Welcoming what’s wrong into your creative process, or: “Why are we doing theater?” – More in RAGNAR’s weekly Studio Class in NYC, starting September [2:27]
Videos
team snake
A funny and horrifying real-life story by GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ, told by CRAIG MATHERS during the Open Space “Theater of the Future” ten years ago @ MICHA [1:23]
a question of one’s own
Excerpt from our new Studio Conversations, on acting technique & one’s own process. Find out more about Ragnar’s upcoming SUMMER WORKSHOP July 7-11 in NYC [4:11]
actors’ conversations
Wandering down memory lane – filmed at our original home at Solaris in Hudson. Invite for actors in FERN’s Imagination Course to meet up for online conversations [3:07]
imaginary beginnings
“Where to begin, after you have read the script?” – from one of the On-Demand Video Classes part of FERN SLOAN’s upcoming IMAGINATION ONLINE COURSE [0:58]
prison of personality
On stepping past the limits of personality. Michael Chekhov’s words, quoted by FERN SLOAN in preparation of her upcoming IMAGINATION ONLINE COURSE [0:43]
Summer Workshop [NYC]
“Ensemble acting is anarchy in a shared environment” (Arthur Penn) – Join us this summer for a 5-day workshop with RAGNAR on the Lower East Side in NYC! [1:07]
The Imagination Course
Join FERN SLOAN in this unique opportunity! 4 Live Online Sessions + 4 weeks of Video-Classes, working with your creative imagination. May 7 – June 4 / Online [2:17]
they were our teachers
TED recalls walking up the steps of the old Michael Chekhov Studio in NYC & meeting Chekhov’s original students in this excerpt from his free Introduction Course [1:16]
there is something more
JOANNA MERLIN on Michael Chekhov’s work with actors from the Group Theater in NYC & what became his “Lessons to the Professional Actor” [2:34]
love & video-tapes
From a tape in Ragnar’s old video camera: TED PUGH in conversation with JOANNA MERLIN. To watch the entire talk, visit our free Studio Conversations [3:56]
Psychological Gesture II
Dive deep into Psychological Gesture with these new On-Demand Video Classes, taught by TED & FERN. – Work on text & developing the character [3:46]
inhaling / exhaling
In his own words MICHAL CHEKHOV leads through a practical exercise on becoming the thing or person you want to know, in preparation to performing it [8:50]
the wind & the willow
Contemplation of the invisible, the visible & what has come to be called the Michael Chekhov Technique. By RAGNAR for his scene-class in NYC [2:46]
Choices & Doubts
Reflections on the mind, new levels of understanding & the river of your own experience. New Studio Conversations with FERN, TED & RAGNAR [3:45]
it’s just life
RAGNAR tells a story about Michael Chekhov & Konstantin Stanislavski and their disagreement on the actor’s process. Interview by JENNIFER SHIRLEY [7:44]
Summer-Scene [NYC]
About the upcoming Summer Acting Workshop with RAGNAR: develop skills & work with scenes by MARTIN MCDONAGH in an ensemble setting over four days [1:10]
what’s an impulse?
During a session online, Ragnar shares a story by JACK COLVIN. As a young actor Jack studied with Michael Chekhov in LA. More from Jack: MICHA Masterclasses [0:46]
navigating classes [online]
From our 1st Online Session for “Love Letters to your Character“: In a live screen recording RAGNAR is describing the structure of the course, where to access your classes & how to upload your own work [3:04]
love & the actor
Original audio-track by MICHAEL CHEKHOV. For the upcoming 5-week online course “Love Letters to your Character” starting June 1, 2024. Enrollment Now Open [1:00]
love letters [online]
Our upcoming Online Summer Course in June: 5 Weeks of On-Demand Classes + 5 Live Video-Sessions with TED, FERN & RAGNAR. Enrollment Now Open [2:14]
Slipstream
MARTIN D. ANDERSON & RAGNAR on making films, not knowing & wanting something to matter. Excerpt from our latest round of Free Studio Conversations.[5:19]
a creative state of mind
FERN on Michael Chekhov’s “Guiding Principles”. Recorded in preparation for this year’s Online Summer Course: “Love Letters to your Character” in June 2024 [1:42]
Actors Invite [NYC]
Actress LEEANNE HUTCHISON on choosing material & finding a scene partner for the next Weekend-Workshop with RAGNAR (May 18 & 19, 2024) in NYC [1:25]
you get to develop it
MARTIN D. ANDERSON & RAGNAR on acting in front of the camera & the ghost of a perfect performance, for the upcoming Self-Taping Workshop in NYC [1:35]
