Acting techniques are important for both professional actors and anyone who wants to enrich and develop personal qualities.
For professional actors, refreshing acting skills is an important part of developing acting skills and keep them sharp. When an actor has been absent from the stage for a long time, returning and practicing the elements of acting technique is a good investment in the development of his professionalism.
Just as ballet dancers practice exercises every day to maintain body flexibility, musicians play etudes for perfecting a particular musical skill, artists draw sketches, so does the actor practicing elements of acting technique who will help him develop his imagination, the ability to work with emotional memory, to enhance concentration, to exercise muscle control, etc. Interaction with the partner is an essential part of the acting techniques.
Acting technique is also for everyone who is not a professional actor, but wants to master the elements of this technique, to develop qualities that stimulate the growth of the personality. On stage we ask ourselves questions such as “what am I doing”, “what is my goal”, “why am I doing a certain action” in order to gain confidence in the image, we can easily use that approach in order to construct different projects in our lives.
The ability to expand our imagination, to increase concentration, the ability to communicate, listen and understand what the partner says, to show emotional understanding of others, to influence – all these qualities are exercised through the acting technique.
Courage and confident presence in public performances are also important qualities that are built through acting technique and can help in real life.
Yours Eva
Hello friends of the theater!
During the lockdown I held two-hour workshops on ‘Introduction to Acting Technique’ in March, April and May, 2021.
The truth is, I was feeling rather excited about the way an acting course could be carried out communicating online via zoom.
Participants attended the course from Canada, Spain, New Jersey, Ohio and other places far away from New York where the Studio (Eva Volitzer Actor’s Studio) is situated.
I had prepared exercises on stage action, concentration of attention, imagination, the five senses, emotional memory, muscle relaxation as well as etudes. The exercises were adjusted to the features of an online course.
First, the participants wrote down the theoretical definitions about the specific element of acting technique and then we performed various exercises.
All participants enjoyed the course and the online workshops were exceptionally successful. We developed creative friendly atmosphere and pleasure of communication and practices in spite of the online distance. I was also very happy about the results. I received wonderful comments and feedback from some of the participants:
Yanna Stoyanoff A great course that not only enriched my knowledge in the field, but surprisingly, even though it was online, it was practically active. The acting exercises we did were fun, useful and inspiring. Eva managed to move us very skillfully and provoke us to be active, even through the screen. At the end of the course I was charged with energy and joy. I am glad that I was able to participate in this course, I hope more are coming soon. It was a great experience, thank you for the wonderful opportunity in this moment of isolation and limited possibilities for the performing arts!
Helana Nana It was a great course I am so happy that I joined and it was so fun I hope that more courses are coming soon.Thank you so much for this wonderful and great course💖🌸🌸🌸🌸
I decided to continue the courses as practice for all who are not in New York and who would like to touch the art of acting.
The new dates and topics of the online courses on acting skills are due to come soon.
You can send me e-mails to evolitzer@evastudio.org.
Best regards
Yours Eva
