The National
Michael Chekhov Association
Presents Our
17th Annual
Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute
The Longest running Michael Chekhov Teacher Certification Program in the world!
at University of Texas, (UTA)
Arlington TX (DFW area)
Aug. 1- Aug. 7, 2010
For ACTORS, DIRECTORS, TEACHERS
The National Michael Chekhov Association is offering a very intense
training with Wil Kilroy and Lisa Dalton, at University of Texas Arlington. near
Dallas. Here is information so that you can begin to prepare!
Why Michael Chekhov
Technique?
Michael Chekhov's unique contribution to acting has been one
of the best kept secrets of the theatrical world. Born in
1891, Michael, nephew of Anton Chekhov, famed author and
playwright, became one of Russia's Most Honored Actors.
Constantine Stanislavski considered Misha his most brilliant
pupil. He is often considered to be the finest actor Russia
has ever produced. By 1928, as head of the Second Moscow Art
Theater, Chekhov's innovative directing and teaching had
provoked such severe criticism by the Communist government, he was
forced to flee the country for safety. In time, he
came to America where he published his training methods.
Michael Chekhov was deeply respected by his peers, Stella
Adler, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, and Harold Clurman. Some of
his students included James Dean, Anthony Quinn,
Jack Palance, Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Gregory Peck, Clint
Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Lloyd Bridges, Elia Kazan, Yul
Brynner and Jack Nicholson.
Some contemporary actors who have used this technique include:
Johnny Depp, Anthony Hopkins, James Spader, Helen Hunt,
Marisa Tomei, Jodie Foster, Sharon Gless, Jimmie Smits.
Who should take
this?
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 May
1st, 2010.
CASH, CHECKS, M.O., VISA, MASTERCARD AND PAYPAL ACCEPTED
OR
For more information, Email chekhov@sbcglobal.net
THE TIMES for Full Time Participants:
5 to 9 PM Sun. eve Aug.1, 2010
9 to 9 Mon. through Fri. Aug 6.
Teaching candidates have an extra day on Saturday Aug. 7 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 $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!
THUR, Aug. 5, 2010 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.
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,
TUE:
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
8187615404 or 8176564620.
Email us
Enroll here
MORE INFO about NMCA, FACULTY and the PEDAGOGY:
NMCA and UTA present
The 17th Annual National Michael Chekhov Intensive
With Master Teachers Lisa Dalton and Wil Kilroy
For Teachers, Actors and Directors
Aug. 1- Aug. 7, 2010
University of Texas(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 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 $ 675 for actors and $825 for teacher certificate
candidates who place deposits by June 20th. $725/875 after
that. $150 Thesis Credit Fee for Candidates completing the
Certification.
A $40 materials fee is required.
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 .
CASH, CHECKS, M.O., VISA, MASTER CARD AND PayPal ACCEPTED
.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call 818 761 5404 or Email CHEKHOV@SBCGLOBAL.NET
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