#Meisner technique

[lesbiansagainsttheatre]

#dear diary #meisner technique #meisner repetition

[ripdragonbeans]

Learning that Ewan Michell uses Method Acting (a combination of like 4 different teachers to create its core) makes me so happy and him explaining it made me HAPPIER bc dammit the extreme stuff that some main stream actors do is um not really it it shouldn't be that intense and shouldn't be used as an excuse to be a dick

#theatre #ewan mitchell #hotd #method acting #Stanislavsky techniques #stella adler #meisner technique #strasburg technique #acting #bean speaks

[actingstudio]

Key Principles of the Meisner Technique [Infographic]

A brief introduction to the meisner technique for beginning actors. For information visit here: https://www.emasla.com/key-principles-meisner-technique/

#acting #actor #meisner technique

[travsd]

Summoning Sanford Meisner

August 31 was the DOB of actor, director, and teacher Sanford “Sandy” Meisner (1905-1997). Today Meisner is best remembered for the latter reputation, for he was doing that at Neighborhood Playhouse as recently as 1990. And of course there is the 1987 book pictured above Sanford Meisner On Acting, which you will find (along with a few dozen other similar classics by his contemporaries) on the…

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#acting #actor #director #Group Theatre #Meisner technique #method #Sanford Meisner #stage #teacher #theatre

[ellie-the-character]

when u find out ur toxic former best friend is in your chamber drama class

#as i was telling my older sibling im not even upset i just got really angry and had a nice little meisner technique moment #like this is gonna be GREAT for my acting but if this bitch tries any funny buisness i will not hesitate #like if they even LOOK at one of my friends the wrong way he can catch these hands #i took karate bitch step into the ring #'oh but ellie what would your director say' she is on maternity leave #and the substitute teacher already knows and likes me #literally after class he was like 'dont let anyone get to you im here if you need to talk ellie' #he's amazing #and like I'M not going to go picking fights unless things get REALLY BAD and i have a mental breakdown #but luckily that won't happen #as long as I get a lead in the musical and toxic bitch doesn't get into the musical at all everything will be great

[neworkimprov]

Finding Focus: Exploring the Power of Public Solitude in Acting

The stage lights are blinding, the audience a sea of expectant faces. In this electrifying atmosphere, actors must create a world of their own, embodying characters and emotions with complete conviction. But how do they achieve this level of focus while surrounded by so much external stimuli? The answer lies in a seemingly paradoxical concept: public solitude. Pioneered by the legendary Russian…

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#acting #broadway #comedy #Constantin Stanislavski #focus #improv #learn #meisner #new york #nyc #performance #Stage #study #technique #times square

[brechtian]

#polls #theatre #acting #ok I’m tumblr user brechtian but I wasn’t sure if one would consider gestus & brechts essays on acting to be considered a full technique #and either way I don’t Think almost anyone primarily ascribes to brechtian acting outside of doing brecht. but I could be wrong! #also I know this is a very western acting centric poll I know it is I know. forgive me #anyways I was trained in Chekhov & Stanislavski but I prefer Stanislavski

[scoobhead]

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#hi theatre mutuals. is this funny #meisner #nat og

[ballet-symphonie]

Ballet in the Media

Hey guys, I know this is a long-awaited list. This post contains books, news sources, and forums that focus on ballet. Obviously, this list contains official/public sites only. Suggestions about sites or titles to add are always welcome. In the future, I want to expand the list to include documentaries.

Books

(This section is limited to English for now)

History/Criticism

Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet by Simon Morrison

Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans

The Ballet Lover by Barbara L. Baer

Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet by Laura Jacobs

The Great History of Russian Ballet by Evdokia Belova

Ballet in Western Culture: A History of Its Origins and Evolution by Carol Lee

Behind the Scenes at the Ballets Russes: Stories from a Silver Age by Michael Meylac

Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes by Lynn Garafola.

Technique/Pedagogy

Foundations of Classical Ballet by Agrippina Vaganova

100 Lessons in Classical Ballet: The Eight-Year Program of Leningrad's Vaganova Choreographic School by Vera S. Kostrovitskaya

The Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet: Theory and Technique by Cyril W. Beaumont

Classical Ballet Technique by Gretchen Ward Warren

Ballet Pedagogy: The Art of Teaching by Rory Foster

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet by Gail Grant

Dance Anatomy by Jacqui Haas

(Auto) Biography

A Body of Work by David Hallberg

Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master by Nadine Meisner

Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh

Dancer by Colum McCann

Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland

Winter Season by Toni Bentley

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder

Holding On to the Air by Suzanne Farrell

Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cuxin

Publications:

