Acting Classes NYC - Maggie Flanigan Studio - Call 917-789-1599
Acting classes NYC - http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ NYC Acting Classes for Serious Actors - Call 917-789-1599 Maggie Flanigan offer acting classes in NYC for serious actors. In this video students reflect on the experience of taking classes at the studio and their relationship with the instructors. What’s it like to study at the studio? Amazing. It's nothing I've ever experienced in an acting conservatory. It's been a journey of learning myself and not being able to go any further in life until I know how I feel about something. It's life changing. The first entire year is about finding yourself. Everyone is so supportive. It's like the most close-knit group I've ever had. It's like in a family pretty much and you learn so much about everyone. I would say for me, just everyone individually gets attention too, that's what I really liked about it, it's really small. Exactly yes. I think that the faculties, it's amazing how much each member really cares about what they do and it's obvious within every class. Definitely. You know you're getting the attention that you need. Yes, there's no moment throughout the entire process that I felt alone or that there's no one I can turn to. There was always someone there that I could ask a question or just at least have a friendly face there. Describe your first activity. [laughs] Embarrassing. Excruciating. Shameful but now it's amazing. It's like second nature, almost. To think back to the first activity seems like light years ago. It makes you feel like you were in kindergarten, like it was pretty treacherous. It was terrifying. [laughs] It was terrifying and you are like, "Wow I really didn't get it then, but now I can get it.” Because it was so terrifying, because it was so scary, so nerve-wracking that's where we learned. Yes, that's part of the process. That's how we grew. You don't grow unless you fail and so we failed a lot the beginning. For More information about the studio you can visit the studio website or go here: 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 acting classes NYC, acting classes in NYC, maggie flanigan studio, actors, maggie flanigan, Meisner technique training, Meisner technique, Meisner training, Meisner, Meisner work, Meisner acting, Meisner acting classes, acting conservatory, best acting studio in NYC
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Two Year Acting Program | Finding Meaning and Truth | Maggie Flanigan Studio
Two Year Acting Program | Finding Meaning and Truth | Maggie Flanigan Studio
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio is a two year acting program in New York City that instills in the actor a craft and a solid work ethic for a long acting career. Gerard Joseph from Queens originally. My family’s from Dominica in the West Indies. I’m first generation and I just graduated about a month ago. I wanted to be the best at what I do and I was new to acting. I hadn't done acting my whole life and I conferred with a few people about who was the best and who was the most respected and the most well-known. Not known so much, but like active and involved in the students’ lives and everybody pointed me to Maggie's. Maggie's and like two other people, but Maggie was just the name that just kept echoing, and echoing, and echoing so I had to check it out. Transformed. She always said, the whole time when we were in the process, that people have their revelations, and their breakdowns, and their different things at different times in the process over the two years and I don't think I had mine till the very end. So it's been a lot of processing and realizing the changes that I've made and understanding my new self. They see me as more grounded, they see me as more relatable. I find it myself that I'm much more- much less drama in my life. I can't quite correlate it directly, but I know it's because I'm expressing and I'm getting a lot of things out that I probably expressed unhealthily in the past. I don't know what I was doing before, basically. Everything is different. Everything is deeper, everything is more meaningful, everything is personal. I was going out there and playing an idea before without anything being truly connected to my soul and now everything is different. I approach a character and trying to find the aspects of him that relate to me and that I can really dive into and absorb. I looked for meaning, and meaning, and more meaning. Before it was so shallow, so that's the difference. One thing that jumps out right now is being open and available while reading it, while really discovering a character sitting down in a place that I allow myself to let those words affect me in a way that is just not a mental thing, that I'm emotionally involved from the jump and taking the time to carve out line, by line, by line, what it is that's happening for that person and then relating it to myself. So it's painstaking now, but I wouldn't want it any other way. I don't know if I would have gotten where I am without Voice and Speech. I was blocking things with my voice I didn't realize. I had a tension in my chest and in my jaw that wouldn't allow, when I became alive and emotional, wouldn't allow those things to come through. I was tense and she pointed out these things to me and allowed me to be aware such that now I can release those points of tension and really feel better than I was able to feel before. So I don't know if the work in Maggie's would have been as effective without those tools from Voice and Speech. First year is just an explosion. I would describe it as a volcano like all these things are just pummeling out of you at different speeds, at different paces, in different forms and then second year is, I guess, cleaning up the mess in a way, learning how to organize the ash from the lava, from the rocks and just knowing what goes where. It's a process of relating another being or another person's experience to myself and coming to understand it through my prism and it doesn't cut me off. That’s what's beautiful about it for me. It allows me to be me in my fullest sense and apply it and shift it through this person, through this character. The people, yes, the energy. Like I said earlier, I wanted the best. I was looking for the best and I feel like a lot of the people here are seeking the same thing and that energy and that synergy that's created in a room of people who want the best gives me chills. It's giving me chills now. I've never felt that anywhere else. In the next video Meredith Howard talks about how she changed during the two year acting program at the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFI54ZNzfY To see more alumni interviews about the training program at the studio vis this channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 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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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio is a two year acting program in New York City that instills in the actor a craft and a solid work ethic for a long acting career. Gerard Joseph from Queens originally. My family’s from Dominica in the West Indies. I’m first generation and I just graduated about a month ago. I wanted to be the best at what I do and I was new to acting. I hadn't done acting my whole life and I conferred with a few people about who was the best and who was the most respected and the most well-known. Not known so much, but like active and involved in the students’ lives and everybody pointed me to Maggie's. Maggie's and like two other people, but Maggie was just the name that just kept echoing, and echoing, and echoing so I had to check it out. Transformed. She always said, the whole time when we were in the process, that people have their revelations, and their breakdowns, and their different things at different times in the process over the two years and I don't think I had mine till the very end. So it's been a lot of processing and realizing the changes that I've made and understanding my new self. They see me as more grounded, they see me as more relatable. I find it myself that I'm much more- much less drama in my life. I can't quite correlate it directly, but I know it's because I'm expressing and I'm getting a lot of things out that I probably expressed unhealthily in the past. I don't know what I was doing before, basically. Everything is different. Everything is deeper, everything is more meaningful, everything is personal. I was going out there and playing an idea before without anything being truly connected to my soul and now everything is different. I approach a character and trying to find the aspects of him that relate to me and that I can really dive into and absorb. I looked for meaning, and meaning, and more meaning. Before it was so shallow, so that's the difference. One thing that jumps out right now is being open and available while reading it, while really discovering a character sitting down in a place that I allow myself to let those words affect me in a way that is just not a mental thing, that I'm emotionally involved from the jump and taking the time to carve out line, by line, by line, what it is that's happening for that person and then relating it to myself. So it's painstaking now, but I wouldn't want it any other way. I don't know if I would have gotten where I am without Voice and Speech. I was blocking things with my voice I didn't realize. I had a tension in my chest and in my jaw that wouldn't allow, when I became alive and emotional, wouldn't allow those things to come through. I was tense and she pointed out these things to me and allowed me to be aware such that now I can release those points of tension and really feel better than I was able to feel before. So I don't know if the work in Maggie's would have been as effective without those tools from Voice and Speech. First year is just an explosion. I would describe it as a volcano like all these things are just pummeling out of you at different speeds, at different paces, in different forms and then second year is, I guess, cleaning up the mess in a way, learning how to organize the ash from the lava, from the rocks and just knowing what goes where. It's a process of relating another being or another person's experience to myself and coming to understand it through my prism and it doesn't cut me off. That’s what's beautiful about it for me. It allows me to be me in my fullest sense and apply it and shift it through this person, through this character. The people, yes, the energy. Like I said earlier, I wanted the best. I was looking for the best and I feel like a lot of the people here are seeking the same thing and that energy and that synergy that's created in a room of people who want the best gives me chills. It's giving me chills now. I've never felt that anywhere else. In the next video Meredith Howard talks about how she changed during the two year acting program at the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFI54ZNzfY To see more alumni interviews about the training program at the studio vis this channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 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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Liked on YouTube: Fitness for the Actor - Julia Crockett - Maggie Flanigan Studio
Fitness for the Actor - Julia Crockett - Maggie Flanigan Studio
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/movement-class/fitness-actor-julia-crockett Fitness for the Actor - Julia Crockett - Maggie Flanigan Studio Julia Crockett teaches movement classes for actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Julia explain how the right fitness program can help a working actor. The question that actors ask me the most has to be what they should be doing to stay in shape, which is a problematic question because there are so many misunderstandings about what it means to be or to have an actor's body. On one hand, actors really do need to be in shape. They have to be present in their body, they have to have endurance and stamina, they also need to be watchable. On the other hand, so many actors focus on aesthetic instead of a strong instrument or what we talk about, is a released instrument, and they develop a fitness program that's really working against their body as an artist's body. Usually, the first thing I tell people is to stop weight lifting. Weight lifting is just building a shield between you and the world. Really, if you think about the actors that you really love to watch, the actors that are your idols and role models, think about their physicality, so few of them are jacked up, physical actors. That's because what we want for an actor is for their body to be soft. By over-developing their instrument, they're really robbing themselves of a body they can experience. My experience on set is you work these long days, 14 hours, 15 hours, and what really helps me to stay present has to do with a physical regimen that has a lot of variety, that works on flexibility, on fluidity, on dynamic physical impulses rather than just strength and an aesthetically pleasing body. To learn more about movement classes at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, visit the studio website or call the studio directly at (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163 movement class for actors, movement classes for actors,movement class, movement classes, movement class teacher, movement class instructor, julia crockett
