The weekly training class is at the core of any acting studio as is traditional in the English speaking world. It offers actors the possibility to continue training throughout their career.

Expansion of creative wingspan

A regular class offers the opportunity of delving deeper into one’s technique and to work on roles one would not necessarily be cast for in a commercial setting. If we can access the untypical or the hidden aspects inside us fresh energies will be released. The possibility to express oneself increase, the whole instrument grows leaner and the repertoire wider and more complex.

Security in one's craft

A regular class offers actors who will often work irregularly and frequently under so much time pressure that little of no room is left for the actual creative process of rehearsing and exploring. Weekly training affords actors the opportunity to refine their technique without pressure and to explore new things.

Preparation of castings and roles

Two pages of text and no explanations – that is usually what one gets when asked to join a casting. And once the job is secured support will remain similarly scarce. A class allows for rehearsal freed from pressure and there is time and space to explore unburdened by the constraints of a rehearsal plan. Beyond training, a class also offers a network and serves as port of call for directors, authors and castors.

BF

I studied in a studio. Next to learning and constantly expanding my craft, this has always been a space of family and home for me. That has both shaped and supported me to this day.