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Exploring Technique class offers valuable exercises from various techniques as well as performance experience to develop a strong acting foundation. This overview class puts what we consider four major skill sets to work. Creative Accessibility Physical Awareness Vocal Development and Positive Collaboration. Exploring Technique is designed to expose new actors to the way actors train, get them out of their heads and into their bodies so they can explore this creative form.

The Character in Performance class gives acting students a foundation in creating truthful, dynamic characters for film, television, or stage. It teaches techniques that find the character’s voice, physicality, and psychology. Students work on strengthening their vocal and physical presence, creating characters that are believable yet completely different from themselves. Through exercises, script analyses, monologue and scene work, students acquire a comprehensive set of “acting tools” to draw upon when approaching a role.

Scene Study is a weekly workout for trained actors, allowing them to dive deep into scripts, characters, and emotions to ensure they are at the top of their game when their opportunity arrives. We all want the opportunity to sink our teeth into a meaty character or a dynamic conflict. Scene Study at EMAS is your opportunity to consistently flex your acting muscles and refine your craft. Through working on scenes of various genres, the actors discover their strengths and weaknesses with the help of a trained director’s eye.