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 Fri. 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 Mar.20th, 2010.
CASH, M.O., PAYPAL ACCEPTED
OR
Sign up via phone at The Chekhov Connection at 818-761-5404. Ask to Enroll in the Chekhov Course.
:
5:00 to 9 PM Sun eve Aug 1,
9 to 9 Mon. through Fri. Aug. 6,2010
Teaching candidates have an extra day on Saturday, Aug. 7,2010 and year round
support.
For non certificate candidates, the cost comes down to only
$12 to $15 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.
Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 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.
MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2010 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.
TUESDAY, Aug. 3, 2010 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.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2010 7- 8:15 PM $35
KNOCK THREE
TIMES-Improv Nite and Monologues
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! Try one yourself or a 2 minute Spoon River monologue with Chekhov Techniques.
The uniqueness and spontaneity will delight you!
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2010 7 - 9 PM $35
USING CHEKHOV AT
THE HELM- Directing/Teaching/Design
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/Designers and Teachers as well as Actors who ultimately
can cultivate self-directing/design and self-educating.
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2010 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:
SUN:
CHEKHOV as a Foundation for your art
MON:
Unity of Imagination and Body- Psycho-Physical
Education,
TUES:
Sensational Feelings-A healthy path to Emotions,
WED:
Transformational Characterization,
THU:
Unifying with Psychological
Gesture,
FRI:
Synthesis with our Audience,
SAT: 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
818 761 5404 or 817 656 4620.
Email us
Enroll
here
MORE INFO about
NMCA, FACULTY and the PEDAGOGY:
NMCA and Creative Arts Theater
and School presents
The 17th Annual
National Michael Chekhov Intensive
With Master
Teachers Lisa Dalton and Wil Kilroy
For
Teachers, Actors and Directors
SUN> Aug. 1, 2010 - SATURDAY, Aug. 7, 2010
At the UTA,
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 seventeenth 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 $ 725 for actors and $875 for teacher certificate
candidates who place their orders after June 20, 2010. .
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 Mar. 20, 2010.
CASH, CHECKS, M.O., Paypal
FOR
MORE INFORMATION
In Addition: For new students and returning students who want another full curriculum notebook: $40 This will include the entire weeks lessons and support material.
For those in their 2nd year, seeking a teaching certificate from the National Michael Chekhov Association, there is an additional $150 assessment/processing fee. This is fee is due at the time of project submission within the two year time frame allotted after completion of your 2nd intensive.
FOR WEB: Notice: While the preferred course of study for a teaching certificate from the National Chekhov Association is the summer intensive to be held in Texas, if your schedule/location prohibits this, or you are seeking college credit, you may take your first year only with Wil Kilroy at the University of Southern Maine. This class can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit, and the appropriate university fees will apply. Dates for 2009 are July 8-12. Please contact the USM Summer Office for more information and the web site:
www.usm.maine.edu/summer/special/theatre/chekhov