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/movement-class/fitness-actor-julia-crockett Fitness for the Actor - Julia Crockett - Maggie Flanigan Studio Julia Crockett teaches movement classes for actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Julia explain how the right fitness program can help a working actor. The question that actors ask me the most has to be what they should be doing to stay in shape, which is a problematic question because there are so many misunderstandings about what it means to be or to have an actor's body. On one hand, actors really do need to be in shape. They have to be present in their body, they have to have endurance and stamina, they also need to be watchable. On the other hand, so many actors focus on aesthetic instead of a strong instrument or what we talk about, is a released instrument, and they develop a fitness program that's really working against their body as an artist's body. Usually, the first thing I tell people is to stop weight lifting. Weight lifting is just building a shield between you and the world. Really, if you think about the actors that you really love to watch, the actors that are your idols and role models, think about their physicality, so few of them are jacked up, physical actors. That's because what we want for an actor is for their body to be soft. By over-developing their instrument, they're really robbing themselves of a body they can experience. My experience on set is you work these long days, 14 hours, 15 hours, and what really helps me to stay present has to do with a physical regimen that has a lot of variety, that works on flexibility, on fluidity, on dynamic physical impulses rather than just strength and an aesthetically pleasing body. To learn more about movement classes at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, visit the studio website or call the studio directly at (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163 movement class for actors, movement classes for actors,movement class, movement classes, movement class teacher, movement class instructor, julia crockett
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Sunday, June 4, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Meisner Summer Intensive Interview - Sara Kohler - Call 917-789-1599
Meisner Summer Intensive Interview - Sara Kohler - Call 917-789-1599
Meisner Summer Intensive Call 917-789-1599 Leading Meisner Intensive Program in the U.S. Starts June 9th http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/summer-intensive-program/ Sara Kohler talks about the Meisner Summer Intensive at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. The Meisner Intensive provides students with the opportunity to experience what it means to train as a professional actor. In this interview Sara Kohler talks about her experience in the six week summer intensive and how it was different than what she previously thought professional training was like. Q: What did you believe actor training was before you began the Six Week Summer Intensive training? A: I though that training that is acting was a large amount of what I did in school. I didn’t believe it was essential for me personally. I didn’t understand what training so coming here and really meant, and learning the beginning of the Meisner technique, I began to see that training was nothing that I believed it was. I 'd no technique and I didn’t understand what I had been doing. Coming here I’ve began to learn the best way to work and I learned. Q: What occurred during the Meisner Summer Intensive that altered your outlook on training? A: I had been simply constantly looking forward to my cue and saying a line the manner that I believed I’d done “homework” on and that I'd rehearsed it and actually I did discover the way to do assignments, which will be insane. Merely thinking back to the summertime, how much I’ve come is astonishing and it really, truly altered my entire life. Q: What happened during the Six Week Meisner Summer Intensive that surprised you? A: I was surprised to think back on those parts that I’ve understood and played that I 'd no notion what I used to be doing. With the Meisner technique you actually begin to realize what its like to craft and create a nature plus a situation, I didn’t possess a technique, I didn’t discover the best way to even prepare to get a job and I didn’t have training and live through something. I had been just shocked and its laughable to look at what exactly that I did before this. It’s difficult for me to believe I have been seen by individuals and it’s embarrassing to be somewhat frank. Q: Why did you choose to sign up after the summer intensive for the Meisner Two Year Acting Program? A: Well, I understood it'd been the most challenging six weeks of my entire life and that what we were doing in summer time program was just the start. I 'd no notion exactly what the repetition exercise was great for. I simply wanted more and I understood it's been and that it was planning to be this valuable to me. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163
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Meisner Summer Intensive Call 917-789-1599 Leading Meisner Intensive Program in the U.S. Starts June 9th http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/summer-intensive-program/ Sara Kohler talks about the Meisner Summer Intensive at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. The Meisner Intensive provides students with the opportunity to experience what it means to train as a professional actor. In this interview Sara Kohler talks about her experience in the six week summer intensive and how it was different than what she previously thought professional training was like. Q: What did you believe actor training was before you began the Six Week Summer Intensive training? A: I though that training that is acting was a large amount of what I did in school. I didn’t believe it was essential for me personally. I didn’t understand what training so coming here and really meant, and learning the beginning of the Meisner technique, I began to see that training was nothing that I believed it was. I 'd no technique and I didn’t understand what I had been doing. Coming here I’ve began to learn the best way to work and I learned. Q: What occurred during the Meisner Summer Intensive that altered your outlook on training? A: I had been simply constantly looking forward to my cue and saying a line the manner that I believed I’d done “homework” on and that I'd rehearsed it and actually I did discover the way to do assignments, which will be insane. Merely thinking back to the summertime, how much I’ve come is astonishing and it really, truly altered my entire life. Q: What happened during the Six Week Meisner Summer Intensive that surprised you? A: I was surprised to think back on those parts that I’ve understood and played that I 'd no notion what I used to be doing. With the Meisner technique you actually begin to realize what its like to craft and create a nature plus a situation, I didn’t possess a technique, I didn’t discover the best way to even prepare to get a job and I didn’t have training and live through something. I had been just shocked and its laughable to look at what exactly that I did before this. It’s difficult for me to believe I have been seen by individuals and it’s embarrassing to be somewhat frank. Q: Why did you choose to sign up after the summer intensive for the Meisner Two Year Acting Program? A: Well, I understood it'd been the most challenging six weeks of my entire life and that what we were doing in summer time program was just the start. I 'd no notion exactly what the repetition exercise was great for. I simply wanted more and I understood it's been and that it was planning to be this valuable to me. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/oxqqExybwL32 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Acting Master Class with Maggie Flanigan | Master Class Structure
Acting Master Class with Maggie Flanigan | Master Class Structure
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/master-class/master-class-working-actors/ Acting Master Class with Maggie Flanigan - Call 917-789-1599 The Leading Master Class for Trained Actors Maggie Flanigan teaches the Master Class for Actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Maggie discusses the commitment and dedication that she expects from her students. I expect the students that take the class to have a real commitment to themselves as artists, that they are serious and that they're willing to play full out with themselves. I'm not a teacher for everyone. I don't want this class to to be with students just come in here and do not rehearse, do not work for the process and have no homework. I am not interested in that and they will not last long in the class. I am interested in people who really want to solve a problem and commit themselves to the artist in in them and willing to play full out with themselves. Then this class will be a good experience. What is the Structure of the Master Class? The Master Class is 10 weeks, once a week for four hours. You work every class and you must rehearse at least twice a week so that when you come to the next week you really have a substantial amount of work to bring in and offer to your partner. You will probably do two scenes. If for some reason your partner is missing because of work or is going to be late, bring in a monologue. So you can work on monologues. With the scenes, you can begin to look at material now. What part would you like the work on? What playwright would you like to work on? You can work on something that you would love to do that you're not ready for yet, but it has to be within your can, something you'd love to do dramatic or comedic that you've never done one, one or the other. You are willing to fall on your face because that's when really wonderful something wonderful happens. Wonderful things happen with your ability to take chances. To register for the Master Class or to find out about additional acting class and professional training programs at the studio, visit the studio website or call 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/BF4prLPFYFK2 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163 acting masterclass, masterclass for actors, master class, scene study class, scene study class nyc, scene study acting classes nyc, best scene study class nyc, scene study analysis, scene study for actors, advanced scene study, meisner scene study, scene study techniques
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/master-class/master-class-working-actors/ Acting Master Class with Maggie Flanigan - Call 917-789-1599 The Leading Master Class for Trained Actors Maggie Flanigan teaches the Master Class for Actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Maggie discusses the commitment and dedication that she expects from her students. I expect the students that take the class to have a real commitment to themselves as artists, that they are serious and that they're willing to play full out with themselves. I'm not a teacher for everyone. I don't want this class to to be with students just come in here and do not rehearse, do not work for the process and have no homework. I am not interested in that and they will not last long in the class. I am interested in people who really want to solve a problem and commit themselves to the artist in in them and willing to play full out with themselves. Then this class will be a good experience. What is the Structure of the Master Class? The Master Class is 10 weeks, once a week for four hours. You work every class and you must rehearse at least twice a week so that when you come to the next week you really have a substantial amount of work to bring in and offer to your partner. You will probably do two scenes. If for some reason your partner is missing because of work or is going to be late, bring in a monologue. So you can work on monologues. With the scenes, you can begin to look at material now. What part would you like the work on? What playwright would you like to work on? You can work on something that you would love to do that you're not ready for yet, but it has to be within your can, something you'd love to do dramatic or comedic that you've never done one, one or the other. You are willing to fall on your face because that's when really wonderful something wonderful happens. Wonderful things happen with your ability to take chances. To register for the Master Class or to find out about additional acting class and professional training programs at the studio, visit the studio website or call 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/BF4prLPFYFK2 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163 acting masterclass, masterclass for actors, master class, scene study class, scene study class nyc, scene study acting classes nyc, best scene study class nyc, scene study analysis, scene study for actors, advanced scene study, meisner scene study, scene study techniques
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Thursday, May 4, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Voice and Speech Class for Actors 01 | Voice and Speech NYC | 917-789-1599
Voice and Speech Class for Actors 01 | Voice and Speech NYC | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/voice-and-speech-class-voice-1/ Liz Eckert teaches voice and speed class at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Liz discusses how voice and speech training help actors establish a presence on stage. For more information about the voice and speech class at Maggie Flanigan Studio, visit the studio online or call 917-789-1599. Voice I is the first of four 12 week, 24 class semesters dedicated to the voice and speech development necessary for any serious actor, and is based on the brilliant vocal training created by the world’s foremost voice teacher Kristin Linklater. We are all born with a two to three octave speaking voice that freely expresses the full gamut of human emotion. As we go through life, we acquire habitual vocal patterns molded by family, peers, and social influences that can shape the things we express and our pattern of expression. The socialized voice is perfectly serviceable for day-to-day transactions. It will get you your coffee in the morning, it will allow you to talk about sports, and it can even share information about what you are feeling, given the “appropriate” time and place. The actor however, has greater expressive demands, which require a voice that is capable of fulfilling a deeper desire to communicate with freedom, clarity, and ease. The actor cannot afford to have a voice that is limited by habit, conditioned by cultural norms, or trapped by fear. Else he or she risks playing characters whom are similarly held hostage by those same blocks. Work in this class follows the Linklater approach to voice, wherein the actor nurtures an ongoing curiosity about their vocal instrument, which is inseparable from the person behind it. The work begins with identifying and releasing physical tension that can inhibit a spontaneous connection to the voice. Through physical release, the breath moves deeper into the body. When this happens, the voice follows, and with it a deeper personal connection. Special attention in Voice I is paid to common areas of tension that can act as censors to authentic communication: the tongue, the jaw, the soft palate, and the throat. This allows the student to isolate resonating chambers in the body, which strengthens the corresponding parts of the speaking voice. By the end of the course, students will have a full physical/vocal warm-up to use in preparation for rehearsals, auditions, and performance, invaluable for working actors who know how important it is to keep their instrument in excellent shape. