About
I am an acting coach, writer, director, and producer based in New York and have been teaching acting for both kids and adults for seven years now through UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization). I have been awarded the International Civilization Award of Alexander the Great for my contribution in culture, as well as four medals in the categories of Best Monologue, Cold Reading, Singing, and Dancing at the International Talent Competition IMTA, in New York. Also, I am very excited that my last production FAUX-BIA! The Musical which was recently presented at Carnegie Hall with a cast of 30 performers has been awarded the BEST MUSICAL AWARD 2018 by UNESCO for Piraeus & Islands. In my work as an acting teacher/coach I eventually use Stanislavsky's acting method, but before reaching that point I have organized a practical step by step technique to which my students respond very effectively. I want to help them explore the acting experience through an exciting course designed according to their personality, age, and personal needs. When there is no specific audition/performance date, I traditionally focus on selected modern and classical pieces that are suitable for acting, projection, different emotions, speech, voice, theatrical staging, and more intimate camera training. I believe in building a relationship based on trust with my students, so that they can feel safe to discover their abilities and build confidence for the stage and life. Although there is hard work involved I give priority to having fun during the learning-training period, because I consider it a strong motivation that always pays back in creativity. Furthermore, I always teach my students important auditioning skills that will help them immediately win impressions and be super effective and easy to collaborate with agents and casting directors.
It’s my principle to never charge the first lesson, giving my students the opportunity to test the chemistry and see if my teaching system works for them!
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I face acting as a wonderful, full life-changing experience. My teachers use to say "is there anything that an actor should not know?" Projecting words and emotions, communicating with large audiences, moving in space, dancing, singing, persuading, analyzing characters and relationships, doing a lot of PR work, and so much more. We study human behavior in depth. Every student I have is a different ‘instrument’; he or she comes with their own personality, experiences, traumas, skills and goals, and I enjoy the challenge of putting it all together through a deep process of self-knowledge. I always see that when my students find what they want to do as actors and become good at that, it’s because they have found who they are and thus the more in accordance they are with themselves the more they get cast, and that is very fulfilling for the teacher too.
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