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the right acting class
in-studio acting classes
meet and exceed your acting career goals
Individual and specific attention dedicated to helping the students get out of their comfort zone. Intense exercises, activities, and scene work always moving towards the goal of living freely enough to take on any role.
small, intimate classes with a purpose
Customized dramatic and comedic improvs, scene study, on-camera, audition technique, character development and intimacy work. The focus is to create independent actors that not only book work, but keep the work they book. Knowing they can withstand the vigorous character demands required in the professional world, gives students the confidence needed to tackle any role.
learn to take direction effectively
Students develop the ability to critique their own work in such a way that they can adjust to any direction given to them. This allows the student to produce results quickly when required.
I have always loved being an actress. I soon discovered that I loved coaching more than acting. Helping a student reach their full potential is a feeling that can not be explained. To witness someone let go of a block and replace it with true confidence and understanding, is truly a site to behold.
I have found that guiding the actor gently is crucial to their ability to jump to the next level. I have found that there is also a time to challenge the actor to let go of the notion that they must strive to be fearless. The obsession with getting “out of their head” entirely, becomes a quest that haunts an actor. They relentlessly beat themselves up for not being truly ” in the moment” 100 percent of the time. This may be the goal, but beating themselves up when they can’t sustain it derails and blocks them.
We are individuals that are designed to process. It is HOW we process that is key. Ultimately, letting go of that struggle provides the actor with the ability to get out of their own way. The result is what all artists strive to be…free.
I do not pretend to know it all. I have had the opportunity to learn from so many amazing coaches. They have guided me with such care that I can only hope to do the same.
I hope to guide and be of service. I know what it is like to have a passion so deep it must be expressed. Whether you study with me or another coach, I wish you the best of luck on your journey.
All my best,
Tanya
being an actor isn’t difficult. being a human is difficult.
There will be times in every actor‘s life when their head will take over. When life will get in the way. When they can not connect and have to perform anyway. That’s where coaching comes in.