 Acting in Barcelona.
Every week actors of all ages, from many different countries and languages, from beginners to established names from screen and TV make their way to their classes at The Actors Workshop, an international acting school in the heart of Barcelona, founded by Frank Feys in 2004.
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Inside the acting school in Barcelona they are drilled mercilessly in acting exercises, scenes, techniques and a range of other activities designed to hone their acting skills in a fun and professional environment.
This is an excerpt from Frank’s monthly newsletter where he expands on his specialty, the Meisner technique, which is one of the most successful acting techniques in the world.
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"The foundation of acting is the reality of doing. The reality of doing means doing things for real.
The Actors Workshop is the leading school for learning the Meisner technique in Barcelona and Spain. Frank Feys explains.
"One of the first messages that acting students around the world received while studying the Meisner Technique is:
To learn this technique we use one of the most important exercises of the Meisner technique; the independent activity.
While an actor is playing a part they must be doing something, an activity. It could be cleaning shoes, sorting papers, painting nails or almost anything that involves an active participation from the actor.
But the actor must do the activity for real. By being fully immersed in the “doingness”, their concentration will take them away from your acting.
That is the first step towards “good acting”. It will be honest and real.
Every time I watch a movie, I can’t help myself by noticing how true this is. The actors are always doing something. No matter if an actor is on stage, on a film set or simply rehearsing at home. They must find something to do.
It is through the activity that they will be able to show the true identity of the character. Whenever they do something, something might go wrong. And that is a blessing for an actor. The choices that you make as an actor under the pressure of doing something wrong, is what defines the character.
An actor must learn from themselves! See and understand how we all do things without thinking. Look around and notice the things people do in real life. To understand a character, is to observe how he/she does things. I stumbled on this quote: - You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event, it is a habit! – Aristotle.
The same thing can be said about acting. Good acting is not an accident. It is applying a technique that works! It is important to find a technique that works for you and in my 20 years and plus in the acting business, I have not discovered a more applicable technique then the one Meisner created so many years ago.
For those of you who have never encountered The Meisner technique, go to the Actors Workshop website and click on Special Courses. We can give you an opportunity for you to be introduced to the basics of Meisner technique. The Actors Workshop repeats these intensive Meisner courses in Barcelona every 3 months.
And to finish, I would like to remind you all, that we find all the answers about acting in the human being. Observe, observe and observe again. As Meisner used to say - You do not have to believe me, just do it. "
Frank Feys, director of The Actors Workshop, Barcelona
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Weekly and monthly courses take place at Carrer de Joaquim Ruyra, 5 in Gracia. (Previously at Sala Aniglifos on Calle Monec 17.
There are classes for all levels from beginner to professionals and top casting directors and agents have constant access to the Actors workshop students and actors . Private acting lessons and coaching are also available. Classes are in primarily in Spanish, English and French
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Latest news from the Actors Workshop 2008
The Actors Workshop newsletter is back with its New Year edition.
The big news is that we finally have our own working space!!! Since 15 November 2007 we are located at Calle Joaquim Ruyra nº 5 in Gracia (Barcelona).
It has been a busy couple of months for the members of the Actors Workshop. Joe Lewis, Gisella Arnau and Elena Cruz worked on the new film directed by Santiago Lapeira. Luna Muñoz, Jorge Yamam Serrano (currently to be seen as one of the main caracters in REC) and Gisela Arnau, are wrapping up the latest film project of Gonzalo Fernández-Valdés, El último golpe de Toni Cruz.
The first edition of the AWS Newsletter features ex-students Carlos Oliveira and Jorge Sanz. We also shed some light on new activities at the Actors Workshop e.g, the art of Pilates by Lianne, English classes by David O´Connors and physical awareness by Marisa Gerardi.
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We just received news that Oliver Moon, who recently moved back to Chicago, already is SAG eligible. Congrats.
We wish you happy New Year 2008
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