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Breakthrough Acting with Tom Bentley |
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Listed in the Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre as one of Canada's most prominent theatre directors |
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“Bentley…infuses Shakespeare with a sensibility as hip
and dark as any play by Neil LaBute…” San Francisco Bay Guardian |
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Renowned Canadian director, teacher,
playwright, and artistic director,
Tom Bentley has worked professionally throughout Canada, the United
States, and England for twenty-five years. He served as Artistic
Director to three professional theatres, has directed over one hundred
productions, and has taught privately and at several universities.
Tom trained and worked as an actor in New York and London before
crossing over to directing and teaching.
This highly original approach to acting is based on the work of Yat Malmgren, creator of the Laban-Malmgren System of Character Analysis, and is influenced by Tom’s work with Rudolph Laban, Sanford Meisner, and Peter Brook, as well as Tom’s own evolutionary and revolutionary experiences throughout his long and varied theatrical career. 10 week group classes. As any serious actor must take the time to find the most suitable teacher for his or her needs, and the match between a teacher and student must be a good one, please call to schedule an interview. Class size is limited to ensure concentrated attention for each actor. |
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Introductory Level Class:
A Fundamental Groundwork All levels, Maximum 8 students 3-hour class weekly for 10 weeks $500 Open to actors with a serious commitment to creating work that is both truthful and daring. Level of experience is less important than the actor’s willingness to explore and develop a way of working that allows the true self to be revealed in the work. A series of exercises and improvisations create a fundamental groundwork that allows actors of all levels to break through self-consciousness and the temptation to indicate the work rather than live it honestly. Text work, movement and voice exercises free the actor to more fully trust his or her own instincts and impulses and find transformation in the work. |
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ADVANCED LEVEL CLASS:
Building
The Character Maximum 8 students 3-hour class weekly for 10 weeks $500 Applying the fundamental groundwork developed in the introductory class to scene work, the Advanced Level Class introduces a body of physical, intellectual, intuitive, and emotional work which takes the actor toward building the character. By discovering the intentions and energies underneath the words, the actor finds truthful choices that support the text. Scene work is structured for the actor to meet the resistances within him or herself and to stimulate the ultimate possibility of growth. Admission to the Advanced Level Class is by audition and interview, or completion of the Introductory Class. |
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MASTER CLASS:
Developing
Fuller, Richer, More Complex Characters Maximum 4 students 3-hour class weekly for 10 weeks, $500 The Master Class cultivates the emotional reservoirs and inner resources that allow the actor to develop increasingly fuller, richer, and more complex characters. The work involves writing and performing scenarios that will challenge the actor’s less developed sides, always revealing rather than externalizing, and investigating the means to get inside a character with whom the actor does not immediately identify. |
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PRIVATE
TRAINING: Tom works with a very limited number of private
students for whom he designs a specific program. |
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