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Acting Studio

The Acting Studio is an intensive, one-day workshop which encourages actors to broaden their awareness of themselves and their attentiveness to others. 

The Studio is based on Alexander Technique, a method of self-discovery which focuses on the basic impulses of human movement and how we interfere with our own coordination. Aspects explored during Studio sessions include class and status, physical encounters, animal exercise and image and memory work. Participants prepare performances and create characters by focusing on the body and breathing, feelings and the subconscious. 

Jean Louis Rodrigue guides Uzoamaka Aniunoh during the Acting Studio Workshop.
Jean Louis Rodrigue guides Uzoamaka Aniunoh during the Acting Studio Workshop.
Exercises at the Acting Studio Workshop.
Exercises at the Acting Studio Workshop.
Acting is a collaborative activity; it involves an exchange of ideas and energy between artists with a common goal - to serve the characters, the story, and ultimately, the audience. As the complexity of our world grows, seeing interrelationships rather than linear cause and effect chains becomes urgent.
Jean-Louis Rodrigue and Kristof Konrad
We each did a monologue where we had to choose an animal to work with. Watching each other perform in their chosen animal was a source of inspiration. It showed me how to be limitless in my thinking when making choices for a character I’m playing. It showed me to say YES more often when it comes to where my character can go.
Acting Studio participant, 2023
Kristof Konrad explaining the Alexander Technique during the Acting Studio Workshop.
Kristof Konrad explaining the Alexander Technique during the Acting Studio Workshop.
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Asmara Abigail performs for the group.
Asmara Abigail performs for the group.
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