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com https://goo.gl/maps/WZWu4q6tdiw https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/voice-and-speech-class-voice-1/ Liz Eckert teaches voice and speed class at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Liz discusses how voice and speech training help actors establish a presence on stage. For more information about the voice and speech class at Maggie Flanigan Studio, visit the studio online or call 917-789-1599. Voice I is the first of four 12 week, 24 class semesters dedicated to the voice and speech development necessary for any serious actor, and is based on the brilliant vocal training created by the world’s foremost voice teacher Kristin Linklater. We are all born with a two to three octave speaking voice that freely expresses the full gamut of human emotion. As we go through life, we acquire habitual vocal patterns molded by family, peers, and social influences that can shape the things we express and our pattern of expression. The socialized voice is perfectly serviceable for day-to-day transactions. It will get you your coffee in the morning, it will allow you to talk about sports, and it can even share information about what you are feeling, given the “appropriate” time and place. The actor however, has greater expressive demands, which require a voice that is capable of fulfilling a deeper desire to communicate with freedom, clarity, and ease. The actor cannot afford to have a voice that is limited by habit, conditioned by cultural norms, or trapped by fear. Else he or she risks playing characters whom are similarly held hostage by those same blocks. Work in this class follows the Linklater approach to voice, wherein the actor nurtures an ongoing curiosity about their vocal instrument, which is inseparable from the person behind it. The work begins with identifying and releasing physical tension that can inhibit a spontaneous connection to the voice. Through physical release, the breath moves deeper into the body. When this happens, the voice follows, and with it a deeper personal connection. Special attention in Voice I is paid to common areas of tension that can act as censors to authentic communication: the tongue, the jaw, the soft palate, and the throat. This allows the student to isolate resonating chambers in the body, which strengthens the corresponding parts of the speaking voice. By the end of the course, students will have a full physical/vocal warm-up to use in preparation for rehearsals, auditions, and performance, invaluable for working actors who know how important it is to keep their instrument in excellent shape. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com https://goo.gl/maps/WZWu4q6tdiw https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Meisner Summer Intensive | Kyle Leibovitch | 917-789-1599
Meisner Summer Intensive | Kyle Leibovitch | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/summer-intensive-program/ The Meisner Summer Intensive at the Maggie Flanigan Studio is a professional actor training program in New York City, that runs once a year. In this video Kyle discusses what it was like to train at the studio and to experience Meisner training for the first time. Q: What did you think acting training was before you started the six-week summer intensive? A: Before I started the Meisner summer intensive, well I knew that acting training was like very specific and rigorous and definitely very professional, but the thing that was different when I came here was that it was, people were being held to a much higher standard. I feel like everyone was being held to a very high standard of professionalism. So much specificity, if that makes sense. Q: And what happened to you specifically during the Six Week Summer Intensive that changed your perspective on acting and training? A: The way Charlie made it very personal and the way he though acting should be very personal and coming up with circumstances that were very personal to you, I kind of knew that that should be a thing in acting but I never had been taught how to really craft something that delved into myself to a point that it was very, that it made me very vulnerable and scared and challenged me so much. Q: And what did you learn about yourself during the Meisner Summer Intensive that surprised you or changed you? A: That the biggest block toward getting to my vulnerability was actually my rage. It was the opposite I felt like. In order to really get to a point of being vulnerable I had to get really angry and be comfortable with that towards another person because I’m usually a pretty friendly person. It really opened me up in other areas of my work as well. Q: What would you say to someone who wasn’t sure they were ready to do the Meisner Summer Intensive? A: I think you just gotta go for it. I mean, I feel that at some point in anything you do, you might never feel like you’re fully ready but you’ll never be ready unless you actually commit to it and actually do it and try it. Because everyone is at a different point in their process and so you can only go forward, I feel like. Q: So why did you decide to train as a Meisner actor? A: I have read like every single acting book that there probably is to read and I think that one that resonated the most with me was the Meisner technique, reading Sanford Meisner’s actual book and so I kind of looked up online where were the best places and I kept seeing Maggie’s name and so I came here to try it because I just felt that Meisner, the idea of putting your attention on something else or someone else was just the way to do it. Q: So why did you decide to enroll in the two year Meisner Conservatory program after the summer intensive? A: I felt like in the summer intensive Charlie pushed me to a level that I didn’t think was possible and I just wanted to keep growing and growing because I mean this is a business it takes a long time, an art form that take a long time. I felt that I wanted to be the best that I could possibly be and I feel that here, with Charlie, he can really push me to that level, and beyond that level even. Q: And why did you pick Maggie Flanigan Studio? A: Probably because of Charlie, to be honest. There’s so many places out there but I feel that he has a way of pushing people and kind of seeing the buttons that they have and the limitations that they have and knows how to attack them in a smart way without breaking you down too much, but just enough. There are many programs in New York city that provide actor training. To learn more about the Maggie Flanigan Studio and the Meisner Summer intensive call the studio today at (917) 789-1599. Here is an interview with Sara Kohler talking about her experience in the Meisner Summer Intensive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me7bzTINMew
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/summer-intensive-program/ The Meisner Summer Intensive at the Maggie Flanigan Studio is a professional actor training program in New York City, that runs once a year. In this video Kyle discusses what it was like to train at the studio and to experience Meisner training for the first time. Q: What did you think acting training was before you started the six-week summer intensive? A: Before I started the Meisner summer intensive, well I knew that acting training was like very specific and rigorous and definitely very professional, but the thing that was different when I came here was that it was, people were being held to a much higher standard. I feel like everyone was being held to a very high standard of professionalism. So much specificity, if that makes sense. Q: And what happened to you specifically during the Six Week Summer Intensive that changed your perspective on acting and training? A: The way Charlie made it very personal and the way he though acting should be very personal and coming up with circumstances that were very personal to you, I kind of knew that that should be a thing in acting but I never had been taught how to really craft something that delved into myself to a point that it was very, that it made me very vulnerable and scared and challenged me so much. Q: And what did you learn about yourself during the Meisner Summer Intensive that surprised you or changed you? A: That the biggest block toward getting to my vulnerability was actually my rage. It was the opposite I felt like. In order to really get to a point of being vulnerable I had to get really angry and be comfortable with that towards another person because I’m usually a pretty friendly person. It really opened me up in other areas of my work as well. Q: What would you say to someone who wasn’t sure they were ready to do the Meisner Summer Intensive? A: I think you just gotta go for it. I mean, I feel that at some point in anything you do, you might never feel like you’re fully ready but you’ll never be ready unless you actually commit to it and actually do it and try it. Because everyone is at a different point in their process and so you can only go forward, I feel like. Q: So why did you decide to train as a Meisner actor? A: I have read like every single acting book that there probably is to read and I think that one that resonated the most with me was the Meisner technique, reading Sanford Meisner’s actual book and so I kind of looked up online where were the best places and I kept seeing Maggie’s name and so I came here to try it because I just felt that Meisner, the idea of putting your attention on something else or someone else was just the way to do it. Q: So why did you decide to enroll in the two year Meisner Conservatory program after the summer intensive? A: I felt like in the summer intensive Charlie pushed me to a level that I didn’t think was possible and I just wanted to keep growing and growing because I mean this is a business it takes a long time, an art form that take a long time. I felt that I wanted to be the best that I could possibly be and I feel that here, with Charlie, he can really push me to that level, and beyond that level even. Q: And why did you pick Maggie Flanigan Studio? A: Probably because of Charlie, to be honest. There’s so many places out there but I feel that he has a way of pushing people and kind of seeing the buttons that they have and the limitations that they have and knows how to attack them in a smart way without breaking you down too much, but just enough. There are many programs in New York city that provide actor training. To learn more about the Maggie Flanigan Studio and the Meisner Summer intensive call the studio today at (917) 789-1599. Here is an interview with Sara Kohler talking about her experience in the Meisner Summer Intensive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me7bzTINMew
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Friday, April 21, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Master Class for Actors | Acting Master Class | Call 917-789-1599
Master Class for Actors | Acting Master Class | Call 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/master-class-actors-917-789-1599/ Master Class for Actors - Call 917-789-1599 Best Master Acting Class Master Class is an advanced scene study class taught by Maggie Flanigan. In this video Maggie talk about who the Master Class is for and how it can benefit working actors. Who is the Master Class for? The Master Class is for a number of people, experienced actors, people who have gotten out of a training program that they did very well in but need to work on things that were not covered. Because you only do a limited amount of scenes, Spoon Rivers, and you might need more work in a certain area. Master Class is for actors who want to expand their repertoire, they've not done comedic work or they are not comfortable in it. They are afraid to do it. The same with dramatic work. They feel the joy is gone. They are afraid of working through the experience. They don't feel that they are fully alive as they were in a particular play. They go on to the next play and they do not feel alive. So it has to do with working on the process, crafting, learning and making sure you are crafting in an organic, personal way. You are making sure that you are not taking the fundamentals for granted, so that you are really listening, you are really responding and really open. You are really available. You are working in a vulnerable way so that things can come in to you and you can respond in a personal way. Why Should Actors Be Taking This Class? Actors always need to work on themselves. As actor you don't take a class forever, you take it for a limited amount of time. It's important for actors to continue to work on themselves, work on themselves as an artist, treating themselves like an artist. In the business you know if you can get jaded, you can get turned off, you're frightened of criticism. You need to make sure you're open and really willing to take chances, really willing to explore a character. You can work on a part that you would love to work on that may never work on or they never work on for ten years. Such as Street Car Named Desire, working on Blanche DuBois. You won't get the full character and in 10 weeks but you can begin to get the essence of the character. You could work on Hedda Gabler. These are wonderful parts to work on. So you won't get it fully but you make it a lot of it and that would be very exciting. Why Is This An Ideal Class For Working Actors? This class is a place to isolate a problem having freedom to make mistakes and freedom to return to the basics. If you have been working a lot we can take the fundamentals for granted. We think they are second nature and they're really not. You can be indicating when you really should be doing. You should be truthfully responding even though it may not fit what you think the part is. In that truthful response may be a more appropriate response because it is coming from you. For more information about Master Class with Maggie Flanigan and other acting classes at the studio call 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/BF4prLPFYFK2 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163 acting masterclass, masterclass for actors, master class, scene study class, scene study class nyc, scene study acting classes nyc, best scene study class nyc, scene study analysis, scene study for actors, advanced scene study, meisner scene study, scene study techniques
