Acting Class Daily

Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and Part Six of The Elysium Aesthetic.

We begin each month with a complimentary, week one perspective-shaper. A tone-setter for the tools and practices we’ll be covering over the next three weeks in each of our three areas of lifelong growth: artistry, instrument and craft. Enjoy!

New to the work? These free introductory chapters are where we recommend you start: Kindred Spirits, What Is Good Acting?, Growing Excellence, The Muscles of Preparation.

This Month’s Focus

Part Six: The Specific & Improvisational Actor

Today’s Class

The Specific & Improvisational Actor

Today’s Target

Everything begins for us with specificity.

In each stage of growth it’s the specific that clicks.

Opening your eyes to what’s next.

Trampolining you to your next level of personal growth.

We search for specificity like we search for the key to a lock.

To unlock artistic truth, to finding your click of knowing.

Your finish line.

And like any muscle it can be challenged, shaped, and strengthened.

Turning a vital aspect of growth … into a super-strength.

Next Class: Emotional Button-Pushers

Previous Class: Sensory Transformation

* The Starting Gun

* Your Path

* The Hunt Is Always On

* The S&I Actor

* The Muscle of You

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and Part Five of The Elysium Aesthetic.

We begin each month with a complimentary, week one perspective-shaper. A tone-setter for the tools and practices we’ll be covering over the next three weeks in each of our three areas of lifelong growth: artistry, instrument and craft. Enjoy!

New to the work? These free introductory chapters are where we recommend you start: Kindred Spirits, What Is Good Acting?, Growing Excellence, The Muscles of Preparation.

This Month’s Focus

Part Five: Never Settle For The First Taste Of Success

Today’s Class

Never Settle For The First Taste Of Success

Today’s Target

“Do I dig deeper … or is this my finish line?”

Olympians know when they’ve put in a good day of training.

They can leave their practice facilities with peace of mind and recharge for the next session.

When actors experience success, on the other hand, we face a crossroads:

“Are these signals of success coming from my intellect … or my artistic truth?”

We have an intellect eager to settle. An instrument facing the unknown.

A yearning to embrace our instincts. A feeling of untapped potential just below the surface.

How do we know when another level exists?

How do we know what to do to access it?

This week we’re forging into our process a way to ensure we leave no artistic truth behind.

The muscle, the perspective builder, of Never Settling For The First Taste of Success.

Next Class: Motivation Muscle

Previous Class: Nature Transformation

* Crossroads

* Our Question

* What A Thing

* Tug Of War

* Our Plan

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and Part Four of The Elysium Aesthetic.

We begin each month with a complimentary, week one perspective-shaper. A tone-setter for the tools and practices we’ll be covering over the next three weeks in each of our three areas of lifelong growth: artistry, instrument and craft. Enjoy!

New to the work? These free introductory chapters are where we recommend you start: Kindred Spirits, What Is Good Acting?, Growing Excellence, The Muscles of Preparation.

This Month’s Focus

Part Four: I Can Do Anything

Today’s Class

I Can Do Anything

Today’s Target

I can do anything.

​It’s worth taking in how powerful the those words are for an actor.

​Not hope (it’s a good script). Not guess (if you’re right for the role). Not wait (for direction).

​When you have the capability, the know-how, the set-up, the ever-increasing ability to succeed at anything … it becomes an extra-ordinary ability.

A super-power.

​An actor who can do anything can be right for any role, can work from any script, can flourish off any collaborative request, can succeed in any environment - no matter what life throws your way.

​And, most importantly, love every aspect of the experience.

​Today we’re turning words into action ... turning “I Can Do Anything” into the undeniable belief and unshakeable foundation of the fearless forward.

Next Class: New Knowings

Previous Class: Nurture Transformation

* Real Belief

* Words Matter

* I Can Do Anything

* Any

* Undeniable Belief

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and Part Three of The Elysium Aesthetic.

We begin each month with a complimentary, week one perspective-shaper. A tone-setter for the tools and practices we’ll be covering over the next three weeks in each of our three areas of lifelong growth: artistry, instrument and craft. Enjoy!

New to the work? These free introductory chapters are where we recommend you start: Kindred Spirits, What Is Good Acting?, Growing Excellence, The Muscles of Preparation.

This Month’s Focus

Part Three: Actor’s Faith

Today’s Class

Actor’s Faith

Today’s Target

Your imagination is the core of your talent as an actor.

​We all have imaginations … audience members, fellow actors, we all do. 

​But the ability to surrender, to accept the truth of it, to believe it so darn obviously that it feels undeniable … that is your professional separator. 

​What happens when there are no breaks in your imagination? 

​Where will you take audiences when you can step onto any stage, working with any actor, in any imaginative world, with any direction given to you … and believe so fully that you get to truly live?

​Today we lay the groundwork for imaginative celebration … knowing, growing, accessing and applying the professional separator of your acting talent, your Actor’s Faith.

Next Class: Moments of Magic

Previous Class: Learning Lines

* The Core

* A Fun Day

* Counterweights

* I Want To Believe

* What Will Happen

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and Part Two of The Elysium Aesthetic.

We begin each month with a complimentary, week one perspective-shaper. A tone-setter for the tools and practices we’ll be covering over the next three weeks in each of our three areas of lifelong growth: artistry, instrument and craft. Enjoy!

New to the work? These free introductory chapters are where we recommend you start: Kindred Spirits, What Is Good Acting?, Growing Excellence, The Muscles of Preparation.

This Month’s Focus

Part Two: The Olympic Spirit

Today’s Class

The Olympic Spirit

Today’s Target

Acting rocks.

