IP: Emotional Access - WED EVE

Course goals:

This class is designed to expand your emotional range and capacity. The aim is to teach you  how to create deeper, more interesting, and more consistent performances.

Why this class:

Perhaps you have discovered that certain emotions are a lot easier for you to reach than  others? Or, you know you’ve already got a great emotional range, but are looking to gain more  reliable access to it? You’ll find these emotional access techniques surprisingly useful in both  your dramatic and comedic work.

What to expect:

Students will learn and practice techniques as well as hear lectures and participate in group  discussions. Every student will spend an hour or more of every class actively participating.

Some of the things we’ll work on include:

• Grounding

• Meditations

• Breathing Techniques

• Setting Triggers

• Word Sinking

• Emotional Objects

• Emotional Rolodexes

• The Surprise of Surprise

• How to Get In and Then, Get Out

• And Much More

A safe space:

Creating a safe place for an actor’s work is very important. For this deep emotional work, it’s  vital. Students will never be pushed to share anything they don’t feel safe sharing. Also, exiting challenging emotional states will always be given as much weight as entering them.

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About your teacher:

April Billingsley loves teaching and has been an on camera acting coach for over 15 years. As an  award-winning actress, you might recognize her from her critically acclaimed lead  performance in the psychological thriller, "The Dark Red” currently watchable with Prime Video,  from the star-studded cast of “Last Vegas” where she plays a supporting role opposite Kevin  Kline, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, and Robert De Niro, or from her recurring role on  ABC's, “Resurrection”. She has appeared on numerous hit TV shows including HBO's "The Outsiders", AMC's “The Walking Dead”; as well as "The Mentalist", "The Vampire Diaries”, and  “Doom Patrol” among others. Coming soon, she will appear in the Prime Video adaptation of  the hit book series, “The Summer I Turned Pretty”.

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