Michelle Danner Acting Studio
Michelle Danner Acting Studio
1. Breaking into Hollywood - the Business of acting
Our Hollywood Acting Workshop “Breaking into Hollywood” will prepare you with the tools required to break through in Hollywood. It can take years for an actor to learn the ins and outs, and the do’s and don’ts of the industry.
Michelle Danner uses her years of experience within the business as a director, teacher, and actress to give actors a head start, and bypass years of trial and error.
Our Hollywood Acting Workshop “Breaking into Hollywood” is for actors who need an agent, who are trying to get to the next level, who are unsatisfied with the amount of auditions they are getting, and who have an agent but need to book work.
5 REASONS YOU NEED TO COME TO BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WORKSHOP
- Just moved to L.A.Just starting your Acting Career
- Been Acting for a short/long time.
- Don’t have an Agent.
- Have an Agent. Not getting auditions.
- Have an Agent. Getting auditions but not booking.
An Interactive Workshop That Answers Your Questions
- How to get a headshot and show reel that stands out!
- Getting into SAG-AFTRA!
- How to create a resume that gets you called in!
- Finding agents, managers, lawyers, and publicists!
- Getting work without an Agent!
- How casting works!
- How to develop an individualized strategy for your career!!!
The Golden Box will teach you how to get out of your head, follow your impulses, and begin to live completely in the moment. By finding your own unique emotional triggers, you will learn to access your full range of feelings and emotions at a moment’s notice. Learn how to create vivid, fleshed out, and interesting characters through an intense and emotional workshop. Supported with lectures and technique exercises. Michelle teaches a technique that is effective for actors of various skill levels. Actors around the world have found success studying with Michelle, because she takes the emphasis off the dogmatic method and helps actors discover their own creativity.
THE CLASS FOCUSES ON ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:- Why are some choices more powerful than others?
- How does one deliver a raw unforgettable performance?
- What specific tools can be applied to film, television, and stage work?
- How does one develop a personal story from scratch and discover material for a one woman/man show, screenplay, short or novel?
Please call 310.392.0815 for more information
4. Scene study Los Angeles
Scene Study Class Los Angeles provides the best opportunity for the committed actor to flex their acting muscles and refine their craft on a consistent basis. Actors are taught the foundations of technique through opening emotional exercises which are used to warm up the actor’s instrument, and introduce the tools that will be applied to their scene work.
This weekly workout allows actors to test their performance abilities in a safe and playful environment, while discovering their strengths and weaknesses with the help of a trained director’s eye.
• To ensure each actor has the opportunity to work during the session, class sizes are limited to 12-16 students
• Students are encouraged to work on challenging material that requires them to go deeper into the work.
• Scene study class in Los Angeles for beginning actors is a fundamental course for those who are new to acting or have some related experience. Actors are taught the foundations of technique through opening emotional exercises which are used to warm up the actor’s instrument and teach them the tools that will later be applied to their scene work. Students explore how to apply their backstory to the characters they are creating by working on contemporary and classical scenes and monologues. Emphasis is placed on learning how to make the best physical, emotional, and vocal choices.
• Scene study class in Los Angeles for Intermediate/Advanced students are tailored for actors who have had a few years of professional experience. Actors continue to build on their foundation of technique with opening emotional exercises that
are used to warm up the actor’s instrument. Students challenge and stretch themselves by working on bold and daring material that requires them to go deeper into the work.
5. Improv class - Improv workout |practice & learn to connect to the spontaneity within
Do you want to give yourself a competitive edge in the audition room, on stage, or in life? Improv is a great opportunity to have some fun and fuel your imagination! Join our improv classes LA!
It is no secret that there is an industry demand for skilled improv actors whom are quick on their feet and take risks with confidence. This is an improvisational workout geared towards helping actors find untapped creativity and enhance their skills as
a performer. Build scenes, take risks and find unique choices that are memorable. In our Improv Classes Los Angeles you will develop strong and exciting characters and get out of your head so you may open your eyes to new performance possibilities.
A two month session includes a comedy showcase.
• Take this class, improve your comedic & audition skills.
• Take risks with the freedom of play & overcome mental blocks.
• Workout & strengthen your impulses.
• Heighten & Explore your passion and emotions through your voice & actions.
• Develop your creativity & learn to trust your instincts through improvised scenes & theater games
• Learn how to have your characters think as quickly on their feet as you can on yours.
• Break through self-imposed restrictions in a safe supportive space.
6. Acting Techniques - Sanford Meisner
In our Meisner Technique Acting Class students will learn the foundation of Sanford Meisner acting techniques: exercises in repetition independent activities, emotional preparation & scene work. The second half of the class consists of
scene and monologue work, during which time students apply what they have learned in their exercises to their roles.
You will learn the core of our work, the first half of each Acting technique class is devoted to a sequence of concentration exercises to develop actors’ relaxation and effective memory: both sensory and emotional. The sense memory exercises utilize
imaginary objects that most people deal with every day, so that actors can begin to create a simple reality for themselves. The second half of the class consists of scene and monologue work, during which time students apply what they have learned in their
exercises to their roles. Improvisation is used to help create actual experience.
7. Acting Techniques - Stella Adler
You will learn the Stella Adler technique. You will explores the language and principles of Stella Adler’s approach to acting, including action, circumstance, and justification. Students will develop a foundation from which to build themselves as actors as well as human beings.
This intensive is a practical hands on approach to acting utilizing the Meisner acting technique, Strasberg and Stella Adler’s approach to acting and study of theatre history through 1860 – present day.We will cover the modern masters using Checkhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Beckett, Inge, Albee, Miller, Williams, Mamet, Shepard and Kushner’s plays as the landscape.
Perform scenes and intro to modern American masters scene breakdown and analysis.
Discussion of theatre history for the modern cinema choice of modern Amercian master scene. Continue to work on analysis of plays and objectives rehearsal for the two scenes.
Continue to work on scenes.
Presentation of scenes in workshop form.
TEXTS:
Master teachers of the theatre – Observations on teaching theatre by nine American masters.
Sanford Meisner – On Acting
Stella Adler – The Technique of Acting
Lee Strasberg – A Dream of Passion
We also offer Voice & Speech classes, Stage Combat classes, Stanislavski, etc. Please call 310.392.0815 for more information or email [email protected]