Acting for the Non-Professional

THEATER X 406.51

Primarily for nonactors (as well as beginning actors), use professional acting techniques in a supportive environment. Experience the unfolding of your full potential for self-expression and personal presentation.

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What you will learn.

  • Introduce yourself to training techniques such as relaxation, concentration, and focus
  • Deepen your sensory awareness, heighten imagination, and release spontaneity
  • Improvise in your performances using the techniques learned

About this course:

Primarily for nonactors, this course also provides an excellent orientation for beginning actors. Using professional acting techniques in a supportive environment, experience the unfolding of your full potential for self-expression and personal presentation. The training introduces new levels of relaxation, concentration, and focus, with the goal of helping you deepen sensory awareness, heighten imagination, release spontaneity, and improvise in your performances.

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