michaelchekhovschool: Recent Episodes
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Contemplation of the invisible, the visible & what has come to be called the Michael Chekhov Technique. By RAGNAR for his scene-class in NYC [2:46]
Reflections on the mind, new levels of understanding & the river of your own experience. New Studio Conversations with FERN, TED & RAGNAR [3:45]
RAGNAR tells a story about Michael Chekhov & Konstantin Stanislavski and their disagreement on the actor’s process. Interview by JENNIFER SHIRLEY [7:44]
About the upcoming Summer Acting Workshop with RAGNAR: develop skills & work with scenes by MARTIN MCDONAGH in an ensemble setting over four days [1:10]
During a session online, Ragnar shares a story by JACK COLVIN. As a young actor Jack studied with Michael Chekhov in LA. More from Jack: MICHA’s Masterclass Videos [0:46]
From our 1st Online Session for “Love Letters to your Character“: In a live screen recording RAGNAR is describing the structure of the course, where to access your classes & how to upload your own work [3:04]
Original audio-track by MICHAEL CHEKHOV. For the upcoming 5-week online course “Love Letters to your Character” starting June 1, 2024. Enrollment Now Open [1:00]
Our upcoming Online Summer Course in June: 5 Weeks of On-Demand Classes + 5 Live Video-Sessions with TED, FERN & RAGNAR. Enrollment Now Open [2:14]
MARTIN D. ANDERSON & RAGNAR on making films, not knowing & wanting something to matter. Excerpt from our latest round of Free Studio Conversations.[5:19]
FERN on Michael Chekhov’s “Guiding Principles”. Recorded in preparation for this year’s Online Summer Course: “Love Letters to your Character” in June 2024 [1:42]
Actress LEEANNE HUTCHISON on choosing material & finding a scene partner for the next Weekend-Workshop with RAGNAR (April 20 & 21, 2024) in NYC [1:25]
MARTIN D. ANDERSON & RAGNAR on acting in front of the camera & the ghost of a perfect performance, for the upcoming Self-Taping Workshop in NYC [1:35]
From a past conversation on Auditioning between JOANNA MERLIN & RAGNAR, as a perspective on his upcoming Self-Taping Workshop in Midtown NYC [1:36]
FERN passionately defends training in technique to develop capacities as an actor. Sign up for more free Studio Conversations in our Online Studio [9:51]
In our Studio Conversations FERN, TED & RAGNAR contemplate & address questions on Michael Chekhov’s Acting Technique. Join the conversations for free [1:05]
For actors enrolled in our January Course “Psychological Gesture in Action“, GABRIELA BONOMO talks you through accessing your Audio / Video Library [3:39]
Video-Tutorial for the Online Course “PSYCHOLOGICAL GESTURE in ACTION” (January 6-27, 2024). Find out more about our courses in our Online Studio [8:02]
Join us online in January 2024: Three weeks of New On-Demand Classes + Live Sessions Online. With TED, FERN & RAGNAR. Open Enrollment [1:31]
Addressing questions & sharing perspectives on the Michael Chekhov work, with FERN, TED & RAGNAR. Sign up for free & join us in the conversation! [0:45]
In a live online check-in-session of our Imaginary Immersion, RAGNAR voices a technique’s danger & its usefulness in the creative process [3:38]
RAGNAR on working with absence & following movement into meaning. Excerpt from his Imaginary Classes as part of the upcoming 5-week Online Immersion [1:57]
FERN SLOAN on the training of one’s body-mind-and-spirit and the value of building your own practice in this summer’s upcoming Imaginary Immersion [2:10]
Join RAGNAR, TED & FERN for 5 summer-weeks of slow-paced On-Demand Classes + Live Online Sessions, that teach & exemplify MICHAEL CHEKHOV’S acting method [2:11]
TED & FERN will be addressing questions in a live-streamed on-your-feet work session for actors who have purchased the Video On-Demand Series “Fundamentals 1”. [2min]
Excerpt from our new 12 hour ON-DEMAND VIDEO SERIES, with TED & FERN teaching & embodying the Basic Exercises of Michael Chekhov’s Technique. Now available! [4:48]
