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CHEKHOV AND INTIMACY
creative freedom, with our hearts and souls intact.
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Chekhov and Intimacy, explores how a psychophysical, imaginative, and highly creative technique can help the actor access an intimate connection to the work that is applicable to both on camera and stage work.
CHEKHOV AND INTIMACY
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Participants will be asked to bring in scenes from screenplays, or any tv and film material past or present that they may have received from auditions or bookings.
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Tuesdays
September 19 - November 7
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Minimum participants: 8
Maximum participants: 12
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This 2-day workshop will enable directors, actors and intimacy coordinators to apply Chekhov’s Techniques - from the analysis and preparation of scripts to effective communication, in the moment, on set, with actors – in a way that is visceral, instinctive, and activating. Our goal is for bolster the collaboration of actor, directors and intimacy professionals
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DAY ONE: EMBODYING THE FUNDAMENTALS
Directors and actors will work together as an ensemble to learn the basic tools of the Chekhov Technique using the text from a TV or film script to practice the application of the tools.
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DAY TWO: APPROACHING THE SCRIPT
Each director will have an opportunity to direct a scene with an intimacy coordinator and actors using the fundamentals from
Day One.
June 10 - 11 AND June 13 - 14,
10:00am - 5:00pm PT for Directors,
10:00am - 4:00pm PT for Actors
"Joy’s coaching and direction feels like the warmest blanket during a cold winter night. She instills an abundance of confidence in you while also gently helping you unlock the very things you need for your talent to soar."
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David Alan Madrick, Actor