The Relationship Method
We have often noticed that our actors/students have just an obsession: “What does my character want? What happened to them in the past?”.
We, like the characters we play, are much more than what we want.
There are so many other things surrounding the character in the present moment that influence them:
- your body
- the others
- the environment
Learning how to feel and to use these elements will make you a powerful actor both on stage and in front of the camera.
The Relationship Method is composed of four essential steps:
MOTION AND EMOTION TRAINING
Exercises to train an actor’s awareness of their body and movements in space in light of the relationship between movement and emotion.
DRAMA INSTINCT
A series of exercises to develop an actor’s onstage instincts in relation to the space and to others.
MICRO-MOMENTS
Acting “micro-moments” means connecting the emotions to even the tiniest of movements or gesture. We use the Mask (which exists in many cultures all over the world) in a unique way, all our own.
THE CHARACTER AND THE TEXT
Here we apply all of the previous steps to texts. It is the culmination of the entirety of the course.
Why “Relationship”?
A un certo punto del nostro percorso ci siamo accorti che la recitazione moderna è fortemente influenzata dal modello freudiano, che pone come motore del nostro agire il “desiderio” e ciò che è avvenuto nel passato.
La nostra ricerca ci ha portato a valorizzare un altro punto di vista, quello della Relational Psychoanalysis, che mette al centro dell’agire umano il nostro bisogno di relazione. (Il desiderio viene dopo).
Questo piccolo cambio di punto di vista ha arricchito la tavolozza delle possibilità della nostra recitazione e ci ha dato degli strumenti in più.
Per questo abbiamo chiamato il nostro metodo di recitazione “The Relationship Method”.
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“I’ve never done something like this! Working with them taught me how to be great in front of a camera way more than anything I’ve done before in my life!”
“It’s improved my performance a great deal.”
“I highly recommend this troupe and their philosophy as strong groundwork for any aspiring performer.”
“I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop done by this theater company last November and it was INCREDIBLE! I had never done mask work before and instantly fell in love with the freedom it gave me. Valerio and Chiara are so supportive, imaginative, and passionate about the work they do that as an actress and creator I instantly felt safe and encouraged to explore parts of myself and my craft I had never explored before. Their own unique technique focuses on such minutiae within acting that it taught me an entire story can be told through one facial expression or one eye movement, hand movement, foot movement, etc. It really reminded me of the genius that all stage actors used to have and how to command a performance and hone in on my individual stage presence. I would be overjoyed to work with them again and hope to see them many more times in New York!”
Online Coaching Resources
RM – MASK ACTING
The Essentials of Goal Setting
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RM – ACTING FOR OPERA
3 Week Career Workshop
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The Relationship Method
We have often noticed that our actors/students have just an obsession: “What does my character want? What happened to them in the past?”.
We, like the characters we play, are much more than what we want.
There are so many other things surrounding the character in the present moment that influence them:
- your body
- the others
- the environment
Learning how to feel and to use these elements will make you a powerful actor both on stage and in front of the camera.
The Relationship Method
We have often noticed that our actors/students have just an obsession: “What does my character want? What happened to them in the past?”.
We, like the characters we play, are much more than what we want.
There are so many other things surrounding the character in the present moment that influence them:
- your body
- the others
- the environment
Learning how to feel and to use these elements will make you a powerful actor both on stage and in front of the camera.
The Relationship Method
We have often noticed that our actors/students have just an obsession: “What does my character want? What happened to them in the past?”.
We, like the characters we play, are much more than what we want.
There are so many other things surrounding the character in the present moment that influence them:
- your body
- the others
- the environment
Learning how to feel and to use these elements will make you a powerful actor both on stage and in front of the camera.
Why “Relationship”?
A un certo punto del nostro percorso ci siamo accorti che la recitazione moderna è fortemente influenzata dal modello freudiano, che pone come motore del nostro agire il “desiderio” e ciò che è avvenuto nel passato.
La nostra ricerca ci ha portato a valorizzare un altro punto di vista, quello della Relational Psychoanalysis, che mette al centro dell’agire umano il nostro bisogno di relazione. (Il desiderio viene dopo).
Questo piccolo cambio di punto di vista ha arricchito la tavolozza delle possibilità della nostra recitazione e ci ha dato degli strumenti in più.
Per questo abbiamo chiamato il nostro metodo di recitazione “The Relationship Method”.