Listening to poetry by the late THAÍS LOUREIRO, read by FERN & streamed live one more time this week. You can RSVP here to join us or read the entire poem here [3:02]
“Talent will flourish of itself as soon as the actor chisels away all that hides his abilities — even from himself” (Michael Chekhov). Upcoming Online Class with FERN. [2:06]
Online Class with TED PUGH, streamed live on 3 Saturdays in September & October. Ted is creating each session in response to your questions. Now enrolling. [1:35]
“If I look at somebody, it must be full of things which are behind my gaze…” (Michael Chekhov). Upcoming Online Class, live-streamed in May with FERN. [3:42]
“What are the hidden secrets within me that I have yet to uncover? – The body is the actor’s instrument.” Upcoming Online Class with Ted & Fern in February / March. [2:56]
“If we take simply our human gestures, then we will see that each gesture is the human soul.” (Michael Chekhov). Upcoming Online Class in January with TED & FERN. [2:38]
“What is it to converse with your character, to listen and let it reveal itself?”. Upcoming Online Class on “CHARACTER” with FERN. By Application. Waiting List [3:29]
“There is always another level to explore, investigate & incorporate.” Upcoming Online Class on “FUNDAMENTALS” with TED & FERN. Enrollment Now Open [6:47]
DANIELLE CARTER on writing & wanting to record what FERN SLOAN & TED PUGH have developed in the Michael Chekhov Work over 40 years. Subscribe on iTunes. [17:56]
As all theater spaces are closed due to the Corona-pandemic, acting classes in NYC are not taking place. RAGNAR is doing a non-class on absence. [2:30]
BEKAH PUSEY & SCOTT MENDELSOHN in a film-scene from the play “Good As New” by Peter Hedges. Made during our Process & Performance Lab, January 2020. [4:42]
PHOEBE PANARETOS & ALEX GIBSON-GIORGIO in conversation on performing, joy & interpreting Michael Chekhov. Filmed @ our January Intensive 2019. [5:50]
MARJOLEIN BAARS on panic, loss, laughter & love in her work with Alzheimer patients & the Michael Chekhov Technique. Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes. [16:36]
MARGOT FENLEY is interviewing RAGNAR on the beginnings of the Michael Chekhov School, technique & creative individuality. Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes. [14:32]
FERN SLOAN & TED PUGH: “What is a Gesture?” Podcast in preparation for the upcoming Course on ‘Psychological Gesture‘. Subscribe on iTunes. [13:31]
Dreaming, Images and the Performer’s Body: PHELIM MCDERMOTT is showing composer PHILIP GLASS what Michael Chekhov means by “Psychological Gesture”. [2:04]
Five years ago, at the founding of the Michael Chekhov School, FERN SLOAN shared these inspiring words from a talk by Michael Chekhov. Filmed in Monterey. [2:17]
In a cafe in Hudson NY, actors BEW & SOM are reflecting on their journey during the Immersion and on making art of mind & body. Thai with English subtitles. [4:08]
YUAN-RONG & PAN-KE on the limitations of ego, the embodiment of spirits and the development of a “higher self” in the actor. Chinese with English subtitles. [5:08]
PAN-KE & YUAN-RONG, contemplating Michael Chekhov’s approach in relation to the soul of traditional Eastern culture. Chinese with English subtitles. [4:50]
Poetic impressions from the five-week Michael Chekhov Immersion Course, 2018. Photography by YUAN-RONG LIAO ANDERSON, original song by PAN-KE. [1:26]
Actress YUAN-RONG LIAO ANDERSON, working on-camera with the “Queen” from Shakespeare’s “Richard II”. In Taiwanese & English, filmed @ our Immersion 2018. [3:39]
“I doubt and write. I always feel I should tell the truth. Let me just do it.” PAN-KE is a performer from China, reading from her poetry written during our Immersion. [3:51]
JAKUB MARGOSIAK & GRZEGORZ ŁABUDA on the actor as a seeker & discoverer between two worlds. Polish with English subtitles, filmed at our Immersion 2018. [5:25]