ghosts and realities
From a past conversation on Auditioning between JOANNA MERLIN & RAGNAR, as a perspective on his upcoming Self-Taping Workshop in Midtown NYC [1:36]
the many ways of pushing
FERN passionately defends training in technique to develop capacities as an actor. Sign up for more free Studio Conversations in our Online Studio [9:51]
sharing time & space
In our Studio Conversations FERN, TED & RAGNAR contemplate & address questions on Michael Chekhov’s Acting Technique. Join the conversations for free [1:05]
access your library [online]
For actors enrolled in any Live Online Course from our Online Studio, GABRIELA BONOMO talks you through accessing your Audio / Video Library [3:39]
access your classes [online]
Video-Tutorial for the Online Course “PSYCHOLOGICAL GESTURE in ACTION” (January 6-27, 2024). Find out more about our courses in our Online Studio [8:02]
Gesture in Action [online]
Join us online in January 2024: Three weeks of New On-Demand Classes + Live Sessions Online. With TED, FERN & RAGNAR. Open Enrollment [1:31]
Studio Conversations
Addressing questions & sharing perspectives on the Michael Chekhov work, with FERN, TED & RAGNAR. Sign up for free & join us in the conversation! [0:45]
life [off the map]
In a live online check-in-session of our Imaginary Immersion, RAGNAR voices a technique’s danger & its usefulness in the creative process [3:38]
Move with the Moving
RAGNAR on working with absence & following movement into meaning. Excerpt from his Imaginary Classes as part of the upcoming 5-week Online Immersion [1:57]
one wholeness
FERN SLOAN on the training of one’s body-mind-and-spirit and the value of building your own practice in this summer’s upcoming Imaginary Immersion [2:10]
Imaginary Immersion
Join RAGNAR, TED & FERN for 5 summer-weeks of slow-paced On-Demand Classes + Live Online Sessions, that teach & exemplify MICHAEL CHEKHOV’S acting method [2:11]
the medium is theater
RAGNAR about an upcoming class in NYC
Imaginary Answers
TED & FERN will be addressing questions in a live-streamed on-your-feet work session for actors who have purchased the Video On-Demand Series “Fundamentals 1”. [2min]
Ted is Flying
Excerpt from our new 12 hour ON-DEMAND VIDEO SERIES, with TED & FERN teaching & embodying the Basic Exercises of Michael Chekhov’s Technique. Now available! [4:48]
things that are not things
Listening to poetry by the late THAÍS LOUREIRO, read by FERN & streamed live one more time this week. You can listen to and read the entire poem here [3:02]
“Transitions!”
“Talent will flourish of itself as soon as the actor chisels away all that hides his abilities — even from himself” (Michael Chekhov). Upcoming Online Class with FERN. [2:06]
Something That Is Ours
Online Class with TED PUGH, streamed live on 3 Saturdays in September & October. Ted is creating each session in response to your questions in our Online Studio. [1:35]
The Applied Imagination
“If I look at somebody, it must be full of things which are behind my gaze…” (Michael Chekhov). Upcoming Online Class, live-streamed in May with FERN. [3:42]
A Wise Body
“What are the hidden secrets within me that I have yet to uncover? – The body is the actor’s instrument.” Upcoming Online Class with Ted & Fern in February / March. [2:56]
Psychological Gesture Online
“If we take simply our human gestures, then we will see that each gesture is the human soul.” (Michael Chekhov). Upcoming Online Class in January with TED & FERN. [2:38]
pleasure of transformation
“What is it to converse with your character, to listen and let it reveal itself?”. Upcoming Online Class on “CHARACTER” with FERN. By Application. Waiting List [3:29]
the ground you stand on
“There is always another level to explore, investigate & incorporate.” Upcoming Online Class on “FUNDAMENTALS” with TED & FERN. Enrollment Now Open [6:47]
non/class-video
As all theater spaces are closed due to the Corona-pandemic, acting classes in NYC are not taking place. RAGNAR is doing a non-class on absence. [2:30]
A Short Film
BEKAH PUSEY & SCOTT MENDELSOHN in a film-scene from the play “Good As New” by Peter Hedges. Made during our Process & Performance Lab, January 2020. [4:42]
Room For Fire
PHOEBE PANARETOS & ALEX GIBSON-GIORGIO in conversation on performing, joy & interpreting Michael Chekhov. Filmed @ our January Intensive 2019. [5:50]
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