Berlin

ACTING and CONFIDENCE TRAINING with Josephine Larsen
Over the past 35yrs Josephine Larsen has developed ACT - a unique approach to learning ACTING SKILLS, whilst building profound SELF-BELIEF and CONFIDENCE in both Actors and Non-Actors. The skills learned can be used creatively in almost any walk of life. Josephine's Workshops take the participant to the heart of SELF expression, exploring why we censor 'parts' of ourselves and therfore also the parts (roles) we can potentially play.
ACT offers a mixture of old classic acting exercises (reframed to draw out our greatest potential) and a whole range of new innovative crazy but powerful inventions to stretch our understanding of who we are and the many masks we wear.

WORKSHOPS (in the English Language) in BERLIN in APRIL 2010

BEGINNER GROUPS - 50 Euro per 5hr session (cons 40 Euro)
17.00 - 22.00 on Friday 16th APRIL and/or 17.00 - 22.00 on Friday 23rd APRIL 2010
*There is a further conscession if you attend both sessions: 90 Euro (cons 70 Euro)

The Beginner Sessions are for those with little to no experience in Acting - a brilliant fun start to learning
the most essential building blocks, tricks and techniques in the Acting business, at the same time as developing
the vital Self Belief and Confidence needed to advance on to the more daring challenges of the Intermediate Sessions.
(For those that have been out of the business for a while or are a 'wee bit rusty', the Beginner sessions
could also work as a quick 'return to the roots' or a re-questioning of why we do what we do.)

INTERMEDIATE GROUP - 155 Euro for a Weekend Workshop (cons 120 euro)
10.00 - 17.00 on both Saturday and Sunday 17th + 18th APRIL 2010

The Intermediate Weekend Workshops are for those with 'some' or 'more' experience.
They offer a range of constantly evolving challenges to one's 'authenticity, focus and flexibility' and
aim to build and underpin personal confidence in one's innate abilities and unique qualities.
The Intermediate sessions take one to the extremes of who we are and offer real positive support
in this paradoxical zone of 'being' both a sensitive human and a highly creative Actor.

ADVANCED WORKOUT - 155 Euro for an Intensive 2 day Workout (cons 120 euro)
10.00 - 17.00 on both Saturday and Sunday 24th + 25th APRIL 2010

The Advanced Workouts are a real stretch for professional and experienced performers!
Using challenging Stage and Film Texts and some outrageous games and exercises,
they aim to support strength of personality, gut intuition, emotional intelligence and depth of conviction,
while ensuring a blast of new inspiration and a boost of supreme confidence.

What participants say about the Workshops:

"Still running on fumes from our glorious hours...
All the love and anger and liberating madness epoxied itself so completely
that I sort of hit a low current when few days went by without that intensity.
I hear I'm not the only one."

"You're a magnet...you're heliotherapy."

"Today went deep for me, however measured, and if i've not thanked you enough
then please allow me here one more reminder of what a brilliant conduit you are
for opening up those spaces all of us found today."

"...i mean to say, i do realize that we were in an acting class...but there was some sort of cathartic
explosion for me...some part of myself which i found by being with you, and it was
GLORIOUS. sounds emotional, yes, but it's hard to let go that so quickly."

"These last two weekends has been such a big experience for me, and it is amazing to realise that it meant just as much to you.
I don't know how to put it into words, but I was just listening to Björk, and there are this one song which matches what I am feeling perfect (Björk Homogenic, Jóga):"

"I'm so happy to see that I'm not alone. *group hugs*
I was on an emotional high after the 1st weekend and I was filled up with energy after the last. I was strangely exhausted and bouncy at the same time, hard to describe - and I was looking forward to every single day of working with you. On Sunday then I missed all the creative input, the emotional roller-coaster, your energy... And more so today, on this gray & rainy day.
I still feel warped and pushed forward - I am ready to do more and push myself further. I am very grateful for that and have to thank you all for that. You are such a generous group of people. I miss having a weekend to look forward to working with you."