IMPROVISATION and PLAY
NEW GROUP starting! Tuesday evenings 6.45 - 9.45.00pm 3rd May - 26th July 2011 in Totnes. £15 per session. There are 13 sessions in a term. These can be paid on a weekly basis, or at an up front concessionary rate of £180. I always offer a free trial session for newcomers, before I expect commitment to a whole course, in order that we are all happy about working together and that you are a bit clearer about what the course can offer you.
These IMPRO / PLAY sessions introduce you to a wide variety of skills in ACTING and give you the basic building blocks for overcoming inhibitions and developing your own unique style of creative expression, which can then be applied to almost any path in life. The sessions are designed to be fun and inspirational and are suitable for Beginners to Intermediate. We explore a whole range of concepts, techniques and exercises created by e.g. MICHAEL CHECHOV, KEITH JOHNSTONE, MEISSNER, STELLA ADLER, plus a whole bunch of other games and challenges, which I have developed over the past 35yrs of teaching and working as a professional practitioner.
I can also advice you about professional work, if there is a desire to go in that direction. See Advanced / Professional / Film
ACTING and CONFIDENCE TRAINING
PARTICIPANTS' COMMENTS
"I have been meditating for 5yrs and never got so close to myself and my real physical being as with this Acting thing ... Acting is totally experiential in a way meditation can never be and yet it touches on the same knowledge. This is extra-ordinary stuff ..."
"Josephine, Thank you for the acting group tonight ... you must get told this a lot but I must say it too ... This is something amazing that you doing"
" You're a rock, an inspiration, a star - I wish to the heavens I'd had teachers like you when I was at school!!! My God, I could have done anything..."
"You are the best teacher in the world; with a very special and unique talent for teasing out of us, our hidden selves. You hold an exceptional physical and emotional beauty, grace and enigma. You're one in a trillion. So glad I came back to your classes!"
"I am really enjoying your acting group...it is absolutely incredible!! The funkiest way to begin the week and the most amazing journey..I truly thank you for doing what you do so well."
"[I've gained] ...a sense of belonging. A deep respect for the bravery of others, lessening of my own self-importance and a lessening of the fear of failure."
"I love it. Thank you, I am learning self-art and mastery. You're a fab teacher."
"It exceeded my expectations. The pamphlet and website does not do the course justice. I've done and tried more things than I ever thought I'd be able to do with the blocks I was aware of. And my needs are satisfied as it is a very safe environment."
"It was really good fun and scary and supportive and personal growth making."
"[I've gained]...a lot! I have certainly found my self-belief and confidence have grown."
"It was much more than I thought and hoped it would be. Your personal care and personal way of being (honesty) helped set an example for us and made me feel very supported."