[NEohioPAL]2 spaces left for men in New Meisner Class session!

[VDALTORIO at neo.rr.com]

Good acting is personal=2E =

The character is you--always you--
Living truthfully under imaginary circumstances=2E
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Each character you play lives within your own boundaries
for expressiveness=2C depth of feeling=2C and specificity of response=2E
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Victor D=27Altorio
Meisner classes
L=2EA=2E Weekly critics best director 2000
Chicago=27s most recommended acting teacher =

by agents and casting directors 1993-98
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Victor guides the actor right to the truth=2C and to a very specific trut=
h=2C
which is really rare=2E He creates an atmosphere of total safety=2E
Sometimes I wanted to smack him on the head when he directed me!
He insists that every moment be honest=2C specific=2C and fully alive=2E
I absolutely loved working with him=2E
Megan Mullally=2C Karen Walker on Will =26 Grace
Emmy Award=2C Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

2 New 7-week Meisner sessions will begin on Sunday September 5th =

AND also on Monday September 6th=2E

Section 1=3A  Sunday Evening Class
5=3A45-10pm   Limited to 16 people
Sept 5=2C (NO CLASS on the 12th) 19=2C 26=2C Oct 3=2C 10=2C 17=2C 24

Section 2=3A  Monday Evening Class =

7-10pm   Limited to 12 people
Sept 6=2C (NO CLASS on the 13th) 20=2C 27=2C Oct 4=2C 11=2C 18=2C 25

Classes are normally 8 weeks long=2C and pricing for 8 weeks is as follow=
s=3A
Discounted price=3A =24300
Cost for 8 weeks is =24350 with a =2450 discount if the entire amount is =
paid in full by the Friday before the first class=2E

Cost for this 7-week session=3A
Discounted price=3A =24260
Cost for 7 weeks is =24310 with a =2450 discount if the entire amount is =
paid in full by the Friday before the first class=2E


Where=3A No longer at the Dobama Theatre=2C I now have my own space at Th=
e Epiphany Lutheran Church=2C corner of Route 8 and Valley View Rd=2E  Th=
e church is about a 3-minute drive once you get off the Route 82 exit of =
Interstate 271=2E
Contact=3A Victor D=27Altorio at vdaltorio=40neo=2Err=2Ecom to set up an =
interview=2E
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Singers spend hours vocalizing up and down the scales=2E Dancers stretch =
and bend at a bar=2E The actor must exercise the mechanism that allows fo=
r flexibility and freedom of expression--the ability to listen and respon=
d truthfully=2C fully=2C freely and spontaneously=2E First as oneself=2E =
Then=2C with the addition of a specific set of imaginary circumstances=2E=
 Sanford Meisner=27s repetition exercise is the basis for the work=2E
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Particular emphasis is placed on listening and absorbing the other person=
 in an honest and specific way=2E =

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The goal=3A to experience a flow state of mind and heart=2C free of conve=
ntionalized behaviors and preconceived responses=2E
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Lose self-consciousness by focusing outwardly=2E
Respond to what=27s happening -not to what=27s expected or desired=2E
Unblock/Expand your range of expression=2E
Express fully=2C feely=2C and spontaneously=2E
Surprise yourself with your own unanticipated responses=2E
Relate to the imaginary circumstance in a much more specific way=2E
Allow the dialogue to ride on the moment-don=27t play the meaning of the =
lines=2E
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Victor first directed me in an outrageous comedy off-Broadway called Talk=
ing Minks=2C and he is=2C easily=2C one of the best directors Ive worked =
with=2E Recently I recommended to a young actor on =22The West Wing=22 th=
at he take Victor=27s acting class=2C and the change in his work after on=
ly a few months was astonishing=2E His tendency to dramatize was gone and=
 his sense of truth and commitment to the moment much=2C much stronger=2E=
 He had more confidence=2C more presence=2C more charisma--which can=27t =
be taught=2C of course--but it emerged with the stronger sense of self he=
 developed under Vic=27s tutelage=2E=22

Richard Schiff=2C Toby on The West Wing
Emmy Award=2C Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

=93Victor=92s ability to facilitate honest=2C unembellished communication=
 between people is phenomenal=2E  He=92s not satisfied until each moment =
is as specific as possible and perfectly clear=2E  His understanding of S=
anford Meisner=92s work--and Meisner was a genius=2C certainly--is so com=
plete that people who=92ve worked on the Meisner exercises for years feel=
 they=92re brand new when they work with Vic=2E=94  =


Laura Innes=2C =93Dr=2E Carrie Weaver=94 on ER
Emmy-nominated=2C Best Supporting Actress/Drama Series
Emmy-nominated=2C Best Director/Drama series=2C The West Wing

Victor D=27Altorio is a teacher=2C director=2C and actor=2E From 1990-98 =
he was one of Chicago=27s most respected=2C most recommended acting teach=
ers at The Actors=27 Center=2C the Windy City=27s best known professional=
 training program=2E From 98-02 he had his own private studio in Los Ange=
les=2C where he taught class and privately coached many actors for TV and=
 film=2E He was the L=2EA=2E Weekly Critics=27 Theatre Director of the Ye=
ar for 2000=2C and was asked by L=2EA=2E County to adapt his work with ac=
tors for teens at high risk for HIV infection for an innovative Californi=
a state funded program to educate youth in better=2C more truth-centered =
communication skills=2E He is a graduate of Northwestern University=2C an=
d also of the William Esper Studio=2C NYC=2C where he completed the forma=
l=2C 2-year Meisner work=2C which is the basis for his teaching=2E