Video Workshops & Presentations Michael Chekhov’s 5 Guiding Principles

Lisa Dalton and Wil Kilroy, NMCA’s master teachers, discuss Michael Chekhov’s 5 Guiding Principles. NMCA alumni will remember the lectures during Chekhov Training Intensive workshops on this subject. This series is a much deeper discussion for anyone interested in Michael Chekhov’s ideas on theater.

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Staccato-Legato Exercise

Part of Michael Chekhov’s toolkit for warming or loosening up, lifting or lowering energy, and directing energy across a stage and out to the cosmos. Several versions of this are taught during NMCA Chekhov Training.

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Wil Kilroy & Lisa Dalton Videos

Lisa Dalton & Wil Kilroy, NMCA Master Teacher and Theater Department Director at NMSU, play with some of their favorite exercises, including Kilrobics, the world-famous fusion of yoga, tai chi, Tibetan Rites, and Michael Chekhov.

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Master Talks Conversations Between Master Teachers