While at Juilliard, a great teacher I was privileged to work with showed our class how to properly begin a play… before we ever set foot on stage and began to “act.” He showed us the right mindset before we got the script in our hands, before the lines were memorized and the movements blocked out, and we acted out our assigned roles. We were restless: twenty cocky actors eager to blow the future audience away, eager to be brilliant, to be ackmlowedged by faculy members and our fellow actors and dancers and musicians at Juilliard, and future agents who would guarantee us of our certain success in the professional world of the arts. We trusted this teacher. This teacher (he’d been at Juilliard since its opening day) gave us pause. He made us think about why we were here in the first place. He made us think about the space we were entering, that we would soon bare our souls and sweat blood and tears upon. This moment, this ritual, was about acknowledging the space before you enterted it. It was also about how you left it behind. It was a sacred space. I have this wonderful memory of standing on the bare stage, the day before the set designers and lighting professionals would go to town on it, transforming that empty space into another world. On this vacant world, this empty planet, the stage was alive. Our teacher allowed us to envision all the future moments on this stage. “This is the place of possibility… what will you bring to this place?” he asked us. Within every “performance,” within every encounter with the people around you, can also mean making the greatest moment possible no matter who youre with or what you have to work with. That’s really all we have in life, isn’t it? Moments. A series of moments where we have the choice to tell a mediocre story or a great story, act out of kindness or be enslaved by bitterness. In the acting world, when an actor brings a scene or a monologue to life, what he’s doing is working it “moment to moment,” fully invested with every fiber of his being. That’s how we tell a memorable story—one moment at a time, like we’re climbing a ladder, each emotional rung bringing us closer to the heart of the story, to the truth we want to be living within. You have the power within you to rewrite your new script. Or go back to your old one. It’s that simple. The essence of “Lessons From The Stage” weekend intensives are for you to be able to create a reservoir of inspiration that you’ll always be able to return to, no matter what “stage” of your life you’re in, and to recognize and “use” the obstacles in your life so that they provide on-going value in your life. Each weekend intensive is $200. Each day runs from 9am-4pm. There will be a driver to come and pick you up in Manitou Springs to transport you to where the intensives are being held. Heres where you can register. Once you register, I will send you complete detailed information for the intensive as well as engaging ideas for you to reflecting upon before day 1 begins to make it the most impactful experience possible. Weekend Intensive Dates: January 31st- February 1st February 28th- March 1st March 14th-15th April 25th-26th June 6th-7th “Lessons From The Stage” Weekend Intensive Registration https://paypal/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ECK7RK2BMXMN4 https://youtube/watch?v=RvURGhNoxvw&feature=em-upload_owner-smbtn
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