Aug. 18-23/24 Chekhov Intensive

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 wishing to aquire rapid communication tools and dynamic rehearsal techniques. and
Persons interested in expanding themselves and gaining a greater understanding of humans.

It culminates in a scene showcase Sat eve., with reception!
Invite your friends and family.

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. YOU MAY ENROLL FOR THE FULL COURSE OR JUST THE EVENING SEMINAR SERIES.

To know more about this training and the faculty, read on!

Want to ENROLL NOW
& save your spot?

www.chekhov.net via the ONLINE ENROLLMENT LINK beginning June 30th, 2008.

CASH, CHECKS, M.O., VISA, MASTERCARD AND AMEX ACCEPTED

OR

Sign up via phone at CATS at 817-861-2287. Ask to Enroll in the Chekhov Course.

For more information, EMail chekhov@sbcglobal.Net

THE TIMES for Full Time Participants:
6 to 9 PM Mon eve Aug. 18,
9 to 9 Tues. through SAT. Aug. 23.
Teaching candidates have an extra half day on Sunday and year round support.

For non certificate candidates, the cost comes down to only $10 to $12 per hour.

THE SEMINAR SERIES

The evenings will be seminars OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and can be taken as a series ($100) or individually for folks who can not do the whole program. These seminars are included in the full course.

MONDAY, AUG. 18, 2008 7 - 9 PM FREE SEMINAR:

THE MICHAEL CHEKHOV TECHNIQUE AS A PATH TO PEAK PERFORMANCE: CHEKHOV'S THEATRE OF THE FUTURE IS NOW!

Lisa Dalton and Wil Kilroy lay the foundation for the week with a wealth of information regarding the biography and historical context of Michael Chekhov and the relevance of his theories in today's actor training.

TUESDAY, AUG. 19, 2008 7 -9 PM $35

THE WHOLE AUDITION AS A PIECE OF ART

Bring your star quality into the room and exit with radiance and inner joy! Learn techniques to cope with performance anxiety, how to cultivate the "IT" factor, feel happy with your meeting! This seminar has been immensely popular in Los Angeles, Europe and Moscow alike.

WEDNESDAY, AUG 20, 2008 7 -9 PM $35

MAKE THE GREAT CHOICE-Script Analysis

There is a saying in the casting world that goes: The Talent is in the Choice! What does this mean and how can you learn to make powerful creative choices that make sense with the style and text?
Every actor, writer, director needs to know how to analyze the text AND then how to synthesize what they analyze. This where Stanislavsky and Chekhov make an unbeatable team!

SEE FOR YOURSELF!-Video Clips

The last part of the evening will include viewing clips from some of Mr. Chekhov's films as well as from some of his actor's Oscar Winning Performances and other Chekhov afficionados such as Oscar winner Beatrice Straight, Anthony Quinn, Johnny Depp and Anthony Hopkins.

THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 2008 7- 8:15 PM $10

KNOCK THREE TIMES-Improv Nite

Come and witness our participants in this creative presentation of rehearsed improvisations as they craft a solo scenario which must include three Knocks, a jump, lying on the floor, standing on a chair, and much more! The uniqueness and spontaneity will delight you!

FRIDAY, AUG. 22, 2008 7 - 9 PM $35

USING CHEKHOV AT THE HELM- Directing/Teaching

This program focuses on how to direct using Chekhov techniques and then looks more closely at how to teach the Chekhov Technique. This program is excellent for Directors and Teachers as well as Actors who ultimately can cultivate self-directing and self-educating.

SATURDAY, AUG. 23, 2008 7- 9 PM FREE

OUR WORK IN PROGRESS & RECEPTION!

Join us as we celebrate our intensive exploration by sharing the scenes we have developed using this fanciful and expanding approach! Our participants will put it altogether this night, revealing two distinct versions of their scenes using different aspects of what they have learned. It is sure to be surprising and we guarantee some courageous commitment to stepping out of the box of their older ways! Join us for a little reception following.

