Taught by Yosef Brody
May 2, May 9, May 16, May 30 (Saturdays)
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
13 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
For actors looking to deepen their work with psychological characterization, conscious and unconscious motivation in relationships, and the link between personality and behavior on stage. This 4-week class taught by a clinical psychologist will use scenes from Ingmar Bergman films as a tool to analyze and practice performance. Students can expect to work on scenes from both popular and rare Bergman texts and films.
Curated scenes for study include those from from PRISON (1949), SUMMER INTERLUDE (1951), WAITING WOMEN (1952), WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957), BRINK OF LIFE (1958), THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (1961), WINTER LIGHT (1963), THE SILENCE (1963), SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (1973), AUTUMN SONATA (1978), FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES (1980), AFTER THE REHEARSAL (1984), and other favorites!
Classes will typically include weekly film excerpts with character analysis. Students will be assigned a character and scene to work on over the course of the month.
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Yosef Brody PhD is a clinical psychologist with decades of experience teaching and practicing in the US and Europe. He writes about film and is based in Brooklyn.
Taught by Yosef Brody
May 2, May 9, May 16, May 30 (Saturdays)
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
13 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
For actors looking to deepen their work with psychological characterization, conscious and unconscious motivation in relationships, and the link between personality and behavior on stage. This 4-week class taught by a clinical psychologist will use scenes from Ingmar Bergman films as a tool to analyze and practice performance. Students can expect to work on scenes from both popular and rare Bergman texts and films.
Curated scenes for study include those from from PRISON (1949), SUMMER INTERLUDE (1951), WAITING WOMEN (1952), WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957), BRINK OF LIFE (1958), THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (1961), WINTER LIGHT (1963), THE SILENCE (1963), SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (1973), AUTUMN SONATA (1978), FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES (1980), AFTER THE REHEARSAL (1984), and other favorites!
Classes will typically include weekly film excerpts with character analysis. Students will be assigned a character and scene to work on over the course of the month.
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Yosef Brody PhD is a clinical psychologist with decades of experience teaching and practicing in the US and Europe. He writes about film and is based in Brooklyn.
