by Cindy Tanas | Jan 24, 2021 | The Actor's Instrument
ACTING FROM GROUND AND CENTRE AWARENESS Ground and Centre Awareness is a ‘state of being’. Actors who enter a state of G&C A experience a grounded connection to the earth, a sense of ease in the body, a ‘centredness’ in the belly and heart, with an...
by Cindy Tanas | Jan 10, 2021 | The Actor's Life
Over the past 25 years I have been teaching acting classes, I have come to realize the enormous benefits an acting class can give to any human being from any walk of life. You do not have to be an actor to take my acting classes in Toronto. I say “my” acting classes...
by Cindy Tanas | Dec 7, 2020 | The Actor's Craft
“The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit… archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.” Kristan Higgins – American Author. Like any artist, the actor is required to create with what is...
by Cindy Tanas | Nov 29, 2020 | The Actor's Instrument
“The kind of acting that’s wholly literal or cerebral is wrong. It’s useless for me to have actors so much in their heads that they can’t be organic.” – Mike Leigh MIND INTERFERENCE AND THE ACTOR Do you feel you have talent but you can’t quite seem to take it to...
by Cindy Tanas | Nov 29, 2020 | The Actor's Instrument
THE ACTORS PRESENCE Actors must practice the art of expansion in order to create presence in their work. How does the actor practice expansion? First consider this: love expands / the ego contracts. Acting that is born and bathed in love will be expansive, full of...
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