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Meisner Technique Level 1| Beginner Acting Classes

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You will learn the foundation of Sanford Meisner: exercises in repetition independent activities, emotional preparation & scene work. Saturday 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm — starting Oct 17th

Call the acting school to sign up 310-392-0815 

Without Sanford Meisner there would be no Meisner Technique. Without Meisner Technique, most acting schools and certainly acting classes would be hard-pressed to find a way of teaching a concrete way for actors to listen and spontaneously answer one another.

Everyone hears about the repetition exercise, Meisner Technique Activities, and the brilliant acting it can produce if taught by a. Acting coach who understands this acting technique at its core and has preferably studied with the legendary acting coach sanford Meisner.   

Who was Sanford Meisner? 

Sanford Meisner, along with Lee Strasberg, Robert Lewis, Elia Kazan, and Stella Adler, was one of the founding members of perhaps the most influential movements in American acting training.   The Acting Technique is mainly taught through an acting exercise called the Repetition Exercise, where an actor makes personal, behavioral statements about the other actor, statements which are then repeated by the other actor until there is an authentic connection between the two actors based on the truth of the moment.    The Meisner Technique teaches actors to create a bond based on each other’s truth—in short, there is simply NO better technique of training actors to respond to one another – in the moment. The only problem with all this, and certainly a problem which has been universally acknowledged but rarely addressed, is that the spontaneity created by the repetition exercise is hard to bring into scene work.  

Our acting school in Los Angeles  CA has a simple approach: you act in every single acting class-learn from top Hollywood acting coaches and when you are ready get out in the real world and get an acting job. Study the craft of acting in a challenging and inspiring environment.

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Out of all the acting classes in Los Angeles, how do you find one that teaches you what you really need to know on set? When visiting and interviewing prospective acting coaches in Los Angeles, make sure you inquire about the Meisner technique and beginner acting Classes. 

 

Free online acting classes are not available, but we do have discounted online acting courses and beginner acting classes.

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We offer acting classes in Los Angeles to help you hone your craft & jumpstart your career. Our acting school teaches every acting technique: Meisner technique, Lee Strasberg’s method, Stella Adler, Stanislavski’s method, Uta Hagen, and the Chekhov technique.

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Learn to develop a solid acting technique and foundation. We focus on fun improvisational games, auditioning techniques, and working on scenes and monologues across comedy and drama. ​

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The Michelle Danner Acting School’s philosophy is that artists can draw upon all different acting techniques & form an individual “Golden toolbox” to use when approaching a role or a scene, whether it be for film, television, or theater. The acting school’s acting techniques are based on Meisner, Strasberg, Stella Adler, Uta Hagen & the Stanislavsky acting Technique.

Michelle Danner’s alumni include Penelope Cruz, Seth MacFarlane, Salma Hayek, Henry Cavill, Zooey Deschanel, Gerard Butler, Chris Rock, Chris Martin, Michael Peña, Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Del Castillo and many others.  

The acting school offers classes for all levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

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• Acting for Film

• Scene Study

• Cold Reading

• Musical Theater

• Movement

• Voice and Speech

We are one of the elite acting schools in California, known for training successful actors.

A variety of acting classes are offered in Los Angeles to help students hone their craft and jumpstart their careers.

What makes us different

Our acting program differs from other acting schools in Los Angeles, since we teach every acting technique & method, including the Meisner technique, Lee Strasberg’s method, Stella Adler, Stanislavski’s method & Uta Hagen technique.

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Scene Study & Monologues | Meisner acting technique | Cold Read Auditioning | Improvisation
- Develop a strong acting foundation.

- Learn to make powerful acting choices

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• The Actor’s Golden Box (acting technique) | Meisner Acting Technique | Stella Adler Acting Technique | Uta Hagen Acting Technique | Stanislavski Acting Technique | Training & Workshops: | Audition Training Classes & Workshops (Film & Television) | Scene Study Classes & Script Analysis | Improvisation | Performance & Preparation: | Acting Demo Reels | Voice & Speech | General American Accent & Dialects | Industry & Career Guidance: | Breaking into Hollywood: The Business of Acting | Coaching Options: | Private Coaching (Audition Coaching, Dialogue Coaching, On-Set Coaching) | Online Coaching & Private Acting Classes

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