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4-week Acting Workshop – New Orleans, LA (April)

4 Week Acting Workshop Metairie/New Orleans Acting Workshop with Dean West Acting Studio   This April! Purchase your spot in the class, now! The cost is $245 if you are paying with Venmo $255 if you are paying with PayPal   APRIL! When: Thursday nights in April (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th) Place: Metairie studio (address will be provided in the intro … [Read more...] about 4-week Acting Workshop – New Orleans, LA (April)

How to relax before an audition

How to relax before an audition   How to relax before an audition can really make or break your behavior in the audition room.  If you are like most actors you have all the weight of your success on this one audition!  That is its own problem by itself.  You have to change the way you look at auditions.  Your belief structure is probably that if you book this one audition you can … [Read more...] about How to relax before an audition

Human connection

Human Connection For as long as you can go back in our history, religions and mystics have talked about our connection to one another.  Our human connection can be felt, it can be measured, and our human connection can show up through empathy and energy.  Did you know that the iron that pumps through our blood to keep us alive is only, and I mean only, created when stars crash into each other?!  … [Read more...] about Human connection

Owning your power.

Owning Your Power Let's start off with a quick exercise before we get into owning your power, or finding your power. Follow the directions. On your own time, take two nice, deep breaths; and on the third one, make it a deep enough breath that you close your eyes and can feel every little area of your chest cavity fill up. HOLD IT! Push your stomach out as far as you can full of air.  Once you … [Read more...] about Owning your power.

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What does it really mean to own the role? It means What does it really mean to own the role?
It means stepping into the scene with intention, belief, and full commitment—on every level.  There is. O WRONG because it is you in every moment. 
Support yourself and your scene work with a personal belief system that leads to your success.

Follow for more grounded tools to elevate your craft.
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