Classes & Workshops
BASIC TRAINING
A 10 week class where actors train and work with "Realistic Acting." The trainer will be teaching basic preparation technique, sense memory, song & dance and private moment exercises, organic script analysis, scene improvisation and scene study. You will work on techniques to develop concentration and imagination, to actualize whatever reality you imagine and to allow energy to flow freely through your mind and body so that you can direct it into whatever you focus on in an imaginary world. You will learn to increase the level of realism in your scene work. Actors will work individually during exercises and in pairs during scene work. This workshop applies to all levels, from beginner to advanced actors.
10 weeks - 1 night a week - 4 hours a night - $495.00 (tax included)
SCENE WORK with Gilles Plouffe
This is a scene study workshop. Actors will be paired-up and present a scene to Mr. Plouffe. Participants can work with scenes from either a script or a play. During the work session Mr. Plouffe establishes an interactive dialogue that helps each artist get involved in the world of the character using his "Realistic Acting technique." At the end of the presentation, he discusses the work that has been done and will sum it up with his point of view. The working artist will be encouraged and guided to develop his/her own personal artistic creative work process. Ultimately, every artist possesses his/her own unique creative process.
4 weeks – 1 night a week – 4 hours a night - $225.00 (tax included)
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4 day intensive – 2 consecutive weekends - 4 hours a day- $225.00 (tax included)
[ Also available anywhere in the world as a 5 or 10 day intensive! Group reservations only. Price to be derternimed.]
ACTING FOR THE CAMERA with Gilles Plouffe
This workshop focuses on developing the actor's ability to apply realistic believable acting while also learning to adjust the acting form to serve the technical needs of the on-set camera and crew. You will work on audition technique and you will also be paired-up to work and present a scene. Up to two cameras will be operating and participants can bring a VHS tape and record their work for a future analysis and study at home. During the work sessions the Trainer establishes an interactive dialogue that helps each artist get involved in the world of the character using the "Realistic Acting technique." The working artist will be encouraged and guided to develop his/her own work process
4 weeks - 1 night a week - 4 hours a night - $225.00 (tax included)
DYNAMIC MOVEMENT AWARENESS FOR ACTORS with Melanie Sirois C.M.A.
Rooted in New York, her work is based in Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals. You will receive personal attention on precise movement changes that will increase your self awareness and learn to be specific about what is going on in your body. You will develop a deeper sense of connection and enhance your performance.
On weekend – 2 consecutive days – 6 hours a day - $175.00 (tax included)
VOICE AND SINGING with Daniel Loyer
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On weekend – 2 consecutive days – 6 hours a day - $175.00 (tax included)
ORGANIC TEXT ANALYSIS with Marie-Claude Sabourin
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3 consecutive days – Friday evening 6-10 P.M. and Saturday & Sunday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. $225.00 (tax included)
ACTING FOR DIRECTORS with Gilles Plouffe
Introduction to directing actors. Participants will work with a team of professional actors and learn to establish an effective and productive communication and collaboration with an actor that will allow for increased realism and believability in the the perfromance. You will learn how to help the actor achieve a deeper connection with the given circumtances of the script. Directors will leave this workshop with a greater understanding of the artist actor’s creative process and how to read the actor and how to obtain more authentic and realistic results.
3 consecutive days – Friday evening 6-11 P.M. and Saturday & Sunday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. $600.00 (tax included)
THE MASTER CLASS with John Strasberg
The Master Class, taught by John Strasberg, is an Intensive five (5) day workshop held in Montreal at least once a year, in june and/or november, 5 hours a day Monday to Friday for a total of 25 hours, 10 actors working every day, $800.00 USD. www.johnstrasbergstudios.org
NEW YORK INTENSIVE with John Strasberg
This is a two (2) week intensive scene study workshop held twice a year at the John Strasberg Studios in New York, once in January and then again in July. Contact Mr. Strasberg directly through his web site to book this workshop.www.johnstrasbergstudios.org
We offer classes for adults and teenagers 14 years or moreFor more information contact us at; info@intentionaldreams.org