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Cold Reading Technique for Actors

Bring the script to life and learn to lift the lines off the page. Stay connected, present, and heighten your listening skills.
Leslie Hopps DeSchutter
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(34)
Class

What's included

2 live meetings
1 hrs 50 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

Class 1 starts with a conversation around What is Cold Reading?
In this class and over the two weeks:
Learn how to stay connected to your scene partner.
Quick analysis tips
Character breakdown
Develop confidence
Eye-contact
Pacing
Full self-expression
and more...
Class is structured by beginning with an actor's warm-up, and discussion around the importance of storytelling through the use of your voice, body, mind, and emotional life.  Improvisation exercises, group conversation, and collaboration. Diving into scenes with instant feedback.
Leslie teaches in a fun and connected way sharing real-world professional experience as an actor and audition reader to help young actors blossom into confident performers.

Learning Goals

Students will gain skills in thinking on the spot, communicating with clarity, and having fun while practicing acting techniques.
learning goal

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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2020
5.0
34reviews
Profile
Teacher expertise and credentials
Hi Friends, 
My name is Leslie. I have worked in the performing arts since childhood, and began my  professional career at 14, appearing in an original adaptation of A Christmas Carol for Carousel Theatre, in Vancouver, BC. 
I have appeared in numerous film & television productions including:
THE HAUNTING HOUR, SUPERNATURAL, JOHN DOE, AND POLICE ACADEMY: THE SERIES.
I have studied acting with some of the industry's leading professionals,
including: Larry Moss, Joe Palese, William B. Davis, Barbara Deutsch, and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Nee York City. 
I have also worked as an off-camera audition reader for some of Vancouver's top casting directors sitting in on countless auditions. 
Never to shy away from personal growth and development I continue to enrich my soul by studying meditation with leading experts, and spirituality through Unity WorldWide Ministries.  
Along with my husband, Thomas we are the proud parents of teenage twin girls, and we co-produce the popular podcast, THE BLOOM LIVING PODCAST. The show is all about featuring amazing people with exceptional gifts to share. 
I believe caring for and nurturing the mind is essential in an actors development, and am passionate about sharing my joy of acting.

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$30

for 2 classes

1x per week, 2 weeks
55 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
3-8 learners per class

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