PHELIM MCDERMOTT on theater as a shamanistic event & on trusting the process. Podcast-conversation with actors during our Immersion 2018. Subscribe on iTunes. [18:27]
AMPARO DE GATA & GABRIELA BONOMO on imagination, technique & the freedom to act. Portuguese with English subtitles. Guest appearance by little Micael. [4:13]
Poetic explorations on camera with DOMINIK BOPP, DOROTHEA BARTH-JØRGENSEN & MARINA KRAITOR during a session with Ragnar at our January Intensive 2018. [2:45]
Musings by FERN SLOAN during a recording session for the upcoming book on the Michael Chekhov Technique. Read more on the book in our recent newsletter. [0:44]
TED PUGH during a recording session for the upcoming book on the Michael Chekhov Technique. Read an update on the project in our recent newsletter. [0:58]
DANIELLE CARTER is speaking with FERN & TED about the heart of her upcoming book on their work. Find more on this project in our recent newsletter. [5:01]
FERN SLOAN & TED PUGH are debating virtuosity, talent, the role of training and whether “acting can be taught”. Podcast: Subscribe on iTunes. [8:15]
Podcast: A conversation with actors BETHANY CAPUTO, CRAIG MATHERS & DEB KELLER on presence, beauty & creative individuality. Subscribe on iTunes. [14:41]
12 Video Classes by RAGNAR for friends of acting, art & MICHAEL CHEKHOV. A New class is added each month. Sign up & watch them for free! [1:03]
By CAMILLE LITALIEN & Peter Francyk. Excerpt with commentaries. An ongoing offering of the Earth Body Place project, performed at MICHA, 2017 [8:23]
Actors TY HUNGERFORD & KATE UDALL are discussing technique, objectivity and the actor’s medium. Filmed during the 5-week Immersion 2017 in Hudson, NY. [4:32]
During the Spring Immersion, actors DANIELA & SALOMÉ are speaking about trusting the body, vulnerability – and what it means to lead a creative life. [3:40]
Conversation between actors KATHRYN & AOIBHEANN about spirit, acting and sharing the gift. Filmed during our Five-Week Spring Immersion. [3:36]
MARTIN D. ANDERSON, cameraman for the Imaginary Classes, has stepped into the frame and is speaking to Ragnar about his experience. [2:28]
Short excerpt from RAGNAR’S new video-classes for imaginary participants. You are invited to sign up for free & view them online – or anytime in your imagination! [2:44]
Podcast: With JOANNA MERLIN & JOBST LANGHANS: The journey of M. Chekhov’s work & its pioneers in Russia, Europe & America. Subscribe on iTunes. [14:10]
Reflections on Open Space by RAGNAR. Originally recorded for students at The New School in NYC, December 2016. Camera & Listening by Shelley Molad. [08:53]
Podcast: Ragnar in conversation with JESSICA CERULLO, reading an unpublished lecture by Michael Chekhov from MICHA’s upcoming book. Subscribe on iTunes. [12:09]
Podcast: Ted Pugh in conversation with FERN SLOAN about how her approach to the Michael Chekhov Technique has changed over the years. Subscribe on iTunes. [11:24]
The Book Project: Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh’s book on Michael Chekhov’s Technique is in the making. You can submit themes you would like included here.[0:50]
Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh are gathering material for a book on the Michael Chekhov Technique”. You can submit themes you would like included in the book.[0:37]
Animated poetry by Martin D. Anderson, written while witnessing the rehearsal process at the school’s summer session. Images are of the participants.[4:05]
Podcast: In conversation with DANIELLE CARTER, Gabriela Bonomo & Ragnar on Michael Chekhov, acting & the love for theater. Subscribe on Itunes.[13:11]
Filmed by participating actor Jose Hernandez during MICHA’s 2 week Michael-Chekhov-Workshop at Summer Arts, Monterey, 2016 [8:02]
Reflections on Michael Chekhov’s Acting Technique by Ragnar. Originally recorded as a contemplation for his class at the New School, NYC. [4:08]
Joanna Merlin on auditioning. Excerpt from a recording for the Spanish edition of her book ‘Auditioning: An Actor-Friendly Guide‘. Filmed by Ragnar. [3:05]