Summer Acting Classes Ralph Anthony 02 - Maggie Flanigan Studio

Summer Acting Classes Ralph Anthony 02 - Maggie Flanigan Studio Q: How would you say the sense of community at the studio contributed to your experience in the past six weeks? Whether it's how you get to watch your classmates with the value in that or some people are usually only interested in private coaching, but whether it was just the valuable lessons you learned from watching them or working outside of the classroom? Having a sense of community, for me, being new to this whole acting, just acting in general, I think having that sense of community helped because we all struggle. We're all going through our things and figuring out where we're going in this course and how we're learning. You learn by doing, so if you're watching somebody else and seeing what they're doing well, you want to find out. You want to talk to them. A couple of kids in my class, a couple of other students that, watching them, was just so phenomenal, just so phenomenal. Right off the bat, especially for me, I was impressed by how these actors can get their minds where they needed to be with the independent activity. Get their account, get their heart, get everything aligned so they could have a successful interaction. That was tough for me in the beginning. Seeing them so successful and just being able to talk to them, I think it's cool. I would never want to do one on one. I don't think I would ever want to do that. I would want to be in a classroom setting because you need people to lean upon. For lack of a way of putting it, but when a peer comes up to you and says, "Wow. That was amazing. We were on the edge of our seat last Friday watching you and your scene partner do your scene." We were doing Wednesday's Child. Just to do that scene and then have those compliments, it was terrific. It was so amazing because I almost blacked out. It was like there was no one in the classroom. Charlie wasn't there. None of my other- students were there. It was just me and my partner or my partner and I. Then to hear that in the end, it's cold, you need that community. Especially with this because it's not easy. If it were easy, everybody would do it, or everybody would do it and be successful. I think having a sense of community is fantastic. We had that same vision. Everything was all aligned. You don't spend money. You don't invest in something if you're not passionate about it. Everybody, whatever their talent level was, had the same level of passion, and it just all aligned. It was refreshing to see. Watching other people grow, not only so much myself, but if you have a one-on-one, it's just you and your teacher. You need to see the other people around you. It's fun to watch your peers come alive. Those last- let's see, we finished yesterday? Monday, Friday, Wednesday, just seeing people come alive. It's inspiring, and it makes you want to get to the next level. I love that sense of community. It's pretty cool. Maggie Flanigan Studio 153 W 27th St #803 New York, New York 10001 (917) 789-1599 www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/new-york-ny https://flic.kr/p/2jnCLzJ