Classes & Private Coaching
“The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.”
- W. A. Ward
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“You can now experience one of the most powerful acting techniques in the world, with a true master teacher, and one of the most successful new acting coaches in Hollywood.”
1. MICHAEL CHEKHOV ACTING TECHNIQUE
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Marjo-Riikka Makela
This class provides you with intensive training in the groundbreaking Michael Chekhov Acting Technique with a small group of dedicated actors & our master teacher Marjo-Riikka Makela.
(Max 8-12 actors depending on the group)
Fridays 11am-2pm Technique II (FULL, new section starts March 16th 2012)
Sundays 3.30-6.30pm Technique I (FULL, new section starts March 18th 2012)
Technique III (Master Class, March-May 2012)
Class Location: American National Academy of Performing Arts, 10944 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA 91604
$300/6 weeks
“Great acting is behavior growing out of character’s Experience. What we don’t enjoy witnessing is actor “indicating” an experience, or faking an emotional state, which happens when an actor is pushing out emotions and behavior with out the actual experience in his/her instrument. I want to see you Experience and behave out of that specific human condition, while fighting over your character’s objective with the specificity in “How” true to your character! And what is this Experience that I’m so after, then? It is the sensations that run through your body. Without the body emotions wouldn’t feel like anything. They would be simply ideas. Emotions are experienced in the body as sensations which are never still; they wash, run, slash through you (just like they happen to the character you’re playing=experiencing life through and with) We don’t happen to the emotions, they happen to us. Without the body you can not experience anything. This is why I want to fine tune your instrument to be open, flexible and sensitive for all artistic impulses, and all sensations, so that you can be in the experience of now with your Whole Being.”…
~ Marjo-Riikka Makela
2. BUSINESS OF ACTING “Nuts & Bolts”
Ryan Honey
(Click Here To Reserve Your Spot Now)Ever hear the saying ‘It’s not show art it’s show business’? Well, it’s true. Hollywood Nuts & Bolts demystifies the business side of acting. Actors will: •Figure out how to get the tools they need – headshots, resumes, demoreels, agents/managers, union memberships, etc. •Narrow in on their casting types so they can effectively market themselves. •Work on mock commercial and theatrical auditions so when they get in the room, they’re ready. •Honestly assess where they are in the process so they can set realistic goals. •Leave the class with a concrete action plan and goals for 3, 6 and 12 months
Thursdays 7-10pm (next section start date TBA)
Class Location: American National Academy of Performing Arts, 10944 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA 91604
$300/6 weeks
3. A) SCENE STUDY
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Marjo-Riikka Makela/Kim Lane
Our Signature Scene Study Class! Using the means of the Michael Chekhov Technique, we explore scenes from great playwrights such as Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams & Sam Shepard.
Our work together will culminate in “Chekhov Studio Cafe”-presentation. Actors are required to rehearse outside the class and be off book after the first week of receiving their text. As a bonus for the Chekhov Studio Ensemble-members, this class also offers an outside class time in-depth private rehearsal session with our instructors.
Class Location: American National Academy of Performing Arts, 10944 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA 91604
$425/8 weeks (Prior training/audition with Marjo-Riikka Makela required)
Wednesdays 7-10pm February 1st-March 21st Sam Shepard Scenes/Kim Lane
March-May Playwright TBA /Marjo-Riikka Makela
3. B) MASTER CLASS
In addition to the Scene Study; the Master Class is assembled periodically throughout the year for an advanced exploration of the Michael Chekhov Technique via professionally directed scene work leading to a performance. Students may be invited to audition after advancing in their Scene Study Classes. The Master Class is a professional level class and includes company members from Chekhov Studio. Once or twice a year, the master class will have a showcase to exhibit their work for the broader Los Angeles community.
