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LEARN FROM AN ACTRESS/DIRECTOR:

The training of an actor is a lifetime’s work and vocation. Acting is a discipline you can only develop through practice. I offer one-to-one , paired and small group sessions designed to broaden an actor’s range and talent. I have learnt these techniques over 20 years of training as an actor and director . Elif has a BA in Acting and has learnt method acting and assisting Jack Waltzer over many years.

Techniques

I work individually with each actor on their own abilities and at their own pace, following various exercises to improve and deepen the emotional and psychological palette of the actor so they become impulsive and ingrained.

Exercises include:

  • sensation development

  • inner dialogue

  • Thoughts not lines technique

  • personalisation work

    Self tapes/audition technique

  • Drama school entry, monologue preparation and technique

In a practical sense, I will bridge the gap between the training of the actor and the industry by applying these methods to help you for camera work, audition and role preparation, all of which is vital to a career in acting.



Professional Self Tape service / Camera practice and Coaching for a role

I work with the Actress/Actor to respond quickly and fully to everything in an effort to create reality and truth as well as spontaneity in performance for stage or film so that you are real and believable in any given role.

Regular Acting Coaching

I offer regular sessions for beginners and highly trained actors to help build their structure as an actor and help then develop a character. This will consist of monologues & scene work as well as techniques to broaden the actors range and capabilities. I will work with what is distinctive to the actor and help them utilise those traits to create realities, truthfulness and believability for them and bring out what is already inside them.

Classes are offered on zoom globally and in person in London.

Drama School Entry/Auditions

I offer tailored training for drama school auditions that are designed to prepare actors for the specific admissions process, which includes working on modern and classical pieces and preparation for the audition and interviews.

Logic

Acting isn’t just about memorising lines. Truthful acting begins with work on relaxation, awareness and concentration to focus the mind and body into the the “creative mood” which is a state of being aware. For the actor this includes imaginative work and logical script work that create realities that fit the given circumstances of the scene in any script.


Great teachers I have worked with.  Handwritten in Paris 2018 in his book and documentary American Film Acting

Great teachers I have worked with. Handwritten in Paris 2018 in his book and documentary American Film Acting

Elif with Jack in his home in Paris, June 2014.