Pragya Maheswari
pragyaamaheshwari (at) gmail (dot) com
Hi baba(Ratan)
putting this accross in words is very clinical for me, because what u experience and feel, is just too difficult to be put in words.
it was a journey which has come to an end, without even knowing where did it start, and instead of visiting places, we visited all the emotions by touching the hearts.
if i had to describe mechanically from the day 1 class i shall go on
# In the moment acting :every time u act it should be new to u
# Creating a character : Gestures,mannerism(imperiment or tick),movementof body in space(levels),standind and walking,sight,sitting,body in weightand time,voice
# voice excercise:Deep central breathing ,clear throat,relax jaws,flexible lips, and tongue
#Comedy versus drama
On the whole we started to add to level 1 much more than only externalizing, it was finally INTERNALIZING every moment of acting which was no more just acting it had to be REAL.
learned to OWN the lines and the character
started using REAL life incidents as our triggers to emote our emotions.
learnt how to relax and how important is it to prepare intensly, the BACKGROUND of the character to get into it.
become good listeners and great observers ,became creative on improvization
we could easily find fault in our technicalities and movements on our own.
switching from one emotion to the other
we had no more inhibitions of sharing our thoughts and our stories with others and felt no shame about it.
acting , so that it does not look like acting is a lot of effort which should look effortless.
And we all want to get there, so put your heart and soul into the character and u r there.
some where we could figure out wat we call the actors magic in ourselves.
BABA u r a BABA in true words, u have the magic of taking it out from our souls wat we never thought we could do otherwise.
You have a unique process of teaching which is so well defined yet it seems just so simple. I feel that u put everything into your teaching and it shows every moment. every little detail but in such simplified mannerthat it seems no teaching at all.
Every sunday i just look forward to being there, finishing all my household chores as fast as possible.
How much i m gonna miss all this baba.I wish this learning would not end and we could be there learning more and more from u.
Personally i have forgiven lot of people in my life whom i would otherwise not have, it has helped a lot to develop or add to my personality.
Thanks a ton baba
and love u lots.
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