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GIAN-MURRAY GIANINO
Movement 3 & 4
Gian-Murray Gianino is the third generation of a NYCtheatre, television and film family. He has performed live and on screens all over the world. As a member of SITI Company, he created and performed in plays for over 2 decades to critical acclaim as well as taught a new generation of artists. He continues to audition and share his knowledge of the craft of acting and is an active member of The Actors Center.
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“I was placed in the intense reigns of Charlie Sandlan. I became a better artist, actor, friend, sibling and daughter because of the studio. Even now, I crave the studio every day. What I learned is present in my work every day. I truly believe in everything they stand for.”
Jes Macallan
“Maggie taught me that I could control my work, my acting, and to throw all of the bullshit out that I had in my head about ‘what I should be doing’ and to just listen and respond honestly, in the moment. She gave me a craft. She is, quite simply put, THE BEST.”
Piper Perabo
“Maggie Flanigan taught me the true meaning of artistry, passion, and professionalism. I am certain that I continue to work as an actress because of my training with Maggie. At every audition and every performance, her guiding voice is with me. It is a gift beyond measure.”
Andrea Anders
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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
The heart of performance is the actor. The actor is the most essential element in the equation that makes up this phenomenon of performance. The heart of the actor is the breath. In and out. Like waves in the ocean, it comes and it goes. It is gentle and at the same time dangerous and powerful. It’s always there and it cannot be dismissed. It knows where it wants to go and yet has no problem changing direction. It gives and receives and is changed. This idea radiates out through the whole body of the actor and then, of course, through the character and the world of the play. An actor should have this flexibility of “state” which could be called the beginning of technique. Breath goes to physical state which leads to psychology and emotion. This formula equals presence, and presence equals truth. Then, of course, it travels all the way back to the seed of the breath. This process then repeats itself again, over and over, moment to moment, as the actor - who is experienced by the audience as a character - winds themself through the journey of the story. Ultimately, the creative craft of acting is the action of the conversation itself – alive and in "the room", human being with human being.
ACTING STUDIO NEW YORK NY
The Maggie Flanigan Studio is the leading acting studio in New York City where professional actors train for long careers. The acting programs at the drama school are based on the Meisner Technique and the work of Sanford Meisner. The two year acting program includes acting classes, movement classes, voice and speech for actors, commercial acting classes, on camera classes, cold reading, monologue, playwriting, script analysis and the Meisner Summer Intensive.
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Education
GM has studied with an extraordinary assortment of teachers including Olympia Dukakis, Austin Pendleton, Vivian Matalon, Jon Jory, Cotter Smith, Ron Van Lieu, Fay Simpson, SITI Company, and Anne Bogart. He received his BA from Wesleyan University as a theatre major and was an Acting Apprentice at Actors Theatre Louisville.
Experience
As a member of SITI Company, GM helped to create and performed in 14 productions which toured nationally and internationally over 20 years. His New York credits include work at BAM, Second Stage (Eurydice), Signature Theatre, The Public Theater, Japan Society, WP Theater, SoHo Rep, Laurie Beechman, and HERE Arts. TV: Law & Order: Organized Crime, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, The Affair, Limitless, White Collar, All My Children. FILM: The 109, Abaddon, Inside Me, Hospitality, Dead Canaries. He has been a guest artist/faculty at NYU, The New School, SUNY Purchase, Skidmore, Bennington, SITI Conservatory & studios, among others.
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