Spring Acting Classes Open
Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio
Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio teaches a deep and personal process of acting rooted in the New York tradition of authentic performance.
Classes
- Essentials of Acting: Scene Study
- Essentials of Film
- Essential Meisner
- Scene Study: Foundation Rotation
- Saturday Morning Contemporary Scene Study
- Teen Film | Ages 14 – 17
- On Film
- Online Film with Christiane Hirt
- Advanced Film
- Pro Advanced Film with Christiane Hirt
- Advanced Scene Study for Stage & Film
- Advance Meisner Technique
- The Next Step: Getting Acting Work
- Voice & Movement for the Actor
- Standard American Dialect Workshop
- July Performance Intensive
- Self-Tape Technique for Actors
- Playwriting with Eugene Stickland
- Let’s Write Movies
For more information and to see all the courses visit Adult Courses – Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio.
To register or for more information on any of the above courses, please email our Studio at info@corogues.com.
About the Studio
Rogues was founded in 1993 in Vancouver, B.C. by seasoned working professionals, Christiane Hirt and Joe-Norman Shaw, who shared a desire to establish a creative home where actors could explore their craft in an environment devoted to the highest and most demanding artistic principles. After Christiane won the lead role of Hannah in the series Lonesome Dove, Christiane and Joe moved to Calgary where they re-established Company of Rogues in 1996, continuing their vision to cultivate a community of first class actors.
What Makes Rogues Training Different Than Other Theatre Schools?
Our training is rooted in the tradition espoused by the major studios in NYC and other American based institutions. From the teachings of Constantine Stanislavski and his interpretations through Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen, our focus is on “authentic performance”. This is based on the Stanislavski concept of “the actor living the part”. Working from the first person, subjective tradition, an actor’s performance is deeply rooted in truthful human behaviour and emotion. This authenticity is the hallmark of many of the great, New York trained American film/stage actors-like Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Jessica Lange, Faye Dunaway, Diane Keaton, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Harvey Keitel, to name a few.
At Rogues, we train actors to apply this authentic style of acting to both theatre and film. Our actors have an honesty and raw emotional power not taught by most other actor training programs in Canada that are based in other traditions. While we provide training in all aspects of the craft including Voice, Movement, Scene Study and Shakespeare, setting us apart is our in-depth classes in Meisner Technique and Acting for Film & TV. It is our belief that a well-trained actor can work in all mediums if their work is grounded in the truth of human behaviour and emotion; this is the essence of an “authentic performance style”. This is what separates us from other actor training programs.
