MC²=Mario Campanaro’s Masterclass
“This is a class about exercising the actor’s instrument. It is about going to the gym, artistically speaking. It is not a class about playing the ‘result’ of peformance or having the pressure to ‘perform’ for an audience, or about ‘getting the job’ or being ‘perfect’. It is for you, the actor, as a safe space to cultivate your craft, to get messy, to get specific, to struggle when you need to struggle, and to celebrate diving into obstacles/blocks equally as you would celebrate breakthroughs/successes! And you must realize that there is not ‘THE’ way to get there. But there is ‘A’ way! And that way is the way that resonates and stimulates with your instrument to do honest, exciting, sophisticated, and even unpredictable work in relation to the circumstances at hand. This is a craft that never fails you. It always has your back. It supports you in your knowing and therefore opens the door to the desired freedom within the unknown of the moment. That is the craft that you want to cultivate! That is the craft that you want to continue to work with!”
MC²=Mario Campanaro’s Masterclass has been structured based on conservatory training in which each ensemble comes together weekly to wholeheartedly exercise, stretch, and strengthen their instrument and craft in order to explore the full range of the human condition that an actor’s work demands. Classes are about exercising the actor’s instrument. They are about going to the gym, artistically speaking. Classes are reserved for the professional oriented actor, as a safe yet challenging space to get messy, to get specific, to struggle when the actor needs to struggle in the work…to celebrate diving into obstacles/blocks equally as celebrating breakthroughs/successes within the work…and most importantly to cultivate craft.
Mario sets a high standard when it comes to quality, commitment, respect, and professionalism in the work. His number one goal at MC² is to teach and support the actor in cultivating a craft that works very specifically for each actor individually. It is very important to Mario to make sure that all those in class are working at a congruent skill level to keep the momentum of each class moving forward in a challenging yet supportive environment. Each class has a carefully selected ensemble of actors. Mario believes it to be of the utmost importance that each group of actors invited come together to form its own ensemble in which everyone feels safe to explore the full spectrum of the human condition.
Mario teaches that there is not the way to get there! But there is a way. And that way is the way that resonates and stimulates with the actor’s instrument to do honest, exciting, sophisticated, and unpredictable work in relation to the circumstances at hand. This is a craft that never fails the actor. It always has the actor’s back. It supports the actor in his or her knowing so he or she can experience that sweet spot of freedom within the unknown of the moment. That is the craft the actor wants to cultivate. That is the craft an actor wants in his or her toolbox. That is the craft that keeps the actor in love with the glorious artform of acting.
The craft of acting needs to make sense, tangible, and executable. It needs to come out of ‘theory” and based on life to allow the actor to be alive and specific based on the circumstances at hand. The actor needs to cultivate a craft that he or she can always put to the test, refine, mix and match, while always knowing that he or she is supported and can find his or her way through consistent fail proof reliable technique. That is the craft that allows the actor to throw caution to the wind, dissolve fear, and stay/fall back in love with the process of acting!
Actors are paired up for scenes and or exercises by Mario and then assigned a scene or exercise that excites, stimulates, and challenges their instrument to work on in class. Scenes will always be from a well written play that is age appropriate for the actors and well characterized, containing stakes and challenges within the circumstances. Each group is required to do the necessary work on each scene (all the text analysis, givens, objectives, obstacles, actions, stakes, personalization, imagery, substitution, spine, making strong choices, and all the necessary steps an actor must always implement) to bring the text alive and make the most of the time in the space. Actors are then required to significantly rehearse the scene with his or her partner(s) sometime(s) in the week before getting up in the space. This is to test the work the actor has done on their own and then drop it so as to experience what that work does in relationship to the circumstances of the moment. It is not required for scenes to be off book for the first week but actors should be familiar enough with the text to be off the page enough as to allow for the necessary connection with with partner(s), to go after needs, and the ability to respond instinctually. All scenes must be completely off book by the second week.
Through this approach to the work, actors no longer need to depend on ‘luck’ or become addicted to adjustments in the hopes of creating work that is consistently present, alive, spontaneous, instinctual, uninhibited, and truthful because the actor has gained a process…a craft… that he or she can always trust and rely on!
It is time to break free from the barriers that hold you back from your greatest potential!
★Please note that all MC²=Mario Campanaro’s Masterclass classes are at full capacity at this time. Should you desire to be put on the class waiting list and/or audit lsit, please submit your information through the contact page or email assistant.MC2@gmail.com and someone from the administrative department will respond as soon as possible. MC²=Mario Campanaro’s Masterclass is always happy to welcome auditors but we can only invite a few auditors at a time from the audit list. Mario has found over the years this to be the best way to welcome auditors into classes while also keeping in mind the best interest and integrity of the class structure and ensemble as a whole. We invite auditors once a month the last Thursday of each month. All invites go out in order of when their request came in.
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