ABOUT THE WHOLE COURSE:

The curriculum is thematically structured with integrated units in three parts: exercise, improvisation and scene application. We are very excited about this as it means as soon as you learn each tool, you will have a chance to try improvising with it and then immediately rehearsing your scene. Your final scene showcase will allow you to present your scene twice! There will be one group of 20 maximum and classes are team taught, consecutive and aggregate. There are new support and training materials to help retain the information and ample notes for the work.

Daily themes:

MON:        CHEKHOV as a Foundation for your art
TUE:          Unity of Imagination and Body- Psycho-Physical Education,
WED:        Sensational Feelings-A healthy path to Emotions,
THU:        Transformational Characterization,
FRI:            Unifying with Psychological Gesture,
SAT:        Synthesis with our Audience,
SUN: Radiating Chekhov to the World(for Teaching Certificate Candidates)

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 or continue here.

Thanks, Lisa Dalton
8187615404 or 8176564620.
Email us
Enroll here

MORE INFO about NMCA, FACULTY and the PEDAGOGY:

NMCA and Creative Arts Theater and School presents
The 15th Annual National Michael Chekhov Intensive
With Master Teachers Lisa Dalton and Wil Kilroy

For Teachers, Actors and Directors
August 18- Aug. 23/24th, 2008
At the Creative Arts Center and School,
Arlington TX

Take the complete program or just the seminar series!
Enroll to learn the material or to learn to teach the material.

The National Michael Chekhov Association(NMCA) is dedicated to developing solid pedagogy for this fascinating actor/director training system. Now in its fifteenth year, the NMCA Summer intensive instructional approach encompasses a tried and true system of communication with artists founded on Michael Chekhov's Chart for Inspired Acting. This Chart was personally made for Walk of Fame Honoree, Mala Powers, who co-founded the NMCA and this teaching structure with Prof. Kilroy and Ms. Dalton. The late Ms. Powers was a close personal friend of Mr. Chekhov and executrix of the Chekhov Estate. She was the only direct student who was privately coached on her starring roles and who subsequently became a teacher of the work. This NMCA training carries on the tradition co-created by the late Ms. Powers and is unique in its thorough integration of applications for all media and the scope of training styles throughout Chekhov's ever evolving personal style.

Lisa Dalton and Wil Kilroy are both active actor/teacher/directors on stage and on camera.

Professor Kilroy is on the faculty of the University of Southern Maine and brings an in-depth knowledge of academic concerns along with his professional experience in Los Angeles, NY and New England. His stage productions have been selected for performances at the Kennedy Center's
American College Theatre Festivals, and he has been a recipient of their bronze medallion. His specialty areas of actor training include stage movement and voice, with additional certification in fitness training. Having originally worked with the late Blair Cutting at New York's Michael Chekhov Studio, he emphasizes a creative approach to character development and improvisation.

Ms. Dalton has sustained a thirty year career acting/directing in New York and Los Angeles, winning awards for stage acting and film directing. A co-founder of the International Michael Chekhov Workshops and creator of the first two held in the US, Ms. Dalton was the only English speaking teacher to teach at the International Michael Chekhov Symposium at the Sorbonne, Paris, in Sept. 2007. Her clientele are series regulars and film stars as well as faculty at major universities in the US and Europe. She currently resides in Fort Worth, TX. Her recent guest teaching includes SAG/AFTRA's ProACT organization, KCACTF, TCU and the Actors Movement Studio in NY. Lisa continues to produce training media and contribute documentary materials, most recently for a Russian TV special on Michael Chekhov. Having studied with 10 direct students of Mr. Chekhov
her specialty areas include Chekhov's psychophysical training, script analysis/synthesis into various media.

What is unique about Michael Chekhov’s approach?

