Meisner Masterclass

Kursbeskrivelsen er på engelsk, da kursets arbeidsspråk er engelsk.

Transform Your Scene Work from Good to Extraordinary!
We are thrilled to announce that renowned acting coach and director Terry Knickerbocker will be in Copenhagen on November 11-15, 2024 to give this exclusive Meisner Acting Masterclass at The Danish National School of Performing Arts.

An actor is only as good as their ideas and their ability to execute those ideas when the director says “action,” or the stage lights come up. In this Advanced Scene Work Masterclass Terry will guide you through the process of making every moment count and creating lively, rich, and truly memorable performances.

By gaining better control of your instrument and growing in your confidence participants will work towards performances that transcend the skill of acting into an art.

Work is to focus on truthfulness, fearlessness, and playfulness. It is this approach that helped guide Sam Rockwell to his Oscar Winning performance in Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri.

I first took an acting class from Terry Knickerbocker more than 25 years ago. Since then I have worked with him on every film and stage role I’ve done. Nobody’s better at what he does. Terry is incredibly intuitive and full of ideas that are usually outside the box. His sense of what is truthful is like a laser. I depend on him. He’s invaluable to me and I don’t know what I’d do without him.

– Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Vice, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind)

The environment Terry creates feels immediately rich with ideas and specific choices. Going off and making a movie after our work together, I felt well-armed to bring a very real, original, and emotionally fleshed-out person to the screen. I felt confident in my choices and spent less time second-guessing myself. All our work freed me up to be in the moment, and improvise with specificity, and to feel very alive in the role I was playing.

– Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll, Poker Face)

The workshop runs Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday. Wednesday is free for individual work and participants must expect to have material to prepare.