Briana Packen teaches movement classes for actors at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York. In this video Briana discusses how tension in the body affects an actor’s stage presence. A lot of us come to acting with a notion of our body as an enemy. We see it as...
When I begin working with actors, the first step is to get them to identify their own unique patterns and habits of tension, because an actor must be physically released. A released actor is one who walks into an audition room, and the people on the other side think...
It is easy for emergent actors to be cavalier about or completely unaware of their physical habits and restrictions. An uninformed actor might think she can gamble with her talent or investment in training; assuming that she can summon her most physically creative,...
