This book presents acting as a mind, body and spirit practice and actors as emotional athletes, spiritual stuntmen and stuntwomen exposed to a constant roller coaster of emotions.
Going beyond where Michael Chekhov left off, it offers new acting techniques using discoveries from holistic and energy healing modalities. Answering an urgent -yet never addressed-need, this book offers invaluable tools to heal post-performance stress disorder and cutting edge information about recovering your Highest Creative Self, the essence of your character, and true emotional balance.
Lisa Dalton, Co-founder, International Michael Chekhov Association, Award-Winning Actor/Producer/Director and Co-founder and Certifying Board, National Michael Chekhov Association wrote the Foreword. She says: "It is rare to find a subject that urgently needs to be discussed and about which too little is written. The need to train the entire being of the performing artist is just such a subject. Emmanuelle Chaulet's A Balancing Act is a godsend to performing artists of any sort. Knowing how to Energize allows us to endure and even thrive during the rise and fall, the constant state of transformation, the juggling of feelings, styles, jobs, and colleagues while maintaining an even keel."
"Truly some of the freshest and most innovative 21st century contributions to the art of acting." says Mel Shrawder NYC AEA/SAG actor, Former Head of Performance, University of Miami, and faculty at the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in NYC.
F. Emmanuelle Chaulet is an international film actress, director, and acting coach. Lead film roles include "Boyfriends and Girlfriends" by French New Wave master Eric Rohmer, and "All the Vermeers in New York" by Jon Jost, 1991 winner of the best American independent film award. She trained primarily with the Michael Chekhov technique and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. She studied the energy systems with Nancy Risley and Lasca Hewes and is a certified RYSEŽ III practitioner, Reiki practitioner, and Gaiadon Heart facilitator. Adjunct Faculty/Artist in Residence at the University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre, she is included in the "Who's Who in America" 2007, 2008 & 2009. She has developed Energize! since 1998 while directing over 10 shows.
Emmanuelle Chaulet is an international film actress, director, acting coach and author. She is the founder and director of Starlight Acting Institute, which offers training in holistic acting. She is Adjunct Faculty/Artist in Residence at the University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre. She is a certified Energy Awareness Counselor, REIKI and RYSEŽ III Practitioner from the Polarity Realization Institute of Massachusetts and Maine as well as Gaiadon Heart technique Facilitator. She has developed and applied the Energize! technique since 1998, while also directing over ten shows. She is the author of A BALANCING ACT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGIZE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ACTING and has been included in the prestigious "Who's Who in America" since 2007.
She studied acting and the Michael Chekhov technique with Robert Cordier in Paris, France and with Mala Powers of the International Chekhov Institute USA. A Fulbright Scholar at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York, she is also a theatre director, teacher and actress with over 20 years of experience in theatre and film both in France and the U.S. Lead film roles include "Boyfriend and Girlfriends" by French New Wave master Eric Rohmer, and "All the Vermeers in New York" by Jon Jost, 1991 winner of the best American independent film award as well as "SUNDOWNING," by Jim Cole, winner of the Cinequest Emerging Mavericks/ New Vision award.
Contact: energize@starlightacting.org