Dance Media Publications (Dance Magazine, Pointe etc)

Ballet Focus

Dance Europe

Site of Alastair Macaulay

Danser (French)

Ballet 2000 (Italian/French)

Granmilano (English/Italian)

Danza e Danza (Italian)

Opera Click (Italian)

Vogue ITA: Valentina Bonelli (Italian)

La Notte (English/Italian)

Vaganova Today (English/Russian)

Ballet Magazine Russia (Russian)

La Personne (Russian)

Kultura "Culture" (Russian)

Forums:

Ballet Alert

Ballet Talk for Dancers

Ballet Co

Ballet and Opera Friends (Russian)

Passion Ballet (Russian)

Dansomanie (French)

Danza World (Italian)

Opera Click (Italian)

#masterpost #ballet #resource

[omarfor-orchestra]

Ecco una delle pochissime cose che apprezzo di Silv3strini è che allunga un sacco le scene palesemente per "vedere che succede" ed è molto Meisner technique of you Ivan

#è molto bello infatti perché stare dentro quella roba poi fa succedere delle cose per forza #no che cominciano a piangere e subito staccano #mare fuotag

[dykeseinfeld]

making fun of the meisner technique my behated

#i get it it’s overkill and looks silly but. IT WORKS #justice for art being weird and intense and an art that you practice and do drills for!!!

[keepershortfilm]

Keeper Test Shoot

General Notes on Shoot

I felt the shoot was a success, getting the performances I was looking for, and being happy with all the visuals and sounds captured on the day. The working relationship I have with everyone I think is great, nobody overstepped any roles and we built a great relationship with Merchiston North Football Club. We finished an hour ahead of schedule thanks to Rosie’s Assistant directing skills, and the actors and crew were all fed and happy throughout the day. A very successful test shoot in my opinion. Definitely areas to improve which I will touch on in a moment but we are on the right track for the main shoot.

Directing Notes on Shoot

On the test shoot, I worked closely with Lewis (Will) and Stuart (Coach,) as well as, worked alongside Claire (2nd AD) to “herd” 8 supporting actors through a blocking. My objective for this shoot is through the research I have been doing on Meisner and Adler. Going to classes that Catriona Macinnes is running with the 3rd year acting students (How I Met Lewis) and through my research of Ken Loach techniques and directing methods on actors. I learned about improvisation and keeping truthfulness in a performance. Now, what does that even mean? What I think I learned on the shoot is the more you can surprise your actor and keep that reaction as authentic as possible, there is nothing better. So on the shoot, I purposefully kept Stuart away from Lewis to keep that hierarchy and asked the actors Lewis was trying to get the attention of to “be difficult to command” This really caused Lewis to struggle with controlling the football team as well as keep that feeling you get when you are around an adult who is a professional. I also wanted to keep everyone warm and really get across this feeling that Stuart was in control so I asked him to do a training session when everyone was in costume.

However, due to focusing so much on performance, I do feel I was not properly focusing on the tone and feeling of the piece. By not clearly communicating my vision to HoD I feel that the project suffered because of it. I am the only one to blame for this and this caused Alex (Cinematographer) and I to rethink the way we approach projects, as this shoot taught me I currently have a very collaborative documentary approach to making short fiction films. Whilst, this is beneficial in getting everyone included in the discussions on the film, it doesn��t give the production a vision to shoot for, relying more heavily on the edit to produce the final film. I don’t mind this, but the way we shot the film was very streamlined and specific which does not work the best with a more documentary approach in mind. 

Going forward, I am going to try and have a clearer vision when communicating to my team, I think I am there with my actors but my vision with the crew is lacking. Thank goodness I have such a caring team working alongside me.

[lgcjino]

FILE: 지노 _ PLOT CALL _ q4 —  this is totally late but we'd definitely like to plot and get things rolling if anyone still has some room on their trackers. below the cut are some suggestions / ideas to jumpstart a thread ! ◡̈

SUB: EVENT

⤷  RE: ACTING MISSION

new actor trainee, moon jino reporting for duty !

improv study — you overheard jino listening to a youtube video that's verbalizing improv cues, you just so happen to see him right when he's supposed to act out a demoralizing heartbreak or his personal interpretation of a fish out of water -- either or, both are equally as mortifying for him.

acting techniques — specifically the meisner technique: unfortunately for jino he got called on in class to counter react a partner's acting, you just so happened to notice jino, not so in his elemental, appearing quite obviously taken back by such a display. for lack of better word, it's hilarious and something that needs to be commented on after (or more amusingly, during) class.

any other acting mission ideas, welcome!

