Meisner in Tehran
‘We run group classes from youth to adults, for stage or screen, on location.
The method we use for our classes is the Meisner Technique. Meisner is an organic way of acting following the Stanislavski Method of acting. Meisner trains the actor to listen, be fully present, responding to the energy, behaviour and sound of others which allows for authentic emotions and behaviour.
To achieve this Meisner devised an exercise ‘The Repetition Exercise’, two actors face each other, spontaneously repeating different facts about their partner. The actor has to respond/repeat without having anytime to think, consequently the actor responds in a truthful manner.
A few years ago I went to Iran and fell in love with it and so decided to return to start teaching and directing. I realised nobody was teaching Meisner Technique in which I trained, at the Neighbourhood Playhouse, School of Theatre, New York. I have to say this was one best choices I have ever made, as the experience changed me deeply for the better and taught me how much emotions may appear to differ from culture to culture, internally we all have the same needs.’
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