GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!!
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SCREENWISE, Australia's Leading Film & TV School for Actors
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY - YOU CAN MEDITATE YEAH - BUT CAN YOU ACT?
there is no formula to acting - no trick - no spin guru for this one
it is about breath- about utterance - about physical balance
it is about tuning the only instrument the actor has: THEMSELVES!
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE – DYNAMIC BREATHING - are used along the way in this intensive course that shall help to smash the wall!
Don’t be DUMBED-DOWN by productions that just want a 'type'.
what does 'BEING CENTRED' mean? - what is 'STAGE WEIGHT' or 'SCREEN
PRESENCE'? what is that 'SOMETHING' that makes you want to watch a dog
or a child, but turn off when an actor comes on pulling all stops?
what does 'BEING STILL mean? - "WHY DON’T I GET THAT LAUGH?" screams the actor.
why do actors fall for the trap of END-GAINING - and what does that mean anyhow??
DAVE LETCH
highly acclaimed ACTOR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
(Angel At My Table, Heart of The High Country, Mr Wrong)
CAMERA WORK - TEXT WORK – SCENE WORK – THEATRE/FILM – ACTING IS
ACTING! It's about degrees of DYNAMIC. but you've got to get the gut
connected first.
Ok. But who the hell am I???
Commences: Mon 11th September 2006 Concludes: 16th October 2006
Cost: $660 (inc GST)
About the Tutor:
David Letch has got to be one of
the greatest actors of his time. From his magnificent internationally
acclaimed portrayal of Patrick the lovestruck alcoholic in ANGEL AT MY
TABLE and the retarded creature in HEART OF THE HIGH COUNTRY to his
spine chilling performance as the ghost in MR WRONG, Dave Letch is one
of New Zealand’s greatest exports.
Currently Producing the Feature Film Glenorful, Dave has
worked across film, television and theatre in a career that covers
acting, writing and directing. He has written for Crawford Productions
in the days of Homicide and Division Four, written the animated
features Rancid Rat and Mephisto Lives and Beyond The Game a music
theatre work concerning street kids working ‘the wall’ in Darlinghurst.
He was nominated Best Actor by British Vogue for his role in the mini
series Heart of the High Country and has played SPIDER in the grand
prix winning sci fi film Death Warmed Up. He hung up his hat as an
actor following his highly acclaimed creation of Patrick in Jane
Campion’s An Angel At My Table to concentrate on his love of developing
and creating new theatre. He has produced and directed many award
winning short films and documentaries and he created the most
successful for young people’s operas - Opera QLD where he has also
directed for the main stage.
He was co-artistic director of RENEGADE INC. a company dedicated to new
Australian writing and was a writer’s mentor for “Tropnest” based at
fox studios. He has sat on the board of the ANPC (Australian National
Playwrights Centre) and was Vice President of Brisbane Independent
Filmmakers. He was founding Editor in Chief of ‘Exposure’ film and
arts magazine and the International Short Film Festival of
the same name. He has held the position of Artist In Residence to James
Cook University where he taught across all levels of the theatre
degree and directed graduating year productions and showcases. He
also created the acting for camera component of the degree and taught
specialist areas in Alexander Technique, Improvisation and Shakespeare.
He has been Dramaturge to the Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland
Theatre Company, Playbox and many independent production houses. His
most recent theatre productions have included A Tree Falling by Ron
Elisha which was nominated for a Green Room Award, The Blind by
Maeterlinck, Solitary Animals by Elaine Acworth, Beauty & the Beast
by Nick Dear and the critically acclaimed new work by Ron Elisha
Wrongful Life. Dave is a regular director for and consultant to
Parnassus’ Den and shall direct their main house 2006 production
Renaissance at The Old Fitz later this year.
SCREENWISE
(02) 9281 4484
84 - 86 Mary Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
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