges, Patricia Neal. Film clips of these artist are included in the documentary “From Russia to Hollywood” which Lisa Dalton co-produced and co-shot. If you don’t read, listen or watch the award winning documentary which has aired on KCET several times. What if I don’t understand it? Reading about acting is a little like reading about playing golf or football or ballet. You really need a coach because it requires use of your body. Though you may not understand all of it as you read or listen or watch, your artistic nature will recognize a camaraderie with the approach or not. Most folks say “Hey, I used to do that and didn’t know it was an actual technique!” That’s because Mr. Chekhov based his theory on observing what actually happens in states of inspiration. By identifying the flow of energies consistently present, defining the universal principles at play, naming those energies in actors’ terms, he then created exercises by which we can instantly create the conditions most likely to favor inspiration. In short, Chekhov was doing what came naturally in a state of play, just like you used to do, right? Why not do that again? If your artistic nature says “Hey, that sounds like Fun!” and if you are truly ready to commit to an amazing career and life, then Call us at 818 761 5404 to enroll now. Why haven’t more people heard of his technique? Chekhov was long considered the greatest actor ever by Stanislavski and the Russians today, Harold Clurman, Stella Adler, Herbert Berghoff, long admired by Meisner, Sonia Moore, Strasberg. Many books exist where these Masters speak of the inspiration Chekhov gave them, however, they didn’t know how to teach what he did. They mostly considered his genius as unteachable--strictly a gift. At the time, a concept like Chekhov’s visualization of the character, was highly unacceptable. Today this kind of imagery is used in nearly all facets of education, sales, athletic training, healing, and self empowerment. Lisa Dalton has singularly invested a tremendous amount of time researching the underlying principles and developing the teaching process of these ideas since 1980, while being a working actor/director. She has taught this work all over the world and has continued advancing the principles bringing them into practical application for today needs. Lisa is the acting coach on the new A & E Series “Spying on Myself.” She has recently coached actors and directors on films like “The Sensei” and “Monkeyflower.” Just this week, one of her students is acting with Anthony Hopkins and another with Clint Eastwood. She has clients on The Medium and Nickelodeon’s Ned’s Declassified. Numerous clients are working in commercials, episodic, studio and indie features. Who else is using the Chekhov Technique? Jodi Foster recently was the guest on Inside the Actors Studio and discovered that she had used Michael Chekhov's Psychological Gesture and never knew there was a name for it! Emmy winner James Spader studied the technique in New York with Blair Cutting. The Chekhov technique is more widely known in Europe and Russia than the US and the US educational system is ahead of the professional acting world in adding this technique to its curriculum. Four new publications have emerged within the last two years and one more is soon to be released: two biographies, rerelease of TO THE ACTOR, THE CD series and his Autobiography coming soon. surely this doubling of English language publications indicates that this work is the wave of the future. Mr. C. was working way ahead of his time- like Joe Pilates- both working after WW1, neither known by many until lately. More questions? E-mail us at info@chekhov.net . |
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Michael Chekhov Technique DVD Workout with Lisa Dalton
$59.95 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] |
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Phone coaching $75.00 One hour phone coaching with Lisa Dalton. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Chart for Inspired Professional Meetings |
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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 |
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