Meisner- Emotional Preparation

An actor must get in touch with actual emotions that exist within them that resonate in a very strong, vibrant way. They might use personal experiences or the natural emotional undercurrents they were born with. These are explored, analyzed, heightened, and harnessed all as a way of developing an emotional well that they will draw from as they perform. Sanford Meisner was known for coining the phrase "acting is doing." By preparing emotionally the Meisner actor finds the freedom to walk into a role with no pre-conceived notions of how an individual performance should go. Instead they step onstage immersed in an emotional life appropriate to the character, and they "do" --they respond spontaneously to cast mates and can physically commit to moving and doing onstage freely.



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Meisner- Emotional Preparation

The "system" taught in Meisner acting classes often begins with simple word repetition exercises. Actors repeat a phrase back and forth to each other in a ping pong style, with no apparent meaning at first. Eventually they begin to notice subtle changes in the emotions of the other actor and respond with their own interpretation and emotional impulses.



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Meisner- Emotional Preparation

The "system" taught in Meisner acting classes often begins with simple word repetition exercises. Actors repeat a phrase back and forth to each other in a ping pong style, with no apparent meaning at first. Eventually they begin to notice subtle changes in the emotions of the other actor and respond with their own interpretation and emotional impulses.



Looking to find the best Meisner training in New York City, then visit http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ to find the best classes on the Meisner technique in New York City.

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Meisner- Emotional Preparation

A key practice of the Meisner acting technique, emotional preparation is a theory/practice in which the actor deepens and strengthens their connections to emotions and impulses that have personal meaning for them that can be translated and developed to create a true "emotional life" for the character. Many untrained actors work with a mistaken belief that acting is only about pretending to experience certain emotions onstage. Nothing could be further from the truth and audiences instinctively know when this superficial approach is being used. It makes for a false performance.



Looking to find the best Meisner training in New York City, then visit http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ to find the best classes on the Meisner technique in New York City.

Meisner- Emotional Preparation

The Meisner acting technique is a many layered approach that relies heavily on a practice known as emotional preparation. This practice has many objectives but the main goal is to eliminate the dialogue as a "crutch" and begin the process of being in tune with and relying on emotional undercurrents rather than the words. These exercises increase steadily in their complexity, as physical tasks are added, along with additional complexity in the relationships between the actors.



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Meisner Acting- Acting in Faith

Meisner acting trains actors to enter into auditions, readings, class or onstage performances with the same depth of preparation, mainly because they are always preparing. The deeper the preparation the more freedom they have to act in faith when it counts. And, it always counts. When onstage or in class, the focus is on the other actors and the surrounding "new reality" of the moment. Dialogue is never an exercise in memory but a true outpouring of a "real" character who has lived and developed in a way that the text from the script becomes a truthful expression direct from their unconscious.



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The more faith an actor has in the process and the craft the more they will work to exploit their imagination and use it to develop a wide range of complex, opposite, many-layered emotional impulses. http://tinyurl.com/62tu7c4

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Meisner trained actors enter into auditions, readings, class or onstage performances with the same depth of preparation, mainly because they are always preparing. http://tinyurl.com/62tu7c4

A Meisner trained actor will enter into every performance with no pre-conceived notions but, rather as a real character with a fully developed life history and a deep storehouse of emotional memories. http://tinyurl.com/62tu7c4

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In Meisner acting classes this usually means beginning with word repetition exercises, a deceptively simple practice. http://tinyurl.com/62tu7c4

Meisner Acting- Acting in Faith

Meisner acting shows actors how to have faith in the craft of acting and the value it brings to our culture as they work so show us our true natures. Of course, an actor must also have some degree of faith in their abilities and talent. This faith can be misguided, however if the actor does not also put their faith in hard work and the process of learning to become a great actor. This is what many Meisner trained actors learn to do, have faith in the process rather than in the end result.



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