Displaying episodes 1 - 30 of 54 in total
Season 1 Trailer: Activating Imagination
An Introduction to episodes in Season 1: Activating Imagination
Season 2 Trailer: Energizing the Body
An introduction to episodes in Season 2: Energizing the Body
Season 3 Trailer: Exploring Emotions
An introduction to episodes in Season 3: Exploring Emotions
Season 4 Trailer: Discovering Character
An introduction to episodes in Season 4: Discovering Character
Season 5 Trailer: Finding Closure
An introduction to episodes in Season 5: Finding Closure
Season 6 Trailer: Preparing Special Skills
An introduction to episodes in Season 6: Preparing Special Skills
Activating Imagination; E1: Awakening Playfulness
A guided visualization exercise that will put you in a playful mood.
Activating Imagination; E2: Elemental Imagination Journey
A guided visualization journey to explore personal physicality and awaken full-body creative energy.
Activating Imagination; E3: Phantom Body
Awaken your ability to radiate and focus energy through imagination.
Activating Imagination; E4: Crossing the Threshold
Use your imagination to fully step into a creative state of mind.
Energizing the Body; E1: Actorcize!
An energetic, full-bodied warm-up.
Energizing the Body; E2: Yoga for the Actor
An energizing yoga flow for the actor.
Exploring Emotions; E1: The Three Sisters
A warm up of an actor's emotional life through Michael Chekhov’s technique, the "Three Sister Sensations."
Discovering Character; E1: Three Rooms
A guided visualization exercise that will breathe inner life into your character.
Discovering Character; E2: Questions of Character
Be guided through a series of questions to help specify your choices about a character’s background and worldview.
Discovering Character; E3: Stick Ball Veil
Explore physical characterization through object and imagination work.
Discovering Character; E4: Animal Work
Explore animal movement as an entry point into physical characterization.
Discovering Character; E5: Working with Elements
A guided visualization utilizing the elements of water, air, fire and earth to find physical characterization choices.
Exploring Emotions; E2: Character Exploration through Sound & Music
Use music and sound to explore your character’s emotional life.
Discovering Character; E6: Playing with Archetypes
Explore the concept of Archetypes to play with physical transformation.
Finding Closure; E1: Mindfulness
Use mindfulness and meditation techniques coming back to you and your body after spending time being another.
Finding Closure; E2: Finding Creative Closure
A guided visualization to find closure after rehearsal, class or performance.
Preparing Special Skills; E1: Prepping for Staged Intimacy
An imaginative warm-up that will prepare the actor for intimate work through breath and body awareness.
Preparing Special Skills; E2: Stage Combat Preparation
A full-bodied warm up designed to prepare the actor for staged violence.
Activating Imagination; E5: Improv!
Warm up your ability to work with spontaneity in class or rehearsal.
Energizing the Body; E3: Kabuki Flow
A full-bodied warm up inspired by Kabuki Theatre techniques.
Exploring Emotions; E3: Opening Up Emotions through the Hips and Chest
Unlock tension and your emotional life by utilizing targeted stretches and breath.
Exploring Emotions; E4: Putting on Puppets
Explore your emotional life through the lens of physical storytelling techniques studied by puppeteers.
Finding Closure; E3: Awakening From the Dreaming
A mental exercise to guide an actor from character to self.
Preparing Special Skills; E3: Prepping for Cold Read Auditions
Practice making fast, bold choices when given new material at auditions.