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Acting Classes with Chris : Develop Your Potential
Routine 21: Getting to Know Yourself
The “Routine 21” method is the first step of Chris’ method, essential to learn more about yourself before progressing to the next steps. This routine includes exercises for:
- Relax and Strengthen Your Diaphragm: By working on your diaphragm, you will learn to control your breathing, which is crucial for good vocal projection and stress management.
- Realign Your Body: Posture and body alignment exercises will help you release accumulated tension and adopt an open and confident posture.
- Improve Your Diction and Position Your Voice: Through specific exercises, you will improve your articulation, vocal clarity and the resonance of your voice, making your speech more impactful and understandable.
- Learn Relaxation Techniques: Relaxation exercises will help you reduce stress and approach performances with calm and confidence.
By practicing Routine 21 regularly, you will release tension, energize your body, and become more open. This prepares you to embody your characters with greater sincerity and depth.
Method Acting: Becoming Sincere in Your Acting
Method Acting is the heart of Chris’s approach. Rather than simply becoming a “good actor,” this method helps you be sincere, and it is through this sincerity that you will achieve excellence. To do this, it is crucial to understand:
- Who is Your Character: Define your character's character traits, motivations, and life story.
- Where Does He Come From: Understand your character's context and background to better interpret his actions and reactions.
- Why He Acts the Way He Does: Analyze your character's deep motivations for an authentic and nuanced interpretation.
Method Acting goes beyond traditional analysis by allowing you to embody your character on psychological, physical and emotional levels.
Improv & Games: Putting Your Learning into Practice
Improvisation and Games, constitute the last step of Chris's fundamentals. These exercises are designed to:
- Boost Your Creativity: Improv encourages you to think quickly and come up with creative solutions in real time, a valuable asset on stage and in life.
- Develop Your Spontaneity: By forcing yourself to react without preparation, improvisation helps you become more natural and authentic in your reactions.
- Improve Your Focus: Improv games require constant attention and increased concentration, which improves your performance and stage presence.
By practicing improvisation and games, you will learn to let go and be freer in your daily life. This step allows you to connect Routine 21 and Method Acting, putting into practice everything you have learned.
