Most acting training separates mind and body. This class puts them back together.
It marries scene study with body-based tools: Meisner, Michael Chekhov, and voice and movement work.
Ellie chooses and casts each scene to address each actor's individual challenges, using theater, film, and television scripts.
Start breathing: your impulses come alive. Move your body: your emotions flow. Connect mind, body, and heart: you become undeniable.
A multilevel class for actors ready to go deeper: a space to reconnect with your body and instincts, learn the tools that transform how you work, and create an artistic home.
An invite-only group for advanced professional actors: a protected space to deepen artistry, work your edges, and expand beyond type.
By signing up, you're stepping into a tradition that began in the 1930s with the Group Theater. The "Big 3" teachers (Strasberg, Adler, Meisner) and working actors, from Marlon Brando and James Dean to Diane Keaton and Al Pacino, wanted a space away from the industry: to stretch beyond "type," change how they were cast, and stay grounded in real artistry when the business pushed commodification.
This class carries that forward, for actors who are actually working. It honors both sides of that life: growing as an artist and being ready for the industry. Your artistry is what makes you castable, and knowing the business gives your art somewhere to go. Most classes lean too far one way. This one holds both.
“I'd put my ‘actor mind' and ‘actor body' in two different boxes. This was the first time in years I felt that barrier break down.”
“Ellie opens an actor's heart and mind, pulling out honest impulses that can be so hard to unlock.”
“If you want to push and test your own limits as an actor, find Ellie Heyman now.”
“Ellie brings a deft, vibrant intelligence to every collaboration.”
The classes are often full or near capacity. If this sounds like your artistic home, reach out.
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