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/master-class-actors-917-789-1599/ Master Class for Actors - Call 917-789-1599 Best Master Acting Class Master Class is an advanced scene study class taught by Maggie Flanigan. In this video Maggie talk about who the Master Class is for and how it can benefit working actors. Who is the Master Class for? The Master Class is for a number of people, experienced actors, people who have gotten out of a training program that they did very well in but need to work on things that were not covered. Because you only do a limited amount of scenes, Spoon Rivers, and you might need more work in a certain area. Master Class is for actors who want to expand their repertoire, they've not done comedic work or they are not comfortable in it. They are afraid to do it. The same with dramatic work. They feel the joy is gone. They are afraid of working through the experience. They don't feel that they are fully alive as they were in a particular play. They go on to the next play and they do not feel alive. So it has to do with working on the process, crafting, learning and making sure you are crafting in an organic, personal way. You are making sure that you are not taking the fundamentals for granted, so that you are really listening, you are really responding and really open. You are really available. You are working in a vulnerable way so that things can come in to you and you can respond in a personal way. Why Should Actors Be Taking This Class? Actors always need to work on themselves. As actor you don't take a class forever, you take it for a limited amount of time. It's important for actors to continue to work on themselves, work on themselves as an artist, treating themselves like an artist. In the business you know if you can get jaded, you can get turned off, you're frightened of criticism. You need to make sure you're open and really willing to take chances, really willing to explore a character. You can work on a part that you would love to work on that may never work on or they never work on for ten years. Such as Street Car Named Desire, working on Blanche DuBois. You won't get the full character and in 10 weeks but you can begin to get the essence of the character. You could work on Hedda Gabler. These are wonderful parts to work on. So you won't get it fully but you make it a lot of it and that would be very exciting. Why Is This An Ideal Class For Working Actors? This class is a place to isolate a problem having freedom to make mistakes and freedom to return to the basics. If you have been working a lot we can take the fundamentals for granted. We think they are second nature and they're really not. You can be indicating when you really should be doing. You should be truthfully responding even though it may not fit what you think the part is. In that truthful response may be a more appropriate response because it is coming from you. For more information about Master Class with Maggie Flanigan and other acting classes at the studio call 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/BF4prLPFYFK2 https://plus.google.com/100897218937179347163 acting masterclass, masterclass for actors, master class, scene study class, scene study class nyc, scene study acting classes nyc, best scene study class nyc, scene study analysis, scene study for actors, advanced scene study, meisner scene study, scene study techniques
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Meisner Summer Intensive | Six-Week Meisner Intensive | Maggie Flanigan Studio
Meisner Summer Intensive | Six-Week Meisner Intensive | Maggie Flanigan Studio
Meisner Summer Intensive Call 917-789-1599 Leading Meisner Summer Intensive http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ The Six-Week Summer Intensive begins mid-June and finishes at the end of July. The class serves as an introduction to the Meisner technique and to the Maggie Flanigan Studio. The session consists of eighteen 3-hour classes. It focuses on the first two months of First Year Acting, followed by scene work to end the class. Summer students also have the option of enrolling in Movement I, Voice I, and Auditioning for Film and Television. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ meisner acting studio, meisner summer intensive, meisner acting, meisner acting coach, best meisner acting coach, top meisner acting coach, summer intensive, acting summer intensive, summer acting intensive
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Meisner Summer Intensive Call 917-789-1599 Leading Meisner Summer Intensive http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ The Six-Week Summer Intensive begins mid-June and finishes at the end of July. The class serves as an introduction to the Meisner technique and to the Maggie Flanigan Studio. The session consists of eighteen 3-hour classes. It focuses on the first two months of First Year Acting, followed by scene work to end the class. Summer students also have the option of enrolling in Movement I, Voice I, and Auditioning for Film and Television. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ meisner acting studio, meisner summer intensive, meisner acting, meisner acting coach, best meisner acting coach, top meisner acting coach, summer intensive, acting summer intensive, summer acting intensive
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Signature Theatre's 2017-18 Season
Signature Theatre's 2017-18 Season
Our 2017-18 Season features works from Edward Albee, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Dominique Morisseau, and Suzan-Lori Parks. We can't wait to bring these bold and unique American voices to our stages. Follow Signature Theatre on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/signaturetheatrecompany Twitter: https://twitter.com/signaturetheatr Instagram: http://instagram.com/signaturetheatre New York City’s Signature Theatre exists to honor and celebrate the playwright. Founded in 1991 by James Houghton, Signature makes an extended commitment to a playwright’s body of work, and during this journey, the writer is engaged in every aspect of the creative process. Signature is the first theatre company to devote an entire season to the work of a single playwright, including re-examinations of past writings as well as New York and world premieres. By championing in-depth explorations of a living playwright’s body of work, Signature Theatre delivers an intimate and immersive journey into the playwright’s singular vision. Signature has presented entire seasons of the work of Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Horton Foote, MarÃa Irene Fornés, John Guare, A.R. Gurney, Bill Irwin, Adrienne Kennedy, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, Charles Mee, Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Naomi Wallace, August Wilson, Lanford Wilson, and a season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company. Signature Theatre Company The Pershing Square Signature Center 480 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 http://www.signaturetheatre.org/
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Our 2017-18 Season features works from Edward Albee, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Dominique Morisseau, and Suzan-Lori Parks. We can't wait to bring these bold and unique American voices to our stages. Follow Signature Theatre on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/signaturetheatrecompany Twitter: https://twitter.com/signaturetheatr Instagram: http://instagram.com/signaturetheatre New York City’s Signature Theatre exists to honor and celebrate the playwright. Founded in 1991 by James Houghton, Signature makes an extended commitment to a playwright’s body of work, and during this journey, the writer is engaged in every aspect of the creative process. Signature is the first theatre company to devote an entire season to the work of a single playwright, including re-examinations of past writings as well as New York and world premieres. By championing in-depth explorations of a living playwright’s body of work, Signature Theatre delivers an intimate and immersive journey into the playwright’s singular vision. Signature has presented entire seasons of the work of Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Horton Foote, MarÃa Irene Fornés, John Guare, A.R. Gurney, Bill Irwin, Adrienne Kennedy, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, Charles Mee, Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Naomi Wallace, August Wilson, Lanford Wilson, and a season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company. Signature Theatre Company The Pershing Square Signature Center 480 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 http://www.signaturetheatre.org/
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Master Class Alumni Lisa Lamattina | Best Master Class for Actors | Call 917-789-1599
Master Class Alumni Lisa Lamattina | Best Master Class for Actors | Call 917-789-1599
Master Class Alumni Lisa Lamattina - Call 917-789-1599 The Best Master Class for Actors - Maggie Flanigan Studio http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/master-class/master-acting-class-lisa-lamattina-interview/ In this video Lisa Lamattina discusses why she came back to the studio for the masterclass after she started to work professionally. Master Class at the Maggie Flanigan Studio is a ten week advanced scene study class taught by Maggie Flanigan. Why Did You decide To Take Master Class with Maggie Flanigan? It had been three years since I had finished my two-year program with Maggie and it was really good timing because I was also pretty frustrated and starting to doubt myself a little more after being on lots of auditions. I would go into a studio or into a casting directors office all excited and I would not get the call back. That is the first time they met me and then I go in and they call me again. Great. Then I would get the call back and then I wouldn't hear anything for months. I would always think I could have done something better. I could have approached it differently. So I was getting a little bit nervous that I was starting to develop bad habits perhaps. I was starting to forget my technique because when you're out there and you're a new actor you are being handed two pages, three pages, you sometimes never see the script at all. As a student I was diving into plays that were complicated. How Important Was It That The Class Was Small In Size? It is tremendously important that the class is small. The reason I chose the studio for my two-year conservatory program was because it was small and it was intimate. I felt like Maggie really saw me as a person, as an artist. I felt like the smaller the class the more I get to work and the more time the teacher actually sees my work honestly and clearly. We all learn when we watch other people work. I totally agree and it's amazing to watch that. I have seen people do such beautiful things in my classes but you know we are actors. We want to get up there and we want to get in there and to do scenes that are different than what we have done in the past. The smaller the class the more time you'll get working. What Was It Like To Work So Closely with Maggie In Class? Maggie is the best. I had her for two years in the program and it changed the way I look at everything. I love how high a standard she has for everyone, yet everyone is approached differently. It's like a magician or something. She is able to teach the exact same technique to people who are so vastly different, whether they're from a different country or 25 years difference in age. Some are coming back after being a working actor for 10 years and she speaks to them all so personally. I haven't seen very many people do that since I left the studio. What Did You Find Difficult About The Class? The hardest part about the class was that I was a little intimidated by the other students in the class because there were some really good working actors in the class. These are people who I see and appreciate their work and have worked with people i hope to work with one day, it was a classroom full of those people. When I was a student here we were all students all starting in one place and now I really had to be careful and remind myself to let that go and just do my best work. Also it's always important for me to go slowly and be patient and kind with myself because I knew I was doing work, really deep work that I had not done in awhile. How Did the Class Get You Back On Course with Your Career? After taking the class I felt so excited. I felt rejuvenated. I felt like I had superpowers. I was eager again. I wasn't as nervous. I felt like I got this technique, this muscle memory. It’s in me to the right way to break down the script the right way, to look at the character the right way, and the right questions to ask myself. I was just doing that naturally and that was so reassuring. That freed me up to try new things and take risks. I actually even started doing twice a month play reading group with some other friends because I had realized how much I missed these plays, these amazing beautiful stories. So it just rejuvenated me. I think that I booked better. I walk into rooms better. I did four independent films one right after another after I left. I think I was just excited for the work and it was infectious. To register for the masterclass with Maggie Flanigan or to learn more about the professional training that the studio provides call 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ acting masterclass, masterclass for actors, master class
