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Chubbuck Technique
Romy Irene was personally trained by her mentor, the renowned acting coach Ivana Chubbuck in Los Angeles. She is the only officially certified ‘Chubbuck Technique Teacher’ in The Netherlands. Her passion is teaching actors. She has been doing this during intensive acting workshops and private coaching sessions.
Romy’s approach is individually adapted to the personality of the actor. In her work she uses her intuition and empathetic ability. Her lessons can be critical, but always in a positive, constructive and motivational manner. During her classes, she creates a safe environment where actors can feel free enough to break through their emotional, physical and sexual barriers. Her actors are expected to work hard and to understand that they should be willing to take risks and to also take responsibility for their own work and life.
What is the Chubbuck Technique?
In her book, The Power of the Actor, Ivana presents the Chubbuck technique as a practical twelve step method which helps the actor to build a character from a script into a living, breathing and dynamic character while using their own emotions, trauma’s and personal experiences.
Ivana developed her technique using the classical acting method of Konstantin Stanislavski. She then added her own personal training in human behavior sciences, psychology and more than thirty years of experience working with thousands of actors, such as Brad Pitt, Jared Leto, Jim Carrey, John Voight, Halle Berry, James Franco, Travis Fimmel, Meg Ryan and Charlize Theron.
Working with the Chubbuck Technique
With the Chubbuck Technique, the actor can analyze the character in the script and the way he is coping with life. The twelve acting tools help the actor to then build the character, using their own backpack of personal life experiences, emotions and needs. This personalization helps the actor to create a character that is a real human being made of flesh and blood . In addition to that, it also allows the actor to stay in the moment during their performance.
Besides the twelve acting tools, the Chubbuck Technique also helps the actor to bring deeper emotions to the surface by creating and writing an emotional diary. The actor is also taught how to create sexual chemistry with their scene partner, how to create organic fear, how the mind of a killer works, or how one might, for example, create a character living under the influence of alcohol or drugs, etc.
The Chubbuck Technique is an analytical method. However, during the last step, the actor is taught to let everything go. First one tries to understand the character (without judging), then the actor must personalize the character, followed with the rehearsal process.
During the rehearsals, the actors can use the choices made during their personal preparation. If they haven’t made effective choices, they will experience the results during rehearsals. What works, is kept and if it doesn’t work, then the actor can make new choices and try again during the following rehearsal. Finally, the actor’s work will become organic.
Why work with the Chubbuck Technique?
Actors who are working with the Chubbuck Technique experience many benefits:
- Actors are taught to work with a 12 step method that allows them to analyze a script and build a living, breathing character with the help of their own backpack of experiences and emotions.
- Actors are taught to recognize details and nuances in their characters and create depth as well as psychological layers.
- Actors do not need to push for emotions because their work will be based on emotions and experiences that are real, which allows them to act in a natural and organic way.
- Actors are taught that the audience wants to be inspired and watch a movie or play in which the characters will try and do everything to win their goal in life. In order to create such create dynamic characters, actors need to make high stake acting choices. As a result, the actors will enjoy their work more.
- Actors are taught to overcome and win, just like the character in their script. They learn how to use their own pain as a motivator and power, instead of just wallowing in their suffering and sorrow.
- Actors are taught to understand themselves without judgment. This will allow them the freedom and awareness of understanding their own identity and power. This will also give them the opportunity to overcome emotional, physical and sexual barriers and to grow as an actor and human being.
- Actors are encouraged to make acting choices which can be risky. In so doing, the actors distinguish themselves from the other actors during auditions and will become truly successful in their career because they play roles in a captivating manner.
The Power of The Actor
The Power of the Actoris a practical guide in which Ivana Chubuck explains her technique, using examples and her own experiences. The book became an instant success, spending weeks on the Los Angeles Times top ten Bestsellers List. Her book is currently being adopted for use as a textbook in many colleges and universities across the USA. It has also been translated into a number of languages around the world.
The Power of the Actor is available at several book stores and can be purchased online via www.bol.com or www.amazon.co.uk.
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8-11 January 2015:
Ivana Chubbuck teacher masterclass in Berlin.
More info: www.interkunst.de
27 & 28 March 2015:
Ivana Chubbuck teaches masterclass in London.
More info, contact Romy at Chubbuckeurope@hotmail.com
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Questions? Contact Romy at: chubbuckeurope@hotmail.com
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