Acting isn’t only about pretending to be someone else, or wearing awesome costumes. Though that’s fun too! Acting can be a path of self-discovery and creative empowerment. Get to know your body and yourself better while developing confidence, artistic process and community in an encouraging, high-energy environment. Using theater games, movement exercises and acrobatics as a launching board, Synetic Middle School Acting and Movement Technique introduces students to the fundamentals of contemporary acting style with an emphasis on creating the physical life of a character. Students will develop a process for transforming dramatic literature into realistic human behavior for the stage, explore presence, and gain fundamental stage acting technique.