We get to live, really live, in the most incredible imaginary circumstances. 

We get to … if we want to. ​The choice is yours on the sort of actor you want to be. 

You can choose to make believe or you can settle for playing pretend.

​You can either really do the work to go there … or be okay skating just above it, tasting the echo, the idea of the thing.

​Making believe means doing the work until your talent is set free - until success becomes instinct.

​Making believe requires the roar of an Olympic Spirit.

​Today we light the torch for all the wondrous work ahead.

The work of making believe.

Next Class: Personal Crafting Schedule

Previous Class: EA First Rehearsal + Rehearsal Report

* Joan

* We Get To Really Live

* The Work

* How Will Anyone Know?

* Professional Separator

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and Part One of The Elysium Aesthetic. We begin each month with a complimentary, week one perspective-shaper. A tone-setter for the tools and practices we’ll be covering over the next three weeks in each of our three areas of lifelong growth: artistry, instrument and craft. Enjoy!

New to the work? These free introductory chapters are where we recommend you start: Kindred Spirits, What Is Good Acting?, Growing Excellence, The Muscles of Preparation.

This Month’s Focus

Part One: The Road To Elysium

Today’s Class

The Road To Elysium

Today’s Target

Let’s begin by looking at the elements of earning excellence.

​The muscles, the instincts, the habits, that take us beyond fleeting success … and make this way of working - living truthfully through imaginary circumstances with personal, professional pride - our constant.

Next Class: Elysium Artist

Previous Class: EA Teaching Philosophy

* Knowing Your Finish Line

* Embrace The Base

* Surrendering To The Process

* Building Crucial Muscles

* As Clear As Possible

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and The Elysium Aesthetic. We continue with our complimentary month of free classes, laying the groundwork for the tools and practices we’ll be covering in the year ahead. Enjoy!

New to the work? These free introductory chapters are where we recommend you start: Kindred Spirits, What Is Good Acting?, Growing Excellence, The Muscles of Preparation.

This Month’s Focus

An Introduction To The Elysium Aesthetic

Today’s Class

EA Teaching Philosophy

Today’s Target

Summarizing the teaching perspectives, practices, and philosophy of The Elysium Aesthetic.

Next Class: The Road To Elysium

Previous Class: The Muscles of Preparation

* Hogwarts

* Simply. Obviously. Instinctually.

* The Art of Rehearsal

* The Best of Ourselves

* Golden Potential

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and The Elysium Aesthetic. We continue with our complimentary month of free classes, laying the groundwork for the tools and practices we’ll be covering in the year ahead. Enjoy!

This Month’s Focus

An Introduction To The Elysium Aesthetic

Today’s Class

The Muscles of Preparation

Today’s Target

We now have a clear sense of our finish line - specific and unique targets in each of the three areas of lifelong acting growth: our artistry, our instrument, and our craft.

Here, in our final introductory chapter, let’s talk about how.

How we show up ready.

How we power creative success throughout The Elysium Aesthetic.

How we make creative success inevitable.

Next Class: EA Teaching Philosophy

Previous Class: Growing Excellence

* Let’s Talk About How

* Prigatov

* Personal Creative Growth

* Creative Conveyor Belt

* Two Bridges

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and The Elysium Aesthetic. We continue with our complimentary month of free classes, laying the groundwork for the tools and practices we’ll be covering in the year ahead. Enjoy!

This Month’s Focus

An Introduction To The Elysium Aesthetic

Today’s Class

Growing Excellence

Today’s Target

What are those special & unique muscles that earn excellence in our craft? 

​What areas develop the muscles we need to roar us across our personal finish line of Elysium?

​And how do we deal with challenges? 

​We all have the right to be frustrated and we all have the right to get stuck. We all have the right to get lost. So … what happens when something feels off? 

​​Let’s look closer at the muscles that overcome challenge and propel us forward down the road of earned excellence and across our finish line of Elysium.

Next Class: The Muscles of Preparation

Previous Class: What Is Good Acting?

* Fan of Forward

* A Human Aesthetic

* Practice

* Make Life Our Gym

* You Caring For You

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily and The Elysium Aesthetic. We continue with a complimentary month of free classes to lay the groundwork for the tools and practices we’ll be covering in the year ahead. Enjoy!

This Month’s Focus

An Introduction To The Elysium Aesthetic

Today’s Class

What Is Good Acting?

Today’s Target

I wonder what would have happened if I could have sat down with my teachers before training with them and learned their thoughts on acting.

Why they love it, how they view success, and their passion for what’s possible when training in their direction. 

​Let’s take time to lay out the training landscape of our journey ahead. 

​Let's crystalize what you’ll be left with after giving your energy, time, passion … all the ways you invest in yourself, honestly, when growing as an actor. 

​Taking the time at the start to know exactly what you’ll have when we cross our finish line of training together.

Next Class: Growing Excellence

Previous Class: Kindred Spirits

* Juliet

* No Competition

* We Would Know

* Organized

* When We Train

ARTISTRY: Elysium Artist, Personal Crafting Schedule, DEAR (3Qs, MoM, New Knowings, Motivation Muscle, Emotional BPs, Fearless Fountain, GoS Spotlight, Mentorship Muscle)

INSTRUMENT: Physical Practice, Imagination Practice, The Veil, Vocal Practice, Emotional Practice, Psychological Practice, Personal Warmup.

CRAFT: EA First Rehearsal, Rehearsal Report, Learning Lines, Nurture Transformation, Nature Transformation, Sensory Transformation, Physical Transformation, Relationship Transformation, Soul Work, Character Hooks, Etude Work, Rehearsal Exercises.

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