Today I had the pleasure of taking a fresh batch of BFA Freshman through an introductory exploration of the 4 Effort Factors. As you can see in the picture of my class notes, Effort is the category of movement analysis that analyzes the HOW of an action, the quality of the movement. Its an amazingly … Continue reading BFA Acting Freshman Introduced to Effort
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I Love a Good Laban Pun
Towards the end of a unit in the Freshman Movement for Actors class I came into the studio one morning to find these little jewels on the board. Apparently all the work studying BEAs, dimensions, diagonals, and basic shaping concepts as vocabulary to create physical variety while playing actions is sinking in. Not quite right … Continue reading I Love a Good Laban Pun
Knots and Effort
I had a magnificent time about a month ago at a workshop with the fabulous Carol Lynne-Moore on advanced Space Theory. The picture above is a shot of some of my notes from the workshop. During her time in the Laban archives in London she made a very exciting discovery about Knots … Continue reading Knots and Effort
Passion Drive: A Blessing and a Curse
I love the Passion drive, and its cluster states. I'm particularly a fan of the Dream state. I could sit alone, day dream, and express myself in weight and flow with little recuperative Awake state for hours. It feels good to me to be so in touch with my internal state, and without Space Effort, … Continue reading Passion Drive: A Blessing and a Curse
