Wayne Dvorak Acting Studio
(323) 913-9563
1949 Hillhurst Ave
Los Angeles,
CA
90027
34.1068
-118.2876
Neighborhoods: Los Feliz, Central LA
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BinLA
March 04, 2009
The Wayne Dvorak Acting Studio in Los Angeles, CA is a 2 year Meisner Technique training program. Aside from being one of the most affordable training programs in the city, it is also incredible training taught by an instructor with a lifetime of acting and teaching experience. Having taken years of acting classes in various methods the Meisner Technique is one that has only enriched my acting both emotionally and technically. Meisner has a very simple approach to a very complicated art and it is based on Meisner?s exercise work as well as scene study. Wayne Dvorak is a no frills, no B.S. type of teacher who is only there to help his students craft and guide them through the ?business? that is Hollywood. Wayne only allows 12 students max. in his program and you are GUARANTEED to work at least once in every class. I know many actors in LA that pay 3 times the amount I do and they get up to work in class every other week!! This training is not for the faint of heart since it is an intense program for 2 years and requires outside rehearsals which are key to success in this discipline. If you are serious about your training and are dedicated enough to put in the 2 years to complete the training, I cannot recommend a better place to study than at Wayne?s studio.
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Anonymous
February 12, 2009
This class has truly given me a platform to explore, and to reflect, on exactly who I am. Coming closer in tune with my inner self, and honestly assessing my behavior and character, has given me a solid understanding of how to openly and efficiently channel my acting. This class will definitely help you to develop and expand your acting range, making your emotional palette more colorful. Wayne Dvorak??????s usage of the Meisner technique, aids us into finding clarity, depth, and truth into our emotional point of view. Thru repetitions, listening and responding, and bouncing off impulses, moment-to-moment, we are able to quickly access and honor our emotions while displaying an improvisational style of acting. While disciplining our acting thru rehearsals, layer-by-layer, we are stripped of our social manipulations, and find vulnerable areas of our emotional selves that may have been suppressed or hidden. This process increases the quality of our acting and chisels away at our inhibitions and insecurities. Wayne is a great instructor, who offers both challenge and affirmation. He provides a warm and comfortable environment for us to feel empowered and to gain the necessary confidence to become successful actors, and in our lives. The classes are small and intimate which allows each of us time to receive valuable instruction. Wayne is very attentive, thorough and detailed in his criticisms and suggestions. I appreciate him as my instructor and mentor because I can genuinely feel, that he is invested and dedicated, in ensuring that each of us will become successful in our craft. Wayne has given me necessary tools to put into my artistic toolbox, to begin building my career as an actor. I am extremely grateful for these experiences and certainly recommend this class to all those who are serious and passionate about pursuing the discipline of acting. You will be enriched
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JohnS9879
February 02, 2009
I moved out to LA a couple years ago, and found myself lost in a sea of school and techniques, I quickly found myself with all my other "actor" friends sitting in a coffee shop talking about how much better we were than the people on the billboard above us. I started to do a lot of reading about different methods, I dabbled in new age acting, took a sip of performance art, and dove head first into Stanislavski. I dug on what Stanislavski was saying and followed his progression of thought through the teachers of the past into Strasberg, Adler and Meisner. I felt much had been lost through the years in Strasberg and Adler. I read "Standford Meisner on Acting," and decided this was the type of class I wanted and needed. The tools and techniques that Meisner talked about I believed would make me a good a actor, and competitive in the world of Hollywood. I enrolled in Wayne's class about a year ago, and I have found it to be not only rewarding but also challenging. I have gone places that I didn't even know were possible. Through the work I have grown not only in my ability to act, but also personally. It has opened my eyes to all the little intricacies that are over looked by "civilians," and made me aware of my own action's effects on people. As I stated before I took many classes and one of the biggest problem was that I lost in a sea of people, but with Wayne he keeps the class small and you get to perform twice each class. I recommend Wayne to all my friends who are still sitting under the billboards talking about why they are better, because he will give you the tools but the rest is up to what you do with them.
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