The Westin Jackson and The Dean West Acting Studio team up! About a week or so ago The Dean West Acting Studio joined up with The Westin Jackson in Mississippi. We thought it would be a great fit since they were named after us. Which is documented somewhere :) The Dean West Acting Studio workshop took place Saturday, January 27th! The Westin Jackson was wonderful enough to host the event … [Read more...] about Westin, Jackson kindly hosts The Dean West Acting Studio
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Raise Your Standards
RAISE YOUR STANDARDS! Let me ask you a few questions. Are you the smartest of all your friends? Are you the most successful of all your friends? Are you the most in shape of all your friends? Are you the fastest? Are you the most driven? The richest? Do you care the most? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you may need new friends. Raise your … [Read more...] about Raise Your Standards
Judging scene as we see it.
Judging a scene as we see it. We tend to judge scene work as we see life, not as the script gives us. We always want to trust our instincts when reading a scene, but I think it is always helpful to take a step back and see what a different point of view could look like. You have heard before that "life is not how it is, but life is how we see it". Like I have said in previous blogs, if we … [Read more...] about Judging scene as we see it.
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