Improvisation Masterclass
::BREAKING NEWS (12/08)::
Announcing the new Winter 2009 Masterclass! After a long break, acclaimed director Philip Saville returns, to popular demand, with another acting masterclass. For full course listings, click here.
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Philip Saville, the legendary triple Bafta Award winning director, has worked with some of the finest actors and writers in the world: from Orson Welles to Christian Bale, Harold Pinter to Fay Weldon, Danny Glover to Maggie Smith, Emily Watson to Albert Finney and scores of other talented performers.
Philip's acting masterclasses are now located in Wathen Hall at the Hall Senior School, Hampstead. In this promising new location, your improvisational skills will be tested, stretched, and enhanced through weekly exercises and confidence building sessions. The course will combine technical studies working towards set scenarios, and preparation for interviews and auditions; and with a host of casting directors and producers making appearances throughout the course, the classes may prove invaluable for budding talents in acting. Explaining the art of improvisation: 'Masters of Invention' ->
Sessions will cover:
- The invaluable process of developing your imagination.
- Using improvisation to liberate the actor and get more satisfaction from your performance.
- Understanding flow in character building.
- Learn how to create a dynamic persona and strengthen your personal power more positively and effectively.
The ultimate aim of the course is to make films with group members.
To apply for a place on the course, please go to the contact page. Below is feedback from previous masterclasses:
"Taking part in the workshop is a freeing and fun adventure. The sessions offer people of various ages and experience the time and space to nurture their imagination and development skills in voice and movement." - Cherie Lunghi |
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"I wanted to write to you to say how much I enjoyed the Saturday class at the studio. Working with a teacher, which is what you are, and fellow students, which is what all actors should be, however experienced, is a rare and treasurable opportunity. Whenever I can I will endeavour to spend more time with you at the studio." - Bernard Hill |
"Philip masterfully led us through various improvisational techniques, discovering sides of us that had not been revealed for a long time...And most importantly it was a lot of fun!" - Samantha Smith |
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"The ten week workshop I attended at the Philip Saville Studio proved to be one of the best career moves I have made in sometime. It was also a great opportunity to meet and work with other young actors, as well as the chance to watch and learn from a selection of more established and seasoned actors." - David Fernandez |
"I have come away with some great tools which will help me forge ahead my career." - Ellie Collier |
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"Philip's classes encouraged a great freedom when working creatively, such that my imagination, once at liberty to explore, often led me to new and surprising discoveries about myself." - Chloe Reed |
"It was a stimulating, fun and creative course with great people and I look forward to the next one!" - Sam Smith |
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