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From Transformational Acting: A Step Beyond
An Inside Look at This Acting Technique Created By Sande Shurin
I began to develop a new acting technique in 1979/1980; rather it began to create itself through me – and it continues to do so. “Transformational Acting: A Step Beyond” is a book about the formative years of myself, this technique, why I created it…and a few fabulous decades that influence the work.
INTENTION
“We learn in particles, intention organizes it.
Everything in the world is set in motion through intention. All inner potential has the possibility of becoming a project through intention. Similarly, your character’s life is set in motion intentionally.”
CREATIVITY
“Creativity is looking at what could be/ what’s possible, rather than what is/ what has to be. To focus on doing it right or trying to figure out what they want is totally antithetical to the development of creativity. Throw the creativity out in front of you and let it pull you along and work in the spirit of creativity.”
RISK
“Taking risks equates going beyond your limitation, your boundaries, your frame of reference. As you challenge your ability to take risk, your perception shifts and you can see a new possibility. YOU DARE YOUR WALLS OF LIMITATIONS AND PUSH THEM OUT.”
PASSION
“We have it sexually and that’s partially because we can’t think about a visit to the accountant and have an orgasm at the same time. We are just in the moment having a meaningful experience to focus upon. We want to have a lot of inner passion. For film work we may not express the passion as we would for theatre. For film you might have a lot of passion and express it behaviorally, or express for theatre by throwing a chair across the room. But it has to come from the same emotional place on the inside.”
VULNERABILITY. Letting your SELF show.
“Your embarrassment, fear, etc.. Whatever we don’t want to feel is the key to opening us up. Standing with it and not running away is what opens us up that is key for our growth. A key word to all of this is ALLOWING. Allowing the energy and information to work on you. Allowing your self to assimilate it. Allowing your self to transform. Allowing your self to take risks and to work with passion.”
Sande Shurin 30 year veteran acting coach developed her own technique, Transformational Acting (Her first book) and has coached/directed such names as Mathew Modine, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Rapp, super model Shalom Harlow and music legend Method Man. On Broadway she directed The Price Of Genius also directing at such venues as BAM, Playwright¹s Horizons, Carnegie Hall & Lincoln Center. Her two films Museum Scandals and True Love have garnered accolades in film festivals. She was celebrity acting coach on America¹s Next Top Model and cuts of her were seen on OPRAH from the TV show Faking It. She has lectured at many Universities. The results of some of her coaching has been seen in Nobel Prize winning play Anna In The Tropics and in Tony winners Gypsy, Rent, Mama Mia, The Drowsy Chaperone and Spamalot as well as scores of films and TV shows. STAR POWER! (release: Fall 2009) was written to develop actors into stars. However Shurin discovered that these same principles that work for actors also work for non-actors. She has developed two new workshops: "STAR POWER! For Actors": How to become a star of stage, film and TV and "STAR POWER! for the People": How to become a star of your own life.
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