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Acting: Emotional Range

11月 5 @ 7:00 pm - 12月 10 @ 9:30 pm

¥30,000
Kaoru Kuwata teaching

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You do not need to be ‘emotional’ to be better at Acting. Instead, you need to be aware of your characters’ emotions and changes while understanding the structure of your storytelling.

Our emotion is like that of a driver in a vehicle. You can reach your destination faster and safely or have a bumpy ride or fast-speeding turns. Depending on the driver, you may get lost, fail to reach your destination, or be involved in an accident.

This six-week class explores various emotions to maximise your emotional and sensory journey in your work. Emotions are essential in every genre of our work; they are valuable to actors and essential to performances.

Although we all experience and feel emotions, even the most experienced actors can wonder, such as, ‘I know how he/she feels, but not quite there yet…’, ‘I’m not sure why he/she does/says A and B.’

If you can ‘fully experience a character’s emotion’ and embody it better and more clearly, you will make a huge difference and influence the quality of your work.
Combined with our introductory yet organised ‘text analysis’ part of the class, you will gain more insight into what professional actors prepare before rehearsals or filming.

Through a series of elaborate exercises, you will be well prepared to play your characters and interact with each other with more attention and precision when required under the given circumstances of the scenes.

Each class includes some exploration and preparatory exercises to ensure you are ready to experiment and learn for your benefit. Feedback is provided, and further discussion will be available to advance your skills and potential for your future career and projects.

Class Progression

  1. Observational exercises for storytelling
  2. Exploration of Combined Emotion and Use of Imagination
  3. How to Practice through Body and voice and to expand the range of Emotion
  4. Practical Application to your choice of text, Dealing with tension and release
  5. Way into text and characters’ inner vision and perception
  6. Better control and how to improve your senses and strive for your performances

All six days of the course include short, limber and preparatory exercises to ensure you are in a better frame of mind and working towards a responsive yet coordinated body.

We aim to physically and mentally extend the actors’ ability and imagination. At the end of the course, you will have a better sense and understanding of your craft, especially the sensory connection to emotion through body, voice, and text, which will empower you and support your future projects and career development.

FAQ

I haven’t taken any Movement or formal Acting classes before. Can I join this class?

Yes, definitely. If you want to improve yourself or change the direction of your career, you will hugely benefit from acquiring the knowledge and practical skills through this series of classes.

However, if you are still worried that this course will be too advanced, you can join other introductory classes to enhance your understanding of your work. Meanwhile, you can supplement it with personal training or private lessons with her or other teachers. If you want to discuss your concerns, please email the ELFS or tutor directly. We are happy to help!

If I miss a class, can I make it up later?

If you miss a class due to a severe emergency, you can make it up the next time. However, if you miss a class for personal reasons, the course can unfortunately not be made up. The tutor usually shares a summary or notes of your missed class to help you grasp what has been discussed or explored for your benefit.

I am not a native English speaker and worry that my language level will not be enough. Can I still join this course?

Absolutely! We have many students who are not native English speakers.
The classes are a great place to become accustomed to working in English internationally while improving your acting skills.

I’m interested in your class, but I’m not confident that my English is good enough. Is there a Japanese translator available?

We don’t provide a translator, but the course tutor is bilingual and speaks native-level Japanese. Additionally, there are usually bilingual students in each class who can help you if you have questions. Our tutors are also happy to explain things more slowly and simply if you need assistance understanding an exercise or feedback.

About the Tutor

Kaoru KuwataKaoru is an acting coach, movement teacher, and Alexander Technique teacher with over 1800 individuals in the past twenty years, including celebrities, actors, musicians, dancers, and opera singers. She is also a Movement Director and an IDC-certified Intimacy Director.

With her extensive training since childhood, she graduated from Toho Gakuen Art College for Drama and Music, Goldsmiths College, University of London, and the Hampstead Centre for the Alexander Technique, certified by the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. She translated and published F.M. Alexander’s ‘The Use of the Self’ by Banseishobo in 2010.

She is recognised for her dedication to professional development, as evidenced by her two certifications from the Japan Harassment Counsellor Association in 2022 as a Harassment Counselor/Advisor before becoming certified as an intimacy director by Intimacy Directors and Coordinators in the US.

Kaoru also made history as the first and only Asian student in the inaugural MA Movement Studies cohort at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where she developed her expertise in Movement, Direction, and Pedagogy, expanding her passion for Actor’s process. Kaoru was teaching as the youngest tutor at Toho Gakuen College for Drama and Music and the National Theatre Drama Studio/Opera Studio while teaching in some other drama schools and theatre companies’ vocational courses. She has also provided private lessons and group classes in the Alexander Technique, Rudolf Laban’s method, and various acting techniques for twenty years. She is also pursuing her career in Intimacy Directing and Movement Directing with like-minded professionals worldwide.

詳細

開始:
11月 5 @ 7:00 pm
終了:
12月 10 @ 9:30 pm
費用:
¥30,000
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会場

ELFS Japan Studio
2-9-14 Suido
Bunkyō-ku, Tōkyō-to 112-0005 Japan
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電話:
03-6873-9418

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