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Master Class Alumni Lisa Lamattina - Call 917-789-1599 The Best Master Class for Actors - Maggie Flanigan Studio http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/master-class/master-acting-class-lisa-lamattina-interview/ In this video Lisa Lamattina discusses why she came back to the studio for the masterclass after she started to work professionally. Master Class at the Maggie Flanigan Studio is a ten week advanced scene study class taught by Maggie Flanigan. Why Did You decide To Take Master Class with Maggie Flanigan? It had been three years since I had finished my two-year program with Maggie and it was really good timing because I was also pretty frustrated and starting to doubt myself a little more after being on lots of auditions. I would go into a studio or into a casting directors office all excited and I would not get the call back. That is the first time they met me and then I go in and they call me again. Great. Then I would get the call back and then I wouldn't hear anything for months. I would always think I could have done something better. I could have approached it differently. So I was getting a little bit nervous that I was starting to develop bad habits perhaps. I was starting to forget my technique because when you're out there and you're a new actor you are being handed two pages, three pages, you sometimes never see the script at all. As a student I was diving into plays that were complicated. How Important Was It That The Class Was Small In Size? It is tremendously important that the class is small. The reason I chose the studio for my two-year conservatory program was because it was small and it was intimate. I felt like Maggie really saw me as a person, as an artist. I felt like the smaller the class the more I get to work and the more time the teacher actually sees my work honestly and clearly. We all learn when we watch other people work. I totally agree and it's amazing to watch that. I have seen people do such beautiful things in my classes but you know we are actors. We want to get up there and we want to get in there and to do scenes that are different than what we have done in the past. The smaller the class the more time you'll get working. What Was It Like To Work So Closely with Maggie In Class? Maggie is the best. I had her for two years in the program and it changed the way I look at everything. I love how high a standard she has for everyone, yet everyone is approached differently. It's like a magician or something. She is able to teach the exact same technique to people who are so vastly different, whether they're from a different country or 25 years difference in age. Some are coming back after being a working actor for 10 years and she speaks to them all so personally. I haven't seen very many people do that since I left the studio. What Did You Find Difficult About The Class? The hardest part about the class was that I was a little intimidated by the other students in the class because there were some really good working actors in the class. These are people who I see and appreciate their work and have worked with people i hope to work with one day, it was a classroom full of those people. When I was a student here we were all students all starting in one place and now I really had to be careful and remind myself to let that go and just do my best work. Also it's always important for me to go slowly and be patient and kind with myself because I knew I was doing work, really deep work that I had not done in awhile. How Did the Class Get You Back On Course with Your Career? After taking the class I felt so excited. I felt rejuvenated. I felt like I had superpowers. I was eager again. I wasn't as nervous. I felt like I got this technique, this muscle memory. It’s in me to the right way to break down the script the right way, to look at the character the right way, and the right questions to ask myself. I was just doing that naturally and that was so reassuring. That freed me up to try new things and take risks. I actually even started doing twice a month play reading group with some other friends because I had realized how much I missed these plays, these amazing beautiful stories. So it just rejuvenated me. I think that I booked better. I walk into rooms better. I did four independent films one right after another after I left. I think I was just excited for the work and it was infectious. To register for the masterclass with Maggie Flanigan or to learn more about the professional training that the studio provides call 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ acting masterclass, masterclass for actors, master class
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Liked on YouTube: Two Year Acting Program | Meisner Training First Year Class | 917-789-1599
Two Year Acting Program | Meisner Training First Year Class | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/acting-1/ Two Year Acting Program Meisner Training First Year Acting Class Call 917-789-1599 Acting I and II comprise the nine months of Sanford Meisner’s first year technique. The goal of the first year training is to develop a truthful acting instrument, where all fundamentals of the art form are second nature to the actor. Beginning with a simple repetition exercise, Meisner’s brilliant technique, when taught properly, evolves over nine months into a very deep, rich, and sophisticated, improvisational exercise. Untrained actors are bad and not respected professionally for a number of reasons; their attention is on themselves, they wait for their cues, cannot respond spontaneously from moment to moment, think squeezing out emotion is a good thing, are riddled with physical and vocal tension, indicate behavior, don’t listen, and can’t craft. Meisner’s first year solves these problems along with many others. Picasso said “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.” All of us have been parented, socialized, and educated. This is necessary to lead a healthy and productive life in society, but it is not helpful for the artist. First year chips away at the defenses and insecurities that have taken decades to develop. Whether its a fear of anger, feeling unworthy of joy, an aversion to conflict, a need to function as peacemaker, or the notion that you are not entitled to your feelings, these issues all contribute to hindering artistic development. Our students will not only confront these issues, but solve them in a safe, nurturing environment. The actor will learn how to listen and respond personally, how to get the placement of concentration off of themselves, will discover how to return to their impulsive child-like spontaneity, learn how to craft in a simple, specific and personal way, harness their ability to daydream and fantasize in order to emotionally prepare offstage, while also finding the courage and ease to function from all sides of their temperament. This is the work that puts a serious actor on the road to being an exceptional artist. Meisner understood however, that his exercise work would be of no value if the actor could not apply what they have learned to scenes. Text is, ultimately, the actor’s playground. As Mesiner taught and intended, we will also, at three different points during first year, take where we are in the exercise and apply that work organically to scenes. Students will do three rounds of scenes in first year, with each round challenging the actor to apply these important fundamentals to text. Compelling actors know how to improvise freely with a script, and understand the freedom and vivid behavior that can be created through spontaneous improvisation. Bad actors do line readings and can offer nothing more than conventional, cookie-cutter interpretations from their own pedestrian behavior. Meisner’s first year technique, and the work at our studio, will train the actor to break from these bad habits, producing a truthful, clear and fundamentally sound actor capable of creating vivid experiential behavior, consistently. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, NY 10001 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ Meisner technique, meisner acting, acting studio, acting classes, maggie flainigan studio, charlie sandlan, maggie flanigan, acting coach, acting teacher
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/acting-1/ Two Year Acting Program Meisner Training First Year Acting Class Call 917-789-1599 Acting I and II comprise the nine months of Sanford Meisner’s first year technique. The goal of the first year training is to develop a truthful acting instrument, where all fundamentals of the art form are second nature to the actor. Beginning with a simple repetition exercise, Meisner’s brilliant technique, when taught properly, evolves over nine months into a very deep, rich, and sophisticated, improvisational exercise. Untrained actors are bad and not respected professionally for a number of reasons; their attention is on themselves, they wait for their cues, cannot respond spontaneously from moment to moment, think squeezing out emotion is a good thing, are riddled with physical and vocal tension, indicate behavior, don’t listen, and can’t craft. Meisner’s first year solves these problems along with many others. Picasso said “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.” All of us have been parented, socialized, and educated. This is necessary to lead a healthy and productive life in society, but it is not helpful for the artist. First year chips away at the defenses and insecurities that have taken decades to develop. Whether its a fear of anger, feeling unworthy of joy, an aversion to conflict, a need to function as peacemaker, or the notion that you are not entitled to your feelings, these issues all contribute to hindering artistic development. Our students will not only confront these issues, but solve them in a safe, nurturing environment. The actor will learn how to listen and respond personally, how to get the placement of concentration off of themselves, will discover how to return to their impulsive child-like spontaneity, learn how to craft in a simple, specific and personal way, harness their ability to daydream and fantasize in order to emotionally prepare offstage, while also finding the courage and ease to function from all sides of their temperament. This is the work that puts a serious actor on the road to being an exceptional artist. Meisner understood however, that his exercise work would be of no value if the actor could not apply what they have learned to scenes. Text is, ultimately, the actor’s playground. As Mesiner taught and intended, we will also, at three different points during first year, take where we are in the exercise and apply that work organically to scenes. Students will do three rounds of scenes in first year, with each round challenging the actor to apply these important fundamentals to text. Compelling actors know how to improvise freely with a script, and understand the freedom and vivid behavior that can be created through spontaneous improvisation. Bad actors do line readings and can offer nothing more than conventional, cookie-cutter interpretations from their own pedestrian behavior. Meisner’s first year technique, and the work at our studio, will train the actor to break from these bad habits, producing a truthful, clear and fundamentally sound actor capable of creating vivid experiential behavior, consistently. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, NY 10001 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ Meisner technique, meisner acting, acting studio, acting classes, maggie flainigan studio, charlie sandlan, maggie flanigan, acting coach, acting teacher
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Monday, December 19, 2016
Liked on YouTube: Voice & Speech for Actors | Why Actors Need to Make Deeper Connections | (917) 789-1599
Voice & Speech for Actors | Why Actors Need to Make Deeper Connections | (917) 789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/voice-1/ Liz Eckert teaches Voice & Speech for Actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York City. In this video Liz talks about why many actors avoid professional training and why they struggle to reach new levels in their acting. I think one thing that a lot of actors find challenging about training is that it can sometimes take a long time to even recognize what is getting in your way before you can reach a new level. I think that is why a lot of actors just run away from training. Part of the reason for this is that a lot of the things we are doing as actors are exactly the things that we are doing in our every day life, it just requires a much deeper connection to those things. We, for instance, listen and speak all the time in our lives there is nothing new about that. As actors we need to reach a deeper connection to that so we are fully present in our conversations, fully present with our scene partner, and we are allowing ourselves to be affected by them. Something that is really exciting as a voice teacher, is when I see a student making the connection between how the quality of their listening affects the quality of their voice. So if they are interested in speaking with a voice of truth, of presence, of freedom, then they have to be listening from a place of truth and presence and freedom. To learn more about the voice and speech classes at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, visit the studio website or call the studio directly at (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-classes/voice-1/ Liz Eckert teaches Voice & Speech for Actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York City. In this video Liz talks about why many actors avoid professional training and why they struggle to reach new levels in their acting. I think one thing that a lot of actors find challenging about training is that it can sometimes take a long time to even recognize what is getting in your way before you can reach a new level. I think that is why a lot of actors just run away from training. Part of the reason for this is that a lot of the things we are doing as actors are exactly the things that we are doing in our every day life, it just requires a much deeper connection to those things. We, for instance, listen and speak all the time in our lives there is nothing new about that. As actors we need to reach a deeper connection to that so we are fully present in our conversations, fully present with our scene partner, and we are allowing ourselves to be affected by them. Something that is really exciting as a voice teacher, is when I see a student making the connection between how the quality of their listening affects the quality of their voice. So if they are interested in speaking with a voice of truth, of presence, of freedom, then they have to be listening from a place of truth and presence and freedom. To learn more about the voice and speech classes at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, visit the studio website or call the studio directly at (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/
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Saturday, October 29, 2016
Liked on YouTube: Two Year Acting Program | What is the First Year Like?
