Dee's class
Last night's acting class rocked! I currently train in Dee Wallace Stone's (yes, of E.T., 10, the Howling, Cujo, etc.) Acting Studio on Tuesday nights. She is the most amazing person and the students in that class are amazing, too. I transferred to this, the advanced class, from Wednesday night, the intermediate class, about two months ago out of a need to push myself and be around actors who would force me to be better every week. Well, I got all that and more; I find each person interesting and cool and will probably forge real friendships outside of class with these people in the coming months. It's starting to feel more and more like highschool Play Production and Drama class, where we were all close friends and all had a willingness to learn and encourage each other. Is cool.Dee's class is a little unorthodox (as is she) as far as acting goes. It's about two-parts acting and one-part spiritual growth/healing. Actually, the spiritual stuff is so intertwined with the acting they're really inseparable. In order to move forward in acting/career/life, Dee emphasizes getting over certain blocks that are preventing one from moving on. Not sure if I believe in a lot of the stuff we go over in class, but it is an interesting way of looking at life and acting, and I feel I just need to embrace it in order to get the most out of it. Belief or not, it has helped my acting and self-confidence re: acting and my acting career tremendously.
Anyway, last night I did the best work since I started this new class. Lots of emoting, some crying, some yelling. Was a fun dramatic scene about my character having cancer and my girlfriend not being able to handle it. A few people in the class who I respect a lot (actually, I respect them all) came up to me and pretty much said as much. Dee herself gave me no notes (a rarity!) except to say that I was perfect! Had such a rush the rest of the night. Actually made it hard to sleep.
Dee's class has such a power to make me feel like I can take on the world or to feel like I should just give it all up and live a quiet, "normal" life. Must get to a point where I feel the same regardless of whether I rocked or not. But the rush... I think it's actually worth it to feel shitty some classes to get that feeling of ecstasy when I rock. Maybe the solution is to just rock 100% of the time. Yeah.
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