⤷  RE: LGC HALLOWEEN 2023

costume tbd he's going as jock spiderman ◡̈

jino didn't know the candies were fake — sure there were signs, but jino can't read 🤷‍♂️ — and now the candy is lodged in his throat and oh no, is he choking? nah — forcefully dispelling air through the tiny hole in his throat that's currently blocked by a pea-sized fake sweet treat is not choking, is it?

insert thread about costumes that i will update once i 100% narrow down jino's costume options

"i love you, i swear i do, but we're not wearing matching costumes."

idk much about the carpet but best believe jino is gonna will smith-jada moment whoever is beside him at that moment

any other halloween ideas, welcome!

⤷  RE: LGC RETREAT

he's in lgc agency as an actor but he got placed with crystallis !

ghost hunting at the haunted high school x excited puppy jino

jino 100% trying to do a hsm! scream parody of troy bolton along the lockers

running into jino on the way to the bathroom a la haikyuu boot camp jump scare w jino being backlit by the bathroom lighting and his tall ass frame he's practically a slenderman cosplay at night

jino standing in the back of the show me your face game ( mostly bc he's so tall and worried about blocking anyone ) until he realizes that's the point of the game and he's gonna be using his huge af hands to block out the faces of his fellow tall giants

jino 100% mingling and moving from table to table during lunch, also him trying to hand off his kiwis to people bc he doesn't like the fruit kiwi

him dumping flour all over the person behind him's head bc his arms are too long and his reach is too high and inadvertently covering them in flour 🤝 jino trying not to laugh as he tries to help them wipe their face w a wet towel after

SUB: GENERAL

⤷  RE: Q4 ( NEW TERM, NEW GENERAL THREADS ! )

"i really appreciate that you're getting into the halloween spirit, but it's ten in the morning. please turn off the slasher films so i can eat my breakfast in peace."

"what do you mean you've never gone trick-or-treating?!" — but rather than going door to door it's convenience store to convenience store and jino footing the bill on the sweet or salty treats 😋

"you're like the toughest person i know! am i really supposed to believe that a horror film is enough to have you cowering into my lap?"

"hot cocoa is the americano equivalent for kids!" "your point is?"

"how to look suspicious 101"

someone reporting jino for having a pet. the pet in question: link.

jino burning banana bread in the oven and someone comes over for banana bread but ... it's burnt ☹️

jino watched the greatest showman for the first time and now he won't stop singing rewrite the stars and someone needs to shut !!! him !!! up !!!

NOTE

⤷   also i'll be keeping any threads that are still being replied to ( except the lgc au threads ) no matter how old they are unless you'd like to drop and replot, please let me know if that's the case ◡̈

#지노★ ₊ plot call #ik theres a lot so if u read all this tysm ily!

[lilleejean]

About Lillee Jean:

Lillee Jean is an actress from New York City. Lillee has trained at the T. Schreiber Studio, intensively studying Meisner Technique and dialects. Her latest productions include two short films she directed, produced, and wrote including 'Miss Roxie' (2023), and 'Peony and Violet'. As part of her recent show, 'So Lillo Qui' she released episode 12, Proof.

#lillee jean #lilleejean #actress

[nyahdigitalcommunities]

Visibility, Female Self-Presentation, and Public Health

Duffy & Meisner explore issues related to algorithmic visibility and the actions taken by content creators to achieve increased visibility online (2022). This discussion will focus on the relationship between visibility, female self-presentation, and related public health issues.

Microcelebrity and Visibility Labour

Microcelebrity is a deliberate practice in which everyday media users utilise self-branding techniques on social media to build fame (Drenten, Gurreri & Tyler 2020). Visibility labour refers to the unpaid activities that users unknowingly participate in to increase popularity on social media (Drenten, Gurreri & Tyler 2020).

Microcelebrities' content creation careers are reliant on the visibility that a platform affords them (Duffy & Meisner 2022). Platform specific strategies for attaining higher visibility are discussed amongst content creators, often discussing how to navigate algorithms to increase visibility (Duffy & Meisner 2022). Below is an example of the visibility strategies shared within the content creation community.

Aesthetic Templates

A method of gaining visibility on appearance-based social media platforms is adhering to aesthetic templates (Foster 2022). Aesthetic templates refer to the visual attributes that receive increased attention online; including poses, accessories, body editing, and body modifications.

Aesthetic templates comprise specific appearance ideals (Foster 2022). Feminine ideals centre around enhanced femininity; celebrating features such as large lips, thin noses, high cheekbones, and an hourglass body shape (Cowart & Lefebvre 2022; Foster 2022). 