Two Year Acting Program | What is the First Year Like?
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/admissions/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio is a two year acting conservatory in New York City. The two year acting program instills in the actor a craft and a solid work ethic for a long acting career. In the next video Charlie discusses the difference between the Two Year Program and a MFA program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HDwuogzCk To see video interviews with studio alumni talking about the two year acting program: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/admissions/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio is a two year acting conservatory in New York City. The two year acting program instills in the actor a craft and a solid work ethic for a long acting career. In the next video Charlie discusses the difference between the Two Year Program and a MFA program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HDwuogzCk To see video interviews with studio alumni talking about the two year acting program: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599
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Saturday, October 8, 2016
Liked on YouTube: Flexible, Dangerous and Fascinating | Two Year Acting Program | 917-789-1599
Flexible, Dangerous and Fascinating | Two Year Acting Program | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York provides a two year acting program for actors who are serious and dedicated to professional training. In this video Charlie Sandlan discusses Piper Perabo’s visit to the studio and what it means to be dangerous as an actor. This summer, Piper Perabo, one of our alum, she came back and did a talkback to our students, faculty and friends. She talked about the decision she made after ten years of working professionally and successfully, to put that her career on hold in order to train. She was finding herself on set with actors who were doing the kind of work that she craved to do and yet she did not know how. One of the things that she said was that the work of some of these actors was dangerous and that excited her. It made me start to think. “What does it mean to be a dangerous actor?” I am not talking about being unsafe or unprofessional. What does it mean to have danger in your work? I think it has to do with a couple of things. It has to do with your ability to be spontaneous. It has to do with your ability to be able to act before you think. It has to do with funneling your impulses. Being able to risk. Being able to be bold and courageous without being in your head, without editing yourself, without judging. Importantly, it has to do with really listening to what is being said to you and how you are being treated. Actors that have that kind of spontaneity. Actors that are willing to make mistakes, to go with the present moment, they are dangerous because you just don’t know what is going o happen from one moment to the next. That takes training. That is what Piper realized. In order to have that kind of an instrument, in order to be able to work, take after take after take, night after night after night, if you are on stage, to make your work spontaneous and fresh, you need to train yourself. These are all skills that can be learned. They can be ingrained in you so that they are second nature. My wish for any serious actor, for anyone that is really interested in having a career well into their 30s, their 40s, their 50s, their 60s, you must have the same dedication that Piper had, a willingness to put everything on hold and commit yourself to your craft. For more information about the two year program for actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio contact the studio directly by calling (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, NY 10001 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ two year acting program, two year acting programs, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan, piper perabo
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York provides a two year acting program for actors who are serious and dedicated to professional training. In this video Charlie Sandlan discusses Piper Perabo’s visit to the studio and what it means to be dangerous as an actor. This summer, Piper Perabo, one of our alum, she came back and did a talkback to our students, faculty and friends. She talked about the decision she made after ten years of working professionally and successfully, to put that her career on hold in order to train. She was finding herself on set with actors who were doing the kind of work that she craved to do and yet she did not know how. One of the things that she said was that the work of some of these actors was dangerous and that excited her. It made me start to think. “What does it mean to be a dangerous actor?” I am not talking about being unsafe or unprofessional. What does it mean to have danger in your work? I think it has to do with a couple of things. It has to do with your ability to be spontaneous. It has to do with your ability to be able to act before you think. It has to do with funneling your impulses. Being able to risk. Being able to be bold and courageous without being in your head, without editing yourself, without judging. Importantly, it has to do with really listening to what is being said to you and how you are being treated. Actors that have that kind of spontaneity. Actors that are willing to make mistakes, to go with the present moment, they are dangerous because you just don’t know what is going o happen from one moment to the next. That takes training. That is what Piper realized. In order to have that kind of an instrument, in order to be able to work, take after take after take, night after night after night, if you are on stage, to make your work spontaneous and fresh, you need to train yourself. These are all skills that can be learned. They can be ingrained in you so that they are second nature. My wish for any serious actor, for anyone that is really interested in having a career well into their 30s, their 40s, their 50s, their 60s, you must have the same dedication that Piper had, a willingness to put everything on hold and commit yourself to your craft. For more information about the two year program for actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio contact the studio directly by calling (917) 789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, NY 10001 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/ two year acting program, two year acting programs, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan, piper perabo
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Sunday, September 25, 2016
Liked on YouTube: Why Actors Need to Train Constantly | Charlie Sandlan | 917-789-1599
Why Actors Need to Train Constantly | Charlie Sandlan | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/meisner-acting/actors-need-to-train-constantly Charlie Sandlan is the senior acting teacher and executive director at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Charlie explains why actors need to continually train. I’ve said this many times before, but it bears repeating; many actors in this country are lazy, lacking serious training, work ethic or artistry. In any other art form, these are essential to success. But in a pop-culture built on superficiality, hack actors can make money lacking all three of these attributes. My artistic mentor, Sanford Meisner, whose brilliant technique I have devoted my life to preserving and passing on at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, said it best more than thirty years ago, “Actors should be in constant training. And they should work, as other artists, to maintain their fitness for their art. Let someone explain to me why the violinist who plays in the orchestra on the tenth violin must perform daily exercises or lose the power to play? Why does the dancer work daily over every muscle in their body? Why do the painter, the sculptor, the writer practice their art every day and count that day lost if they do not work? And why today’s actors do nothing but spend the day in the coffee houses and hope for the gift of inspiration? I’ll tell you why. Today’s actors just want to be stars.” What Meisner was championing and spent his life developing were actors who prized craft, work ethic, and artistry. I believe that for the actor, the first step towards possessing these most important artistic qualities starts with the understanding that acting is indeed an art form, necessitating a mastery of fundamental skill. This requires a clear vision of the type of actor you want to be. If that vision includes the ability to be truly transformational, if it includes the ability to create vivid, organic, rich human behavior, if it means always being the most prepared and accountable actor in any room you are in, then you must work every day of your life towards that goal. Any real artist has the desire to illuminate the human condition in all of its aspects. For the actor, whose instrument of expression is the entire human body, (vocal, physical, and temperamental clarity)., establishing a work ethic must include a relentless desire to master these three things. Twyla Tharpe said any real artist must build the “habit of creativity”, and I believe this is something that can be learned and ultimately ingrained deeply as an artistic characteristic. Artistry is the care with which you work, and you will not possess this essential quality without tremendous effort. The first step must begin with serious professional training. Finding a teacher, and mentor who will set a bar and a standard that at first may seem unreasonable and unattainable is essential. This includes finding a training program where work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and professional accountability are non-negotiable. Locating such a studio requires time and effort, and in this business, can sometimes feel like finding a needle in a haystack. But if you are remotely serious about a life in art, you better start with choosing teachers who have carved out a rigorous path to follow. I will end with a quote by the late great poet Stanley Kunitz, who crystalizes my thoughts so eloquently, “Emerson said somewhere that democracy descends to meet. All the modern arts are threatened by the cult of the amateur. You have to know the difference between naiveté and simplicity, novelty and originality, rhetoric and passion. The most insidious enemy of the good is not so much the bad as it is the second-best.” For more information about the two year acting program and Meisner training that the studio provides for serious actors, contact the studio directly by calling 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/meisner-acting/actors-need-to-train-constantly Charlie Sandlan is the senior acting teacher and executive director at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. In this video Charlie explains why actors need to continually train. I’ve said this many times before, but it bears repeating; many actors in this country are lazy, lacking serious training, work ethic or artistry. In any other art form, these are essential to success. But in a pop-culture built on superficiality, hack actors can make money lacking all three of these attributes. My artistic mentor, Sanford Meisner, whose brilliant technique I have devoted my life to preserving and passing on at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, said it best more than thirty years ago, “Actors should be in constant training. And they should work, as other artists, to maintain their fitness for their art. Let someone explain to me why the violinist who plays in the orchestra on the tenth violin must perform daily exercises or lose the power to play? Why does the dancer work daily over every muscle in their body? Why do the painter, the sculptor, the writer practice their art every day and count that day lost if they do not work? And why today’s actors do nothing but spend the day in the coffee houses and hope for the gift of inspiration? I’ll tell you why. Today’s actors just want to be stars.” What Meisner was championing and spent his life developing were actors who prized craft, work ethic, and artistry. I believe that for the actor, the first step towards possessing these most important artistic qualities starts with the understanding that acting is indeed an art form, necessitating a mastery of fundamental skill. This requires a clear vision of the type of actor you want to be. If that vision includes the ability to be truly transformational, if it includes the ability to create vivid, organic, rich human behavior, if it means always being the most prepared and accountable actor in any room you are in, then you must work every day of your life towards that goal. Any real artist has the desire to illuminate the human condition in all of its aspects. For the actor, whose instrument of expression is the entire human body, (vocal, physical, and temperamental clarity)., establishing a work ethic must include a relentless desire to master these three things. Twyla Tharpe said any real artist must build the “habit of creativity”, and I believe this is something that can be learned and ultimately ingrained deeply as an artistic characteristic. Artistry is the care with which you work, and you will not possess this essential quality without tremendous effort. The first step must begin with serious professional training. Finding a teacher, and mentor who will set a bar and a standard that at first may seem unreasonable and unattainable is essential. This includes finding a training program where work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and professional accountability are non-negotiable. Locating such a studio requires time and effort, and in this business, can sometimes feel like finding a needle in a haystack. But if you are remotely serious about a life in art, you better start with choosing teachers who have carved out a rigorous path to follow. I will end with a quote by the late great poet Stanley Kunitz, who crystalizes my thoughts so eloquently, “Emerson said somewhere that democracy descends to meet. All the modern arts are threatened by the cult of the amateur. You have to know the difference between naiveté and simplicity, novelty and originality, rhetoric and passion. The most insidious enemy of the good is not so much the bad as it is the second-best.” For more information about the two year acting program and Meisner training that the studio provides for serious actors, contact the studio directly by calling 917-789-1599. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/
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Monday, September 19, 2016
Liked on YouTube: Two Year Acting Programs New York | Logan Ricket | 917-789-1599
