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Teaching
Acting Coach
Gary shares what to look for in an ACTING COACH.
Method Acting still lives in its purest form from Stanislavsky to Strasberg to Swanson. The art of Brando, Pacino, DeNiro, Rourke, Hoffman, Sally Fields, Ellen Burstyn, and Jimmy Dean survives in the way that these masters learned it, but is an art that must be passed down from person to person. Gary has been doing that for decades.
Teaching
Gary Swanson became a lifetime member of The Actors Studio in 1976
THE ACTORS STUDIO MFA PROGRAM AT THE NEW SCHOOL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH In 1994 Gary Swanson was asked by James Lipton, Paul Newman, Ellen Burstyn, Arthur Penn, and the executive committee at the Actors Studio to be the first of four member teachers to pilot the program now called the Actor’s Studio MFA program originally at the New School for Social Research and now at Pace University. Gary taught that program for three years and then returned to his acting career. He’s taught at the NYU summer program, Circle in the Square, and currently moderates and leads a sensory class at the Actor’s Studio. He learned this work training privately and at the Actor’s Studio with Lee Strasberg for eight years. His students have an extraordinary rate of success in the commercial arena. They are not actors who languish in class without commitment but are driven to employ their learned skills to give back to audiences who hunger for this almost lost art: Method acting. New and experienced actors are welcome to apply.
Master Class
WHERE OUR STUDENTS ACT
Orange is the New Black, Wolf of Wall Street, Only Anna (Broadway), My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Trooper, Retina, Nutty Professor, MARVEL Defenders, The Good Wife, and many more. Gary’s classes in Manhattan are divided into three categories – the weekly workshop, one-on-one coaching, and specialized training (includes summer programs).
WEEKLY SEMI-PRIVATE MASTER CLASS
MASTER CLASS
A long-term development workshop, these Wednesday classes convene a small group of working actors for guided sensory exercises, scene work, and other related activities to stretch themselves and expand their possibilities as actors. We take on challenging material and exercises in a safe and supportive atmosphere. Gary expects you to work outside of class and coaches your progress as an actor within it.
PRIVATE COACHING
MASTER CLASS
Gary coaches many actors in a one-on-one setting including David Groh, Lanie Kazan, Mary Stuart Masterson, Patrick O’Neal, Paul Gleason, and Tuesday Weld.
TEACHING
SPECIALIZED WORKSHOPS -
ACTORS
Coaching for film, television, and basic acting techniques
ATTORNEYS
Acting and Writing of Opening and Closing Statements, Mediation, Jury Selection, Depositions
HEALTH CARE
Bedside Manner, Human Resources, Staff Interaction
CEO’S
Public Speaking, Leadership Skills, Office Interaction, Meetings
POLITICIANS
Public Speaking, Interaction with Electorate, Negotiations, Press Interviews
NEWS ANCHORS
On Camera work, Street Interviews, News Room Interaction
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Undercover, Precinct Interaction, Street Work, and Public Interaction
PUBLIC SPEAKING
The solution to “the fear second only to death.”
TEACHING
PERSONAL COACHING -
RELATIONSHIPS
Exercises and acting techniques used to ease tensions and solve problems of office, friendship, and love.
WORKER CONFLICTS
Problems of the workplace and how to defuse and solve them.
PERSONAL FEARS AND INSECURITIES
Acting exercises that clarify, expose, and solve personal problems without the exposure of Psychotherapy.
TEACHING
CONSULTATION -
FILM, TV, and THEATER
Help for directors, Producers, Writers, and Musicians – Gary Swanson has 40 years of information as a working Actor/Writer/Producer/Director/Teacher.
For more information regarding classes on 54th St. Studio, private coaching, and intensives please go to “contact us” and we will get you all the information you need to participate.