BREAKTHROUGH ACTING

New classes beginning in Los Angeles in April 2012

This highly original approach to acting has been developed throughout Tom’s long career as a theatre director and teacher. He refined the work during the seven years he directed his own professional acting studio in San Francisco. It is based initially on the technique developed by Yat Malmgren, creator of the Laban-Malmgren System of Character Transformation, has been influenced by Sanford Meisner and Peter Brook, and has evolved throughout Tom’s long and varied theatrical career into an exciting and specific training for the actor who wants to reach for nothing but the best.

Introductory Level Class:
A Fundamental Groundwork

Maximum 12 students

2 hour class weekly for 6 weeks

$200.00

Wednesday Evenings from 8:00-10:00 PM

Start: February 01/2012

End: March 07/2012

Location: Dance Saskatchewan, 205A Pacific Avenue Saskatoon

Open to students with a serious commitment to creating work that is both truthful and daring. Level of experience is less important than the student’s willingness to explore and develop a way of working that allows the true self to be revealed in the work. A series of exercises and improvisations create a fundamental groundwork that allows actors of all levels to break through self-consciousness and the temptation to indicate the work rather than live it honestly. Text work, movement and voice exercises free the actor to more fully trust his or her own instincts and impulses and find transformation in the work.

To register: kim@tantpertant.ca

Advanced Level Class:
Maximum 12 students
3-hour class weekly for 10 weeks $400
ongoing
Location: La Troupe du Jour, 914 - 20 Street W., Saskatoon

Applying the fundamental groundwork developed in the introductory class to scene work, this advanced level class introduces a body of physical, intellectual, intuitive, and emotional work which takes the actor toward building the character. By discovering the intentions and energies underneath the words, the actor finds truthful choices that support the text. Scene work is structured for the student to meet the resistances within him or herself and to stimulate the ultimate possibility of growth. Admission to the Advanced Level Class is by audition and interview, or completion of the Introductory Class.

MASTER CLASS:
Developing Fuller, Richer, More Complex Characters
Maximum 8 students
3-hour class weekly for 10 weeks, $500

The Master Class cultivates the emotional reservoirs and inner resources that allow the actor to develop increasingly fuller, richer, and more complex characters. The work involves writing and performing scenarios that will challenge the actor’s less developed sides, always revealing rather than externalizing, and investigating the means to get inside a character with whom the actor does not immediately identify.

As any serious actor must take the time to find the most suitable teacher for his or her needs, and the match between a teacher and student must be a good one, please email to schedule an interview. Class size is limited to ensure concentrated attention for each actor.

PRIVATE TRAINING:
Tom works with a very limited number of private students for whom he designs a specific program.

SHAKESPEARE ON YOUR FEET

WITH KIM SEARLE

For ages 12-18.

This multi-level class will engage participants in a hands-on, drama-based exploration of William Shakespeare and his work. With the understanding that Shakespeare's plays are meant to be performed, not read, we will explore his characters, text and stories from an actor's perspective. Suitable for beginners as well as youth who have had some exposure to Shakespeare, students will work in groups on chosen scenes exploring all aspects of producing a performance piece and the collaboration that it requires.
For more information: kim@tantpertant.ca

“ When kids learn to perform something as difficult as unabridged Shakespeare, they come to believe that they can do other seemingly impossible things...” - Rafe Esquith