Two Year Acting Programs New York | Logan Ricket | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York City provides a two year acting program for actors who interested in professional actor training. In this video Logan Ricket talks about why he selected the Maggie Flanigan Studio from all of the different two year acting programs in New York. Q: What did you think professional actor training was before you started the two year actor training program at the studio? A: Having trained in undergrad, I knew that it existed, that it was important and that you needed to train your body and your voice, as well as script, techniques and things like that. However, I had no idea how to do it, why it was useful or how it all worked together to create something that was fabulous in the end. So I knew it existed and that I needed to do it if I wanted to be worth anything, but I had no idea what it was or how to do it. Q: What happened during the two year program that changed your perspective on training? A: It happened fast! The first day of the first year Charlie sat us all down and talked to us. He said that this was going to be the hardest thing we have ever done in our lives and then he started giving us little tidbits of information about what acting is, and I was immediately thinking, “whoa, wow - lightbulbs.” Within the first week I started voice, then movement and theater history. I started realizing that it is a full body, mind, soul, spirit thing and that you have to work on all of them, all of the time in order to have the complete package that is going to be available and open to use in the work that we do as actors. Q: What did you learn about yourself during the program that was a surprise or that changed you? A: A lot of things. Probably the most important thing was that who I am was something that I do not know before but I thought I did, so I uncovered that. More importantly, once I uncovered who I was, I learned that person is enough and I learned to love that person. Through doing that I was able to take more risks in my work and to be brave both in the studio and out. In relationships and standing up for what I want and what I believe in. So I was training to be the best actor that I could be but I also thought that I became a better human being. Q: There are a lot of techniques, a lot of studios to study at. Why was Maggie Flanigan Studio the only place for you? A: Because it is, I interviewed with a number of studios in the city, and across the country, all on the phone because I could not travel a lot because of work. I knew hanging up the phone with Charlie that this that this was where I wanted to go. Not really where I wanted to go but where I needed to go, and wanted to as well. I still had a number of phone interviews to do after that, and I told Charlie that. “Well then wait, take your time and make sure that this is right for you.” This meant so much to me. The other places were saying things like “Let us know because we are ready to take you”, and it felt very much like a business deal instead of “let me make a home for you. We want to make sure that the place where you study is the right place for you.” So I made those other calls and the whole time I was thinking “ this is b******t. I would much rather go to Maggie Flanigan.” I did not get a chance to come visit the studio or meet any of the faculty or students before I made the decision, my phone call with Charlie, and the way that he talked about the work. The passion that he has for the work was palpable over the phone. I know of the studio because my undergrad mentor knows Maggie and told me that if I wanted to continue training I should come here. Now that I have come here, I think that you would be completely foolish to go anywhere else. There is nothing like it. It has been the most magical and transformative experience of my life. For more information about the two year acting program for serious actors, call the Maggie Flanigan studio at 917-789-1599. In the next interview Seth Andrew Miller talks about studying with Charlie Sandlan and the two year acting program at the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girO1WmHBpY To see additional alumni interviews about the two year acting program, you can go here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York City provides a two year acting program for actors who interested in professional actor training. In this video Logan Ricket talks about why he selected the Maggie Flanigan Studio from all of the different two year acting programs in New York. Q: What did you think professional actor training was before you started the two year actor training program at the studio? A: Having trained in undergrad, I knew that it existed, that it was important and that you needed to train your body and your voice, as well as script, techniques and things like that. However, I had no idea how to do it, why it was useful or how it all worked together to create something that was fabulous in the end. So I knew it existed and that I needed to do it if I wanted to be worth anything, but I had no idea what it was or how to do it. Q: What happened during the two year program that changed your perspective on training? A: It happened fast! The first day of the first year Charlie sat us all down and talked to us. He said that this was going to be the hardest thing we have ever done in our lives and then he started giving us little tidbits of information about what acting is, and I was immediately thinking, “whoa, wow - lightbulbs.” Within the first week I started voice, then movement and theater history. I started realizing that it is a full body, mind, soul, spirit thing and that you have to work on all of them, all of the time in order to have the complete package that is going to be available and open to use in the work that we do as actors. Q: What did you learn about yourself during the program that was a surprise or that changed you? A: A lot of things. Probably the most important thing was that who I am was something that I do not know before but I thought I did, so I uncovered that. More importantly, once I uncovered who I was, I learned that person is enough and I learned to love that person. Through doing that I was able to take more risks in my work and to be brave both in the studio and out. In relationships and standing up for what I want and what I believe in. So I was training to be the best actor that I could be but I also thought that I became a better human being. Q: There are a lot of techniques, a lot of studios to study at. Why was Maggie Flanigan Studio the only place for you? A: Because it is, I interviewed with a number of studios in the city, and across the country, all on the phone because I could not travel a lot because of work. I knew hanging up the phone with Charlie that this that this was where I wanted to go. Not really where I wanted to go but where I needed to go, and wanted to as well. I still had a number of phone interviews to do after that, and I told Charlie that. “Well then wait, take your time and make sure that this is right for you.” This meant so much to me. The other places were saying things like “Let us know because we are ready to take you”, and it felt very much like a business deal instead of “let me make a home for you. We want to make sure that the place where you study is the right place for you.” So I made those other calls and the whole time I was thinking “ this is b******t. I would much rather go to Maggie Flanigan.” I did not get a chance to come visit the studio or meet any of the faculty or students before I made the decision, my phone call with Charlie, and the way that he talked about the work. The passion that he has for the work was palpable over the phone. I know of the studio because my undergrad mentor knows Maggie and told me that if I wanted to continue training I should come here. Now that I have come here, I think that you would be completely foolish to go anywhere else. There is nothing like it. It has been the most magical and transformative experience of my life. For more information about the two year acting program for serious actors, call the Maggie Flanigan studio at 917-789-1599. In the next interview Seth Andrew Miller talks about studying with Charlie Sandlan and the two year acting program at the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girO1WmHBpY To see additional alumni interviews about the two year acting program, you can go here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan
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Saturday, September 17, 2016
Liked on YouTube: Two Year Acting Program | Sofia Riba | 917-789-1599
Two Year Acting Program | Sofia Riba | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio was created for serious actors who understand the need for professional training. In this video Sofia discusses why she chose to study at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. What did you think acting training was before you started the two year program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio? Before my training here I thought that acting was just a workshop that you could do over the weekend, or over a six week summer and just by doing that, and if you were bubbly and you could read people, then you could be an actor. What changed your perspective on training now that you have finished the two year acting program? I think the biggest reason why I came to this studio was because when I was in Boston I was involved with the local theatre scene there and there was this one actress, Dakota, and I admired her commitment and the way that she really disciplined herself. She did play after play after play. I found out that she trained at Maggie Flanigan Studio, so I was really interested. I think now going though the two year program, I know that acting is like any other art form. I used to dance for many years and I would spend hours at the studio. It is the same with acting. If you really want to be good, if you want to be meaningful and bring something of value, then you should train. It is just like any other thing that you take seriously. What did you learn about yourself during the two year program that surprised you or changed you ? I was really surprised to discover that I was not as hardened as I thought that I was. As a kid I was a lot more empathetic and compassionate. As I got older I kind of build up a wall and you really try and not be that person. Through this training especially with the movement class, it has been integral in my life. I have learned that I am just as empathetic and playful as I was when I was twelve. That little girl still lives in me. It feels really freeing to know that i can still be as free as I was before. I think that the movement class helped me with that specifically. So now that you are done with the two year program how do you feel starting your professional career? I tell my family that I could not feel more prepared. I thought that I was only going to take the acting class because once I decided to do so the two year acting program was really my main focus. Of course, then I started taking movement, voice, and script analysis. Script analysis was the best class for actual practical work as an actor. Over all, I feel so incredibly prepared. I could not imagine a better training with better people to teach that really care about you. At this studio you are really not just a person. They see a potential artist and they are just trying to shape you - still letting your personality shine. I think that really the experience here has shown me that I can really go out there and feel confident in what I know. There is still a lot that I need to learn but I feel really confident that I am going to go out and “act”. To learn more about the two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York, call the studio today at 917-789-1599. In the video that follows Logan Ricket talks about why he sleeted the studio and what it was like interviewing for admission to the two year program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0FIAOm4Ts To see other interview videos from alumni about the two year acting program click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, two year acting programs in nyc, two year acting programs new york, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan, Sofia Ribe
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio was created for serious actors who understand the need for professional training. In this video Sofia discusses why she chose to study at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. What did you think acting training was before you started the two year program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio? Before my training here I thought that acting was just a workshop that you could do over the weekend, or over a six week summer and just by doing that, and if you were bubbly and you could read people, then you could be an actor. What changed your perspective on training now that you have finished the two year acting program? I think the biggest reason why I came to this studio was because when I was in Boston I was involved with the local theatre scene there and there was this one actress, Dakota, and I admired her commitment and the way that she really disciplined herself. She did play after play after play. I found out that she trained at Maggie Flanigan Studio, so I was really interested. I think now going though the two year program, I know that acting is like any other art form. I used to dance for many years and I would spend hours at the studio. It is the same with acting. If you really want to be good, if you want to be meaningful and bring something of value, then you should train. It is just like any other thing that you take seriously. What did you learn about yourself during the two year program that surprised you or changed you ? I was really surprised to discover that I was not as hardened as I thought that I was. As a kid I was a lot more empathetic and compassionate. As I got older I kind of build up a wall and you really try and not be that person. Through this training especially with the movement class, it has been integral in my life. I have learned that I am just as empathetic and playful as I was when I was twelve. That little girl still lives in me. It feels really freeing to know that i can still be as free as I was before. I think that the movement class helped me with that specifically. So now that you are done with the two year program how do you feel starting your professional career? I tell my family that I could not feel more prepared. I thought that I was only going to take the acting class because once I decided to do so the two year acting program was really my main focus. Of course, then I started taking movement, voice, and script analysis. Script analysis was the best class for actual practical work as an actor. Over all, I feel so incredibly prepared. I could not imagine a better training with better people to teach that really care about you. At this studio you are really not just a person. They see a potential artist and they are just trying to shape you - still letting your personality shine. I think that really the experience here has shown me that I can really go out there and feel confident in what I know. There is still a lot that I need to learn but I feel really confident that I am going to go out and “act”. To learn more about the two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York, call the studio today at 917-789-1599. In the video that follows Logan Ricket talks about why he sleeted the studio and what it was like interviewing for admission to the two year program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0FIAOm4Ts To see other interview videos from alumni about the two year acting program click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, two year acting programs in nyc, two year acting programs new york, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan, Sofia Ribe