(you may request to be on the audition list for the next available class in March 2012)
“Nerves” are just unfocused energy. It’s good news that you have energy running through you, it means you are alive! his energy (the nerves) can be transformed into anything you need at the moment for your acting via your Imagination, Qualities of Movement and Atmosphere work! And truly, one of the major things you need to do is to learn to focus your energy into the the things that are HELPFUL for you at any given acting moment. Unbroken line of actions is a necessity! Focus and concentration with a feeling of ease is gained by knowing where to focus at any given acting moment. True concentration is not only an intellectual thing, it is a whole body sensation of “being with”, “breathing the other in”, allowing something and some one to effect your character through your instrument. You can concentrate on your scene partner (if one is provided) to an image, to an atmosphere appropriate for the scene, to a sensation in the body etc. The reason why an actor feels lost, is very often that he/she hasn’t made a committed choice where they place their concentration at every moment of the scene within his/her unbroken line of actions. Which moments are you doing/sending/exhaling and which moments are you being done to/receiving/inhaling…. To know how to concentrate and where to target your focus with your whole being is essential!”
~Marjo-Riikka
4. SEMI-PRIVATE: ON-CAMERA/COLD READING/AUDITION TECHNIQUE Marjo-Riikka Makela
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Weekly semi-private sessions with Marjo-Riikka, focusing solely on you and your ability to connect with another actor & your imagination ON CAMERA.
Semi-privates focus on moment-to-moment scene work with two actors.
Depending on the actors and their goals, Marjo-Riikka designs the session to handle a specific need (such as “Crying on Cue” or creating an “Atmosphere” etc.)
MAX 2 ACTORS/SESSION
$300/4 sessions
“Inspiration is a sensation in the body. It can be invited upon your will and willingness to experience it taking you over!”
Marjo-Riikka Makela
5. PRIVATE SESSION WITH Marjo-Riikka Makela
Focusing fully on your specific need (audition coaching etc.) $150/session
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6. PREPARATION & CONFIDENTIAL ON-SET COACHING FOR DIRECTORS (Marjo-Riikka Makela) (sliding scale depending on the production budget)
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Lisa Pelikan, award-winning veteran actor, will guide you through a fully integrated approach to your vocal instrument and performance. In this interactive workshop based on Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Lisa will help you access your personally unique voice to create an open channel of free breath regardless of the stress of the audition or the shoot, so that when “Action!” is called you will be in the moment and at your best, every time! Please wear loose, comfortable clothes; and bring a yoga mat or a large towel for floor work.
9. SHAKESPEARE INTENSIVE WITHLIZ SWAIN
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Shakespeare’s text is a gift to the actor who knows how to find the offered clues to performance. We will explore the text’s structure, its rhetorical devices, its verse, rhythm and sound; we will learn to trust the text as the source of what we need to know about character and action, within the context of Elizabethan culture and beliefs; then exercises will help us relish and bring the text to stage life. Our goal is to give you a way of approaching any new piece of heightened text.
WHAT ARE CHEKHOV STUDIO CAFE & SHOWCASE
As part of our classes, we created the Chekhov Studio Café. A fun and relaxed way for our actors to work on building the ensemble, we invite friends and professionals to view our work from class and share food and drink. This is also a great way for prospective students to see the work of their colleagues. The Showcase, an extension of the Café, usually happens twice a year. A group of students hand-selected by Marjo-Riikka assemble a collection of scenes and perform them in a showcase format over several evenings. The students are encouraged to invite their friends, fans and any industry guests. Opening night is followed by a reception. The Café and Showcase are designed to work on building the ensemble and providing a performance opportunity to enhance the training done at Chekhov Studio.
CLASS AUDIT: Class audits are permitted only on the first day of each new section of classes. Fee for 3 hour session is $25. In order to reserve a seat, please make a reservation in advance by email: info@chekhovstudio.com by calling us at 213-509-5315
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PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR MAILING ADDRESS AND OUR GROUP CLASS ADDRESS ARE NOT THE SAME. WE WORK IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT STUDIO SPACES. UPON YOUR REGISTRATION, WE WILL INFORM YOU ABOUT THE SPECIFIC CLASS LOCATION FOR YOUR CLASS!
To reserve a spot in our weekly classes, or make an appointment for private coaching, please call us at 213-509-5315 or email us at info@chekhovstudio.com
Please note that as we honor our individualized-actor-training-policy, our class size is limited , and therefore they fill in very fast, and your spot will be guaranteed only upon receipt of your deposit check or Paypal payment. The remaining balance will be payable in full on the first day of classes. You may guarantee your spot by paying the full class amount by credit card via the secure PayPal checkout below or by mailing in your deposit within three days of making your initial reservation.
Chekhov Studio International, 7095 Hollywood Blvd. #327, Hollywood CA 90028.
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