The work dedicated to self-presentation to conform to aesthetic templates is referred to as aesthetic labour (Sarah & Dobson 2016; Drenten, Gurreri & Tyler 2020). Conformity to aesthetic templates and ideals has resulted in women with high visibility sharing similar appearances, which in some cases are achieved by cosmetic procedures (Coward & Lefebvre 2022; Foster 2022).

This can be observed below.

Pornification and Sexualised Labour

It can be posited that some women are accentuating their adherence to feminine aesthetic templates through highly sexualised self-presentation (Drenten, Gurreri & Tyler 2020). In reference to visibility on social media, this strategy of pornification is dominant due to its success in garnering attention (Drenten, Gurreri & Tyler 2020).

@LemyBeauty on Instagram exemplifies the use of pornified self-presentation to attract visibility online. In conjunction with adhering to aesthetic templates through posing, body editing, and meeting beauty ideals; the influencer presents a sexualised version of self which emulates aesthetics of commercial pornography.

As online engagement is commodified, adopting a 'porn-chic' self-presentation strategy for product promotion increases monetary gain for content creators (Drenten, Gurreri & Tyler 2020).

Public Health: Identity Dissonance, Body Dysmorphia, and Digital Citizenship

The attribution of visibility through adherence to aesthetic templates drives desire to conform to unrealistic beauty ideals (Cowart & Lefebvre 2022). The feminine aesthetic template is often unattainable by natural means, achievable only through cosmetic procedures (Cowart & Lefebvre 2022). Attempts to align with aesthetic templates can create a dissonance between online presentation and the offline self, which may ultimately lead to body dysmorphia and an increased desire to change (Cowart & Lefebvre 2022).

The glamorisation of cosmetic procedures by microcelebrities perpetuates an unrealistic beauty standard for women (Burns, Goode & Rodner 2022). Simultaneously, cosmetic procedures are normalised on social media by practitioners as a method of self-promotion (Dorfman et al. 2018). The unregulated advertisement of cosmetic procedures in conjunction with the celebration of unattainable ideals contribute to solidifying the relationship between social media and body dysmorphia (Dorfman et al. 2018; Burns, Goode & Rodner 2022).

As social media users are the heavily sought-after audience within the attention economy, users have agency over the types of content that receive visibility (Sarah & Dobson 2016). From this, it can be suggested that the attributes which form aesthetic templates can be modified by users engaging with content which depicts naturally attainable appearances online.

References

@alix_earle 2022, 28 July, viewed 18 April 2023, <https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgh-WLRpm9U/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=>.

@amrezy 2023, 27 March, viewed 18 April 2023, <https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQxK3NJ8nP/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=>.

@amymarietta 2023, 13 March, viewed 17 April 2023, <https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS87eRuo2/>.

@lemybeauty 2021, 17 July, viewed 18 April 2023, <https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZkxEFnCZ0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=>.

Burns, Z, Goode, A & Rodner, V 2022, '“Is it all just lip service?”: on Instagram and the normalisation of the cosmetic servicescape', The Journal of services marketing, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 44-58.

Carah, N & Dobson, A 2016, 'Algorithmic Hotness: Young Women's "Promotion" and "Reconnaissance" Work via Social Media Body Images', Social Media + Society, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. p.205630511667288.

Cowart, K & Lefebvre, S 2022, 'An investigation of influencer body enhancement and brand endorsement', The Journal of services marketing, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 59-72.

Dorfman, R G, Fine, N A, Mahmood, E, Schierle, C F & Vaca, E E 2018, 'Plastic Surgery-Related Hashtag Utilization on Instagram: Implications for Education and Marketing', Aesthetic Surgery Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 332-338.

Drenten, J, Gurrieri, L & Tyler, M 2020, 'Sexualized labour in digital culture: Instagram influencers, porn chic and the monetization of attention', Gender, work, and organization, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 41-66.

Duffy, B E & Meisner, C 2022, 'Platform governance at the margins: Social media creators' experiences with algorithmic (in)visibility', Media, culture & society, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 285-304.

Foster, J 2022, '“It’s All About the Look”: Making Sense of Appearance, Attractiveness, and Authenticity Online', Social Media + Society, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 205630512211387.

#Instagram #mda20009 #alix earle #amrezy #influencer #beauty standards

[ellie-the-character]

Y’know what? Enough “I’m not gonna cry” I’m GONNA cry I fully intend to sob my eyes out living in the moment and expressing your true feelings

#this has been my attitude ever since I took meisner technique classes and honestly it’s been really nice #like crying when I know I’m gonna cry and knowing it’s okay bc it’s my feelings has been really nice #I loved those classes #they were really important to me in so many ways #honestly better than therapy