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The Art and Craft of Acting

Presented by The City Theatre Company at The City Theatre

April 16-June 11, 2011

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The Art and Craft of Acting
Amber Dupuy - Class Director and Instructor
Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Next class begins April 16: 8 week sessions. Cost: $225
For registration and information: theactorsatelier@gmail.com

 

Living Intentionally: Actualizing your True Potential as an Actor

Acting is a craft. In this class, you will learn the tools of the trade. Hone your craft
by developing awareness and mastery of your instrument. Learn to relax and focus
in stressful situations. Develop your creativity by accessing your imagination and
expressing your emotions. Discover what “finding your motivation” means by
exploring and playing an action. But that's not all!

Integration of the mind, body and spirit are required to fully embody a character
and bring life to the stage or screen. An experienced actor utilizes his mind to
analyze the script, activate his imagination, focus and concentrate. He understands
his body and senses when it's dynamically aligned (good posture). He is familiar
with the way his body moves and gestures. This awareness allows him to create
characters that walk, gesture and speak differently than him. He in control of his
breathing, and therefore is capable of actively relaxing at all times. Responsive to
his impulses, he is emotionally free and expressive. Ultimately, the synthesis of
mind and body allows the actor's spirit to be released resulting in more presence
on stage and greater opportunities for transcendent moments in performance.

Some tools of the trade explored in the class are:

-Developing body consciousness and breath awareness
-Relaxing and overcoming fear
-Developing focus and concentration
-Discovering objectives, obstacles and intentions
-Creating inner imagery
-Finding emotional triggers
-Creating the character’s physical life
-Exploring the setting
-Experiencing sensory work
-Understanding "the moment before"
-Practicing moment to moment living in performance
-Other Stanislavski derived exercises

Amber DuPuy, is a professional actress for over 20 years. Amber has taught acting
to adults for many years at Austin's State Theatre School of Acting. She has
studied and practiced many acting techniques developed by such legendary
teachers as Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen and Larry Moss. She
teaches an acting technique which is an amalgamation of all these and much more.
Her passion for the craft of acting has generated other interests including
psychology, spirituality, movement training, with work using the Alexander
technique and Pilates, vocal training and an appreciation for all of the arts .

"An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease."
- Michael Chekhov