PinnedMost of you are probably not Star Wars fans. So be patient…There is a Star Wars “spin-off” (yeah I know, there are many spin-offs; Star Wars is merchandise, after all). However one of the not-so-crappy ones was “The Mandalorian.” In a sense, it is an American space western that follows Din Djarin aka “Mando”, a lone Mandalorian bounty hunter who resembles…Acting4 min readActing4 min read
PinnedHOW DOES ONE APPROACH A NEW TECHNIQUE?HOW DOES ONE APPROACH A NEW TECHNIQUE? And why on earth “are we so f@&^ing useless ?” Whenever we delve into the world of a new technique, be it M.Chekhov, S. Meisner, it doesn’t matter; you will fail…My advice?…do so gloriously! You ARE supposed to fail! …Acting5 min readActing5 min read
PinnedPlease sit…tell me all about it!The actor’s coach, Um…COUCH, I meant couch, yeah! Sorry, a Freudian slip. Oh boy, do you hear that? Do you hear that slight metallic sound? Heh! It’s the sound of a can of worms! Enjoy this small article on a HUGE subject! More and more teachers find it necessary to…Acting5 min readActing5 min read
Jul 16Solve et Coagula“The desperate need for coagulation.” In the world of alchemy, the precursor of science-based thinking, magic, and logic were intertwined. In the “golden bough” a book by anthropologist James George Frazer, one can see the history of magic, reason, religion, and science. It all starts with a need to “control”…Acting3 min readActing3 min read
Jul 7The illiterate actor of the 21st century and a war against the author and the text.“Text is the enemy of the actor…” A famous teacher once said…. but a gentleman never tells who… Well ok Meisner said it! yeah, apparently I am not much of a gentleman… Let me be clear text IS YOUR FRIEND! And you know how it goes, introductions matter when you first meet someone. …Actors3 min readActors3 min read
Jun 25Οι 5 αρχές του ChekhovΟ Μιχαήλ Τσέχοφ μιλά για πέντε αρχές σε μια σειρά διαλέξεων που έδωσε σε ομάδα. ηθοποιών στο Χόλιγουντ το 1955. Οι ηθοποιοί πρέπει να εκπαιδεύσουν το σώμα τους μέσω της χρήσης ψυχοσωματικών ασκήσεων. Η τεχνική του Μιχαήλ Τσέχοφ αναζητά. την σύνδεση μεταξύ της εξωτερικής σωματικής κίνησης και του πώς αυτή…Acting3 min readActing3 min read
Jun 8The love for art and the love for me, me, me.A phenomena I see is the perpetual love for self in art instead of art for art sake. — Stanislavski said it best, when he called out “don’t love yourself in art, but the art inside you”, the problem was in all probability as prevalent then as it is now. I am not saying loving yourself is a bad thing, I am not saying an artist should be egoless…Acting3 min readActing3 min read
Aug 16, 2022# 1I don’t only read acting books, even though people who know me best, know as a fact, that reading acting books is my main source of daily entertainment (yes I am boring) hey, I do other stuff too, you know…stuff that involves mostly uh… fuck it…reading. So to make a…Acting5 min readActing5 min read
Apr 27, 2022Meisner's sin. (*updated )If you’ve read the article already and want just to read the update, please go toward the end search for “update” The article's title is uhm..strange?!… Nevertheless, I want to be honest….I do not care; What is the reason behind my indifference? Well, first and foremost, "fuck polite" (hey, Sandy…Meisner9 min readMeisner9 min read
Jan 17, 2022FINDING YOUR SHADOW AS AN ARTISTFINDING YOUR SHADOW AS AN ARTIST There is a social construct, isn’t there, a social norm, a social bulldozer that wants to level out and iron out everything. And it does. We agreed years ago (unfortunately) to be half. We all chimed, smiled, and danced to a Monty Python like…Art4 min readArt4 min read