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Thursday, September 15, 2016
Liked on YouTube: Two Year Acting Program | Charlie Wesfal | 917-789-1599
Two Year Acting Program | Charlie Wesfal | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The two year acting program at Maggie Flanigan Studio provides professional actor training for serious committed actors. In this video Charlie Westfal talks about the two year program at the studio. What did you think acting training was before you started studying at the Maggie Flanigan Studio? In the words of Charlie Sandlan, a lot of intellectual BS. I did not quite understand what it meant to just live truthfully and to really connect with circumstance or with a character using your most powerful tool, which is your imagination. When that clicked in it was really exciting. That is a really exciting moment for you as a person and as an actor. What happened during the two years that changed your perspective? A lot. You are challenged really every day at Maggie Flanigan Studio. Charlie never takes a day off. The entire time that I was at the studio, for two years, he never took a day off with us. It is such a personal teaching style that he has. Charlie is going to push you and tell you exactly what your faults are and also what you are doing well. He is very fair and you really come to appreciate that. In many ways you need it in the beginning, and you will continue to need it alter as well. Charlie taught me so much. The most fun thing is realizing how much you just really teach yourself through the homework and the day to day work. The exciting part comes through the empathetic connection and figuring out what has meaning for you. It is very exciting to know concretely about yourself what has true meaning. What happened during the two years? What did you learn about yourself that surpassed you or changed you? There are so many esoteric things that it takes to be considered an actor or to approach the work, but I think the most powerful thing for me as a man, as an american, is vulnerability. Being okay with it, being comfortable in it and being comfortable functioning from that place, is difficult. It is not something that you are used to. It is not something that I was ever used to. It is something that I am constantly trying to deepen and expand in myself and to be more comfortable going deeper within my vulnerability. When you look at some of the great actors that's what I realized for me was the good stuff, just being completely vulnerable and open. That is just so powerful. Now that you are done with the two year acting program, how do you feel about starting your professional career? I am nervous, but I think that is just an honest response. I think I am infinitely more confident than I ever would have been. I would have been operating from a place of blissful ignorance if I had not come here. It really would have been a huge deterrent. I think it can be scary knowing how much work it takes but every day you get more and more of a kind of a need and a hunger within yourself to see how much more you can do, how much more work you can put into it. Then if you are lucky enough you get to perform and live that freedom. I cant wait to continue to explore all of this in whatever capacity or opportunity that arises. To learn more about the two year program and Meisner training at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, call the studio today at 917-789-1599. In the next interview video Sofia Riba talks about her time at the studio and how she canned as an actor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqsz--eFh-Q To see more video interviews about the two year acting program, you can visit this page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, two year acting programs in nyc, two year acting programs new york, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The two year acting program at Maggie Flanigan Studio provides professional actor training for serious committed actors. In this video Charlie Westfal talks about the two year program at the studio. What did you think acting training was before you started studying at the Maggie Flanigan Studio? In the words of Charlie Sandlan, a lot of intellectual BS. I did not quite understand what it meant to just live truthfully and to really connect with circumstance or with a character using your most powerful tool, which is your imagination. When that clicked in it was really exciting. That is a really exciting moment for you as a person and as an actor. What happened during the two years that changed your perspective? A lot. You are challenged really every day at Maggie Flanigan Studio. Charlie never takes a day off. The entire time that I was at the studio, for two years, he never took a day off with us. It is such a personal teaching style that he has. Charlie is going to push you and tell you exactly what your faults are and also what you are doing well. He is very fair and you really come to appreciate that. In many ways you need it in the beginning, and you will continue to need it alter as well. Charlie taught me so much. The most fun thing is realizing how much you just really teach yourself through the homework and the day to day work. The exciting part comes through the empathetic connection and figuring out what has meaning for you. It is very exciting to know concretely about yourself what has true meaning. What happened during the two years? What did you learn about yourself that surpassed you or changed you? There are so many esoteric things that it takes to be considered an actor or to approach the work, but I think the most powerful thing for me as a man, as an american, is vulnerability. Being okay with it, being comfortable in it and being comfortable functioning from that place, is difficult. It is not something that you are used to. It is not something that I was ever used to. It is something that I am constantly trying to deepen and expand in myself and to be more comfortable going deeper within my vulnerability. When you look at some of the great actors that's what I realized for me was the good stuff, just being completely vulnerable and open. That is just so powerful. Now that you are done with the two year acting program, how do you feel about starting your professional career? I am nervous, but I think that is just an honest response. I think I am infinitely more confident than I ever would have been. I would have been operating from a place of blissful ignorance if I had not come here. It really would have been a huge deterrent. I think it can be scary knowing how much work it takes but every day you get more and more of a kind of a need and a hunger within yourself to see how much more you can do, how much more work you can put into it. Then if you are lucky enough you get to perform and live that freedom. I cant wait to continue to explore all of this in whatever capacity or opportunity that arises. To learn more about the two year program and Meisner training at the Maggie Flanigan Studio, call the studio today at 917-789-1599. In the next interview video Sofia Riba talks about her time at the studio and how she canned as an actor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqsz--eFh-Q To see more video interviews about the two year acting program, you can visit this page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, two year acting programs in nyc, two year acting programs new york, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan
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Liked on YouTube: Two Year Acting Program | Gigi Rippolone | 917-789-1599
Two Year Acting Program | Gigi Rippolone | 917-789-1599
http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio prepares actors for a long professional career. In this video interview, Gigi discusses how the two year acting program has changed her as an actor and as a person. What did you think acting training was before you started studying at the Maggie Flanigan Studio? Before I started the program at Maggie Flanigan Studio, I had no idea what I was in for. I never would have thought that I would be the person that I am or where I am now. I thought I had read some books, taken classes and workshops and thought that was what you have to do to be an actor. I quickly learned through our acting class and also the other classes offered in the program, like voice and movement, how to view your body as an instrument. This taught me what that means and how to create behavior with it. I learned what acting is and how much you have to train physically and mentally to really do that well. This means creating an experience not only for yourself but also for the audience to go along that journey and experience it with you. What happened during the two years that changed your perspective on training and acting? Through the work very quickly I learned that I was so indifferent about things I learned, that I had to have a point of view. I learned confidence and opening that and how to bring that into my work which is something I think over the years. Before this program I was always trying to be what other people wanted me to be rather than figuring out who I am and being who I am. I know now what makes me unique and have had to face a lot of fears that I did not know were there. I was able to lean into them through the support of my class mates and the teachers here. It was amazing to have the breakthroughs and experiences that have had in this program. I never would have had them if I would not have enrolled. What did you learn about yourself that was a surpize? I learned how to be vulnerable and how many sides of my temperament that I have and how many experiences I can have and how vivid my imagination can be and how creative O am that I definitely forgot because it had not been used in years and being ablate recreate that and have a piece of work you are so proud of and to have an experience that you are proud of when you are performing and know that I will always have this foundation now is priceless, it is the best gift that the best surpass that I could overachieved living in new york taking this program. How do you feel now that you have graduated and you are starting your professional career? I feel it is emotional. These people are my family. It is amending and it is change. It is also exciting. I know that I am ready. I know that. I will always have my support of the teachers here. MY friends here will be my family for life. I am so excited to bring this work into the world and also see what everyone else that I have tried with how they also bring that into the world and change it for the better which I think that this work does. To learn more about the two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio and how you can apply for admission, call the studio directly at 917-789-1599. Charlie Wesfal talks about why he chose the studio and the two year acting program in the next video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7cwFL4-zlk If you want to see all of the interviews about the two year program, you can see them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, two year acting programs in nyc, two year acting programs new york, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan, gigi rippolone
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http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/twoyearactingprogramnyc/ The two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio prepares actors for a long professional career. In this video interview, Gigi discusses how the two year acting program has changed her as an actor and as a person. What did you think acting training was before you started studying at the Maggie Flanigan Studio? Before I started the program at Maggie Flanigan Studio, I had no idea what I was in for. I never would have thought that I would be the person that I am or where I am now. I thought I had read some books, taken classes and workshops and thought that was what you have to do to be an actor. I quickly learned through our acting class and also the other classes offered in the program, like voice and movement, how to view your body as an instrument. This taught me what that means and how to create behavior with it. I learned what acting is and how much you have to train physically and mentally to really do that well. This means creating an experience not only for yourself but also for the audience to go along that journey and experience it with you. What happened during the two years that changed your perspective on training and acting? Through the work very quickly I learned that I was so indifferent about things I learned, that I had to have a point of view. I learned confidence and opening that and how to bring that into my work which is something I think over the years. Before this program I was always trying to be what other people wanted me to be rather than figuring out who I am and being who I am. I know now what makes me unique and have had to face a lot of fears that I did not know were there. I was able to lean into them through the support of my class mates and the teachers here. It was amazing to have the breakthroughs and experiences that have had in this program. I never would have had them if I would not have enrolled. What did you learn about yourself that was a surpize? I learned how to be vulnerable and how many sides of my temperament that I have and how many experiences I can have and how vivid my imagination can be and how creative O am that I definitely forgot because it had not been used in years and being ablate recreate that and have a piece of work you are so proud of and to have an experience that you are proud of when you are performing and know that I will always have this foundation now is priceless, it is the best gift that the best surpass that I could overachieved living in new york taking this program. How do you feel now that you have graduated and you are starting your professional career? I feel it is emotional. These people are my family. It is amending and it is change. It is also exciting. I know that I am ready. I know that. I will always have my support of the teachers here. MY friends here will be my family for life. I am so excited to bring this work into the world and also see what everyone else that I have tried with how they also bring that into the world and change it for the better which I think that this work does. To learn more about the two year acting program at the Maggie Flanigan Studio and how you can apply for admission, call the studio directly at 917-789-1599. Charlie Wesfal talks about why he chose the studio and the two year acting program in the next video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7cwFL4-zlk If you want to see all of the interviews about the two year program, you can see them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1840F48B25411AA2 Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York New York 10001 United States +1 917-789-1599 two year acting program, two year acting programs, two year acting programs in nyc, two year acting programs new york, acting classes NYC, acting schools NYC, maggie flanigan, charlie sandlan, gigi rippolone
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