About the Course

"What are the hidden secrets within me that I have yet to uncover? - The body is the actor's instrument. That in itself can be a practice: training the body/mind/soul, thinking/feeling/willing aspects of the human being to be present, open and available to the imagination."

Each of the 9 classes in this course is between 70-80 minutes in duration. Beginning with a thorough warm-up, in each session a new element of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique is introduced and previous elements are deepened. Techniques covered in this series, include:

  • legato-staccato

  • straight & curved lines

  • radiating-receiving

  • sensations: rising-sinking

  • centers / space

  • tempo / the pause

  • polarities

  • direction

  • imaginary centers

  • stick-ball-veil

Learn the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique in-depth, on your own schedule, following your own pace. Unlimited Streaming for 6 months.

Overview of Sessions in this Course

    1. Introduction

      FREE PREVIEW
    2. Session 01 - Wise Body / Actor’s Instrument

    3. Session 02 - Three Centers / Expanding - Contracting

    4. Session 03 - Inner Activity / Polarities

    5. Session 04 - Qualities / Sensation

    6. Session 05 - Desire / Transformation

    7. Session 6 - Polarities / Inner Process

    8. Session 7 - Directions / Change

    9. Session 8 - Image / Imaginary Centers

    10. Session 09 - Character / Stick, Ball, Veil

About this course

  • $300.00
  • 11.5 hours of video content
  • 9 video sessions
  • 6 months unlimited access

Faculty

Fern Sloan

Master Teacher

Fern Sloan, an actress for over 50 years, is co-founder and co-artistic director of The Actors’ Ensemble and has performed and taught the Michael Chekhov technique in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. Along with Ted Pugh and Ragnar Freidank, she is also co-founder of The Michael Chekhov School in Hudson, NY. Fern was certified by the Michael Chekhov Studio in New York City to teach the work of Michael Chekhov and was on its faculty for the last three years of its existence. She was co-director and on the faculty of the Speech and Drama Program of Sunbridge College. Prior to founding The Actors’ Ensemble, Ms. Sloan played leading roles in numerous regional theaters in the US and Off-Broadway.

Ted Pugh

Master Teacher

Ted Pugh is the co-artistic director of The Actors’ Ensemble of New York and has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Regional theaters around the United States. After having trained at the Michael Chekhov Studio in New York City, Mr. Pugh was certified as a teacher by Beatrice Straight and Deirdre du Prey in 1983, and was on the faculty at the Studio for the last seven years of its existence. Mr. Pugh has also taught workshops throughout the U.S., Europe, Russia and Australia. A founding member of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut under the direction of Jon Jory, he began his career at Arena Stage in Washington DC in 1962. Along with Ragnar Freidank and Fern Sloan, he is co-founder of The Michael Chekhov School in Hudson, NY.

Learn from two master teachers , who share their life's work with you