Acting Programs New York - Maggie Flanigan Studio - Interview with Mata Barr
Acting Programs New York https://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-programs/mata-barr-acting-program-interview/ Summer Acting Programs New York - Maggie Flanigan Studio Call (917) 789-1599 The Six-Week Summer Acting Program in New York at the Maggie Flanigan Studio introduces actors to the Meisner Technique in a small studio and a safe, nurturing environment. In this interview with Katie after the summer acting intensive, Mata Barr discusses what it was like taking the Meisner Intensive after studying acting in an undergraduate theatre program. Katie: Mata, what did you think it meant to train as an actor before you started the six-week summer intensive? Mata: I think I had a relatively-- I knew that I had to train as an actor. I knew I should do it. I went to school, and I thought that that was the right thing to do. I certainly learned things. I had the impression that there wasn't an organized way of training because the experiences that I've had have been mismatched and hodgepodge if you will. Before I was here, I just felt like I was putting my puzzle together and trying to get as much information from a bunch of different sources as many as I could to make my puzzle work, which is not how I feel now. I feel like I found something that is a puzzle, and the pieces all fit together. It's meant to go together now. Katie: Besides that, what do you think it means to train as an actor now? Mata: Now, I always knew that it took time and dedication, and these more significant umbrella words. I think now I know what that means. I know what it means to sit down with myself. Charlie said something great about mining your heart for meaning. I think that that is a really, really, really important thing that I've learned in these short six weeks, but I think that that kind of specificity and that honesty with yourself is something that I've realized is maybe the most essential part of training as an actor, along with the grit, and the tenacity, and the fire, and the dedication, and the work ethic that partners with that sensitivity and specificity and care. Katie: Was this your first time studying the Meisner technique? Mata: Yes, it was. Katie: Did you have any preconceived notions about it before you started? Mata: I tried not to. I did some research, online, it was like, it's great for people who are in their head, and I was like, "Perfect, that's me." I had some skeptical friends. No one talked down on the Meisner technique by any means, but I had an understanding that in theory, it was going to get me out of my head, great. Also, people were telling me that it was repetitive. I guess people think it's clunky, is what was said to me. That it was not as fun or not as-- I don't know, there wasn't so much momentum as they may have liked, which I did not find to be right at all. Katie: How is the training here? The Meisner Technique, the teachers, Charlie, how is it different than what you expected coming in six weeks ago? Mata: After meeting Charlie, I had an idea that this was a no-nonsense place to be. I think that that has solidified itself. I have learned so much from all the teachers. We have Charlie, and we also have Karen, who's lovely. It's a teamwork sort of a situation, and it's very symbiotic. I think this is a great, great, great, great environment to be training in and to be learning, like really learning in. Katie: What was something that happened in these past six weeks that was a surprise or that changed you? Mata: That's an interesting question because I feel changed, but I know that I haven't been changed. I've been me this whole time. I think that the training and the pushing against what should be as according to everyone else, that push and that sort of break of those walls was the most fantastic thing. It has changed me, but also it's just turned me into the real me that has been here the whole time. Katie: How has it changed you as an actor? Mata: As an actor? I think I'm serious now. I'm careful and specific. I look at training now with more respect. Respect for myself, respect for anyone that I'm collaborating with. I think it's just a particular way of doing things now and I'm grateful for that. It's like the yellow brick road. Just follow the yellow brick road, and it'll work out. It's scary. It's a scary yellow brick road, but it's a great one. Acting Programs New York - Maggie Flanigan Studio - Interview with Mata Barr #actingprogramsnewyorkny #meisnertechnique To learn more about the Meisner Summer Intensive at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, visit the acting programs page on the studio website, and then search online for reviews fro students about the studio. Interested actors should apply online and call the studio at (917) 789-1599 with questions about enrollment. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/JTA9n7oHbNT2
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