Michael Chekhov's approach is founded in an understanding of the artist as a whole being whose thoughts, feelings, desires, voice and physical body are intimately interwoven. We train all of these aspects jointly.
We consider the talent of an individual to be an innate gift which may be hidden by disconnections in the artists which can be reconnected through this unifying training.
Many of the most established actor trainings develop the thinking process of the artist through memory, substitution and gut response of the person, leaving physical training to separate teachers of Physical Education. One could say we cultivate experts in Psycho-Physical Education.
Other techniques also promote the artistic use of the everyday personality of the actor, leading to predictable performances, excluding the transformational work possible with characterization. Mr. Chekhov invites us to transform to a grander state of artistry through radiation and characterization-be it subtle or blatant, like noted actors Johnny Depp and Anthony Hopkins.
Chekhov techniques work well for all styles and genre on stage and on camera.
Chekhov uses the unlimited imagination, visualization and concentration in a similar way to most peak performance trainings in sales, health, athletics and general success. Mastering the inner game and the outer game at the same time is a standard training process that has not been actively cultivated in the cannon of Actor Training.

What is unique about the pedagogy of the NMCA?

Both Lisa and Wil have been professional teachers, collectively, over 50 years, of many different acting techniques. Chekhov is their favorite approach and they are adept at sharing how to integrate the Chekhov technique with other methods.

This program has developed over 15 years of teaching together with an absolute commitment to cultivating qualified teachers through the development of teaching techniques for all ages.

Extensive research has been done to develop cross references with science, medicine, quantum physics, athletics and other peak performance studies.

Chekhov's fondness for concept maps and graphs has been developed with new charts and maps to help actors to access the many possible tools that can support them in their career and lives.

The faculty has had the advantage of access to an array of unpublished information due to the video and annotated private archives of Ms. Dalton and Mala Powers, the Chekhov Estate Executrix.

Memory tools, Power Point Presentations and anagrams have been developed to help retain the knowledge and make it fun for students to learn.

A clear flow for a pattern of teaching has been developed as a spring board for the teacher and actor.

A clear way to synthesize Stanislavsky’s system of analysis with Chekhov’s Chart for Inspired Acting insures the ability to make great choices.

We offer specific applications for Stage and On camera as well as for auditions and directing.

We provide on-going support for Alumni and Teaching Certificate Candidates on an as available basis.

The NMCA is working toward cultivating active exchange of experiences among teachers for different age groups and academic styles as well as for professional training.

We believe in the creative individuality of the teacher and the actor equally. This means we support adaptation of the technique to the nature of the artist, embracing the fundamental premises that nurture the human being as found in Michael Chekhov’s teachings.

The pedagogical structure is founded in the tenants of the technique itself. This means we use the technique to teach the techniques, for example: with a feeling of Ease, Form, Beauty and Wholeness and using Triplicity, Polarity and Transformation.

We are interested in support and exchange of information for syllabus and assessment development.

We are committed to continued development of training materials in various media, INCLUDING ON-LINE TEACHING COMPONENTS.

We are experienced as actors, directors, and teachers in formats including Equity, Academic and Community Theatre, as well as Commercials, Episodic and Sit Com TV, Feature and Experimental Film.

We have guest taught, directed and performed in nations around the world, with actors from over 50 countries, in Russia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Caribbean, and the Americas.

We hope there will eventually be enough teachers of Michael Chekhov’s technique that every actor training program will be able to offer it as a standard part of an overall program.

What are the fees?

It will be $ 650 for actors and $795 for teacher certificate candidates who place deposits by Aug. 1st. $685/825 after that.

Seminar only participants are $100 for all evening events, and individual events priced as noted above.

Sign up on line at www.chekhov.net via the ON LINE ENOLLMENT LINK beginning June 28th.
CASH, CHECKS, M.O., VISA, MASTER CARD AND AM EX ACCEPTED

or call CATS at 817-861-2287.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Call 818 761 5404 or Email CHEKHOV@SBCGLOBAL.NET