Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every actor from developing a character to strengthen awareness.
Bernadette joined the Fall 2015 session of The Michael Chekhov School as an observer and has written to us about her experience. She has returned to the school to join the Summer 2016 session. She is an actor and teacher of Awareness Through Movement in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every actor from developing a character to strengthen awareness.
Michael Chekhov was a Russian actor, director, theatre practitioner and author, referred to by Konstantin Stanislavski as his most brilliant student. He was the nephew of playwright Anton Chekhov and worked as an actor in Russia, Europe and the US throughout the early and mid 1900s, until his death in 1955.
Chart of Inspired Action, as used by National Michael Chekhov Association Intensive Training Workshops. Numbers in white correspond with numbers in text below. Copyright: NMCA 2013[3]In his actor training, Chekhov looked at what energy patterns are present in their peak performances, identified these patterns and created exercises to activate them at will. Thus, we create the favorable conditions to coax inspired images by replicating the energy patterns of inspiration. To develop the rich psychophysical sensitivity required, the actor awakens the energy by exaggerated use of the body with strong concentration on the image and gradually lessens the physical movement to achieve the style of the performance. These fundamental principles are used in the NMCA class structure and teaching. Specific recurring elements include:
Michael was a very gentle, soft-spoken actor frustrated with his failure to book his auditions. He was a six-foot five, very dark-skinned African-American body builder, constantly auditioning for physically dominating and aggressive characters like bodyguards, cops and bullies. But he had avoided expressing aggression in his life for so long that he was afraid he might lose control of it when acting. His own energy body was small and gentle. After practicing the Smash Gesture, Michael learned how to instantly turn on his aggression while acting and turn it off when done. Within one year he was fully supporting his family as an actor.
The Psychological Gesture is distinguished from the Archetypal Gesture by the inclusion of the complete trinity of psychology. The PG has the will force (W) which is awakened by the degree of effort the actor engages, plus the feeling force (F) activated by the quality with which the gesture is done and the thinking force (T) aligned by the form of the gesture:
How does an actor learn to: * Call up emotion? * Develop a character? * Strengthen awareness? These are essential techniques for every actor, and Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor explains, clearly and concisely, how to develop them. Chekhov's simple and practical method - successfully used by professional actors all over the world - trains the actor's imagination and body to fulfil its potential. This handbook for actors (and directors) has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers. It includes: a previously unpublished chapter on 'Psychological Gesture', translated into English by the celebrated director Andrei Malaev - Babel; a new biographical overview by Mala Powers; and a foreword by Simon Callow. 2ff7e9595c
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