The second approach to actor training is the "outie" approach. Our Department of Theatre at McLennan Community College requires a student to enroll and complete three courses in acting, four courses in ballet, four courses in theatre dance, one course in stage movement and one course in voice for the actor. Theatre majors are also expected to audition for up to five productions per year plus work on a technical crew for those productions. Theatre majors should also enroll and complete two courses in stagecraft, one course in principles of theatrical make-up and one course in costuming. These courses are a portion of the externalization aspect of actor training.
The externalization technique also includes centeredness, techniques of ballet, jazz, tap, modern and historical styles. Stage combat, dance choreogorahy and differing dialects in production are other aspects of the externalization or "outie" method. There is a strong belief in the dual training of emotional aliveness festooned in an exhaustive physical regiment for the voice and body which should sharpen an actor's discipline and determination. Vocal training is required of our students as well, urging all students to train with a private voice instructor and to become proficient in the Lessac method. These aspects include the fundamental approach to the externalization technique which might be explained as "doing not thinking".
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