MA -European Classical Acting

-Drama Centre London,
Central Saint Martins,
University of the Arts London.

One year MA course.

Above: Shakespeare's Globe, London -where I trained for 6 weeks and performed publicly.


Course Content & Skills Learnt: 

 http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/courses/postgraduate/ma-acting-drama-centre-london/ 
                
  • Primarily a stage-acting course (with some screen-acting training). Practiced techniques developed to address the demands posed by great European classics.​
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  • It offered a solid grounding in acting technique, rooted in the long-established traditions of England and Russia.
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  • Numerous theatrical approaches explored. 
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  • Text and subtext explored in detail.

  • Specifically addressed the needs of the Jacobean stage.

  • Developed skills required by the realist style: multi-layered characterisation, recognition of the subtle rapport between text and sub-text, an ability to be ‘private in public’.


​8 Weeks Training at the Vakhtanghov Institute, Moscow:

Trained for 8 weeks at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, known as the Vakhtangov Institute, in Moscow. This is one of the foremost conservatoire Drama schools in Russia.


6 weeks Training at Shakespeare’s Globe, London:
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Trained for 6 weeks at Shakespeare's Globe, London. I also performed publically here (Phebe in As You Like It). www.shakespearesglobe.com


Screen Acting Training:

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We practiced/studied screen acting during the MA. After the MA I also did a month of extra further screen acting training (Alchemy of Screen Acting courses).


A Typical Week Included: 
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  • 3 hours Voice
  • 3 hours Movement
  • 1.5 hours Ballet
  • 1.5 hours Speech
  • 1.5 hours Period Dance
  • 3 hours Neutral Mask
  • 7 hours Acting Technique
  • & 12 hours scheduled group Rehearsal time (plus more unscheduled).

It is described as:
                            “an intensive postgraduate course, physically and emotionally demanding”.

​Team-work skills developed in an intense environment (long-rehearsal days).

Drama Centre London’s Distinctive Approach Includes:
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The Stanislavsky System
The most famous and detailed of all acting systems and the point of departure for most subsequent developments. Trained in both the Russian and the American methodologies so as to address both the requirements of the stage and of film and television.

German Expressionism and the legacy of Rudolph Laban (the psychology of movement).

Improvisation
Studied contributions of the modern masters e.g: Vakhtangov, Brecht and Grotowsky, explored character, stories and dramatic relationships through improvisation. 
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Actively researched the social and political background of dramatic texts.