THE PROBLEM: for actors of every type
Feeling alone as an actor onstage, disconnected from your body.
As an actor, have you ever felt alone on stage? In front of a camera? You don’t know what to do, you don’t know how to use your hands. In one word: lost.
We are both actors, and we felt this too. So, we decided to search for solutions.
OUR SOLUTION: The Relationship Method
We are constantly in relation to others, but we hardly ever realize it. Our method teaches you to understand these important relationships:
WITH YOUR BODY
WITH OTHERS
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
How we met
We met 15 years ago, in one of the best Drama Schools in Italy, and we immediately felt the need (to go deeper), to find a way to be unique actors, rather than just good actors.
One day, Valerio told Chiara: “I think that ‘talent’ doesn’t exist. I want to open it up, and see what it is made of. And finally I want to put it back together”.
And that day our acting/theatre research began.
First we’ve started to study different acting traditions, trying to understand/steal the secrets from the experience of the great actors who inspired Stanislavskj, Strasberg, Mejerchold. We explored the relaxation of body and voice. We sweated behind the masks for endless hour.
And finally this ongoing research has led us to develop our own acting method: “The Realtionship Method”, and we started to teach it in different parts of the world: Italy, Canada and USA.
Valerio Vittorio Garaffa
Valerio Vittorio Garaffa is a theatre director, actor and acting teacher. His purpose is helping actors to increase their stage presence and discover their star power. He graduated from the School of Dramatic Arts P. Grassi (Italy) and completed his training at the Laboratorio Teatrale Santa Cristina (Italy) under the mentorship of Luca Ronconi. He has directed numerous productions both in Italy and Canada. Highlights include: Cymbeline, The Bacchae, The Assemblywomen, Don Quixote, Trevisan’s Oscillazioni, At the exit, The festival of our Lord of the Ship, The imbecile. Acting credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Strauss’s Ithaca, Angeli’s Welcome in California.
Chiara Cimmino
Chiara Cimmino is an actress and acting teacher. Her focus is helping those she works with to find their own way as actors. She graduated from the Milan School of Dramatic Arts Paolo Grassi in 2007. She won the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the theater Palio of Chiavari (Italy, 2005) and the “Plautus Theater Award” for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Italy, 2017). Acting credits include: theaters (The seagull, Goldoni’s The fan, Ostrovsky’s The storm, Marivaux’s Harlequin educated by love, The play that goes wrong), films, television, web-series, and commercials.
THE PROBLEM: for actors of every type
Feeling alone as an actor onstage, disconnected from your body.
As an actor, have you ever felt alone on stage? In front of a camera? You don’t know what to do, you don’t know how to use your hands. In one word: lost.
We are both actors, and we felt this too. So, we decided to search for solutions.
OUR SOLUTION: The Relationship Method
We are constantly in relation to others, but we hardly ever realize it. Our method teaches you to understand these important relationships:
WITH YOUR BODY
WITH OTHERS
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
THE PROBLEM: for actors of every type
Feeling alone as an actor onstage, disconnected from your body.
As an actor, have you ever felt alone on stage? In front of a camera? You don’t know what to do, you don’t know how to use your hands. In one word: lost.
We are both actors, and we felt this too. So, we decided to search for solutions.
OUR SOLUTION: The Relationship Method
We are constantly in relation to others, but we hardly ever realize it. Our method teaches you to understand these important relationships:
WITH YOUR BODY
WITH OTHERS
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
How we met
We met 15 years ago, in one of the best Drama Schools in Italy, and we immediately felt the need (to go deeper), to find a way to be unique actors, rather than just good actors.
One day, Valerio told Chiara: “I think that ‘talent’ doesn’t exist. I want to open it up, and see what it is made of. And finally I want to put it back together”.
And that day our acting/theatre research began.
First we’ve started to study different acting traditions, trying to understand/steal the secrets from the experience of the great actors who inspired Stanislavskj, Strasberg, Mejerchold. We explored the relaxation of body and voice. We sweated behind the masks for endless hour.
And finally this ongoing research has led us to develop our own acting method: “The Realtionship Method”, and we started to teach it in different parts of the world: Italy, Canada and USA.
Valerio Vittorio Garaffa
Valerio Vittorio Garaffa is a theatre director, actor and acting teacher. His purpose is helping actors to increase their stage presence and discover their star power. He graduated from the School of Dramatic Arts P. Grassi (Italy) and completed his training at the Laboratorio Teatrale Santa Cristina (Italy) under the mentorship of Luca Ronconi. He has directed numerous productions both in Italy and Canada. Highlights include: Cymbeline, The Bacchae, The Assemblywomen, Don Quixote, Trevisan’s Oscillazioni, At the exit, The festival of our Lord of the Ship, The imbecile. Acting credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Strauss’s Ithaca, Angeli’s Welcome in California.
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Valerio Vittorio Garaffa
Valerio Vittorio Garaffa is a theatre director, actor and acting teacher. His purpose is helping actors to increase their stage presence and discover their star power. He graduated from the School of Dramatic Arts P. Grassi (Italy) and completed his training at the Laboratorio Teatrale Santa Cristina (Italy) under the mentorship of Luca Ronconi. He has directed numerous productions both in Italy and Canada. Highlights include: Cymbeline, The Bacchae, The Assemblywomen, Don Quixote, Trevisan’s Oscillazioni, At the exit, The festival of our Lord of the Ship, The imbecile. Acting credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Strauss’s Ithaca, Angeli’s Welcome in California.
Chiara Cimmino
Chiara Cimmino is an actress and acting teacher. Her focus is helping those she works with to find their own way as actors. She graduated from the Milan School of Dramatic Arts Paolo Grassi in 2007. She won the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the theater Palio of Chiavari (Italy, 2005) and the “Plautus Theater Award” for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Italy, 2017). Acting credits include: theaters (The seagull, Goldoni’s The fan, Ostrovsky’s The storm, Marivaux’s Harlequin educated by love, The play that goes wrong), films, television, web-series, and commercials.
Chiara Cimmino
Chiara Cimmino is an actress and acting teacher. Her focus is helping those she works with to find their own way as actors. She graduated from the Milan School of Dramatic Arts Paolo Grassi in 2007. She won the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the theater Palio of Chiavari (Italy, 2005) and the “Plautus Theater Award” for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Italy, 2017). Acting credits include: theaters (The seagull, Goldoni’s The fan, Ostrovsky’s The storm, Marivaux’s Harlequin educated by love, The play that goes wrong), films, television, web-series, and commercials.
Chiara Cimmino
Chiara Cimmino is an actress and acting teacher. Her focus is helping those she works with to find their own way as actors. She graduated from the Milan School of Dramatic Arts Paolo Grassi in 2007. She won the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the theater Palio of Chiavari (Italy, 2005) and the “Plautus Theater Award” for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Italy, 2017). Acting credits include: theaters (The seagull, Goldoni’s The fan, Ostrovsky’s The storm, Marivaux’s Harlequin educated by love, The play that goes wrong), films, television, web-series, and commercials.