Improv from the heart™
Takes your acting skills and talent to a new place. You’ll
learn to listen fully and respond truthfully on stage. This is an improv class for
those serious about acting.
Most of the class will focus on:
Meisner Technique, and
Spolin Mirror and Spacework , and open scenework with feedback.
Throughout the class
you will be asked, pushed, and encouraged to listen fully. You will be asked to give
up the internal judge. We ask that you not judge yourself or your partner. We will
work on responding from a place of emotional truth. Your acting will become more
grounded and you will become a more confident performer and person.
The class will
hone two of the most important on stage skills (and life skills) listening and responding
truthfully. We'll explore exercises that will sharpen your listening skills and help
you explore your feelings and the emotions of the scene. People will love performing
with you. You’ll become a more giving performer.
This is not a class in quick wit,
fast theater games or competing for attention. You’ll be pushed throughout the class
with exercises that explore vulnerability, emotion and connection.
We ask that your heart be open and your ego on hold during the class.
The beginning
sessions will focus on creating a safe space free of judgement where the work can
be explored without attachment. The self critic and judge will be asked to step out
of the room so we can work at getting to the truth of the individual moments.
This
class isn’t for everyone.
This class is for those that want to experience the depth
and range of their characters. It is for performers that want to live truthfully
in the given circumstances of the scene. The scenes explored will be organically
dramatic or comedic (or both). It is for performers that want to grow emotionally
and feel more alive both on stage and off.
If you need to be funny or the star this
class won’t be for you -
There will be outside work required.
You must also be willing to meet with a practice partner at least once per week to
sharpen the work we do in class.
Throughout the class we will be listening for the
message our partner gives us rather than just the words they use. Think about it
as improvising from the heart rather than the head.
The exercises will make it easy
to make your partner "look like a poet, artist or genius" on stage and help your
partner do the same for you. You will learn to be a team player on stage or as we
say at Pan, a humble star.
Students of this class will be able to participate in our
drop in class for free while taking Improv from the Heart.
We suggest registering
early. This class will sellout.
We are limiting enrollment in this class to 18 performers.
Next class starts early January. Join our waiting list to get priority notification
for new classes and class updates.
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Classes offered in Oakland
And San Francisco.
IFH Classes offered by Pan Theater
All Improv from the Heart classes
taught by David
Alger
Improv from the Heart™