Patsy Rodenburg - The Second Circle

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15 жыл бұрын

Patsy Rodenburg speaks about "The Second Circle" at Michael Howard Studios in NYC.
For more information about Patsy's classes, visit www.michaelhowardstudios.com

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@benjenkins3484 3 жыл бұрын

"It is the circle of equality" Probably the most profound 10 minutes you'll ever watch. The ideas in this can sustain you for a long time and not just in the performing arts.

@jonathanmelia 9 жыл бұрын

It's interesting she talks about hating cruelty on the part of teachers. In one of her books, she relates how she defended an acting student who had physically attacked a teacher who had been bullying him to breaking point. The teacher was an educated, erudite individual, while the student, although highly talented, had a more emotional intelligence. But the teacher did everything he could to make him feel stupid, until in the end the student lost it completely. The student was kicked out of the school, and Ms Rodenburg chose to leave as a result.

@dosesandmimoses 2 жыл бұрын

Now that is integrity.

@arkamukhopadhyay9111 2 жыл бұрын

If he attacked physically, then no, he did not have "emotional intelligence", whatever that means.

@EllieCarina 15 жыл бұрын

she is so awesome, you just sit there and she talks and you can listen forever without noticing the time going by...

@NiclasNilsson89 12 жыл бұрын

i like how i automaticly go into second circle just by listening to her

@a.m.3683 4 жыл бұрын

😂 true. I'm dead

@RedhillTaekwondo 15 жыл бұрын

Patsy is an absolute genius. I was lucky enough to teach her Taekwondo for a while and I am sure that I learnt more then I taught her.

@tomterry2370 11 ай бұрын

Patsy Rodenberg doing taekwondo must have had some presence!

@DerrickDamions 12 жыл бұрын

Twice, I've worked with dear Patsy and she opens our eyes and hearts to the now of words, theater, acting, speech, emotion and art which is our humanity that evolves and unites us as people. A brilliant teacher full of zest.

@VorpalBunnysRevenge 9 жыл бұрын

I've liked this video for a long time, but her point about First Circle being about "the past" eluded me for a long time. I think I've finally figured out why: All I know about "the past" is my experience. Everyone has a past, but I'm not aware of any details but my own. Its important; it matters. The "moment before" is essential to starting a scene, but carrying it forward is all that matters in a performance and that depends on "Second Circle".

@jwizzy-n5i 8 жыл бұрын

+CBV123 If I'm right about the 'circles', then the 'first circle' is that case where energy becomes inward-revolving. You're in first circle very often. When you day-dream, when you become distracted, you are pulled away from the world and from the present to your past, your illusions, your 'interior reality'. First circle is not all that though, it can also manifest in meditation, contemplation or reflection. These are willful preoccupations with the past and can help you grow. I agree with you in a way. The 'second circle' or 'presence' represents an conscious intimate connection with reality (or the world). It is a dialectic with the world: two-way communication. It is the 'balance' or the 'equality' (as Rodenburg says) between outward and inward energy. Rodenburg explains that an acting does not solely reside in the 'third circle', energy radiating to the audience, but also in 'the second circle'. Not as in the actor receiving energy from the audience, as the actor must act independent of the audience, but in the discourse between the actor or actress and their character, their reality that they are performing. The actor interprets the character and in turn, the character interprets the actor.

@thematrixjs 5 жыл бұрын

I th8nk first circle is NOT JUST inwardness but a sort of “let go”ness...so liberals r first circle and conservatives r 3rd circle...while true conservatives/“classical liberals “ r 2nd circle...euphemistically...

@paramthakkar8542 Жыл бұрын

She changed the way I think. I will never be the same again. Simply amazing.

@bespokenOxford 4 жыл бұрын

So perceptive. Just so brilliant. Thank you, Ms. Rodeburg.

@ghorbani 3 жыл бұрын

foundations of many theatre schools. Where I went to school, Patsy's work was introduced to us and we starting going over the principals of 1st 2nd and 3rd circle

@aalkusayer 3 жыл бұрын

"Second circle is..circle of equality"... I love this concept!

@ShabaoAki 9 жыл бұрын

She's just excellent...

@playerschool101 12 жыл бұрын

Patsy, please post more videos I LOVE your message and I want to be a better teacher myself. Thanks.

@Sound_British 4 ай бұрын

She is amazing ❤❤❤ I love her energy

@katebaker5415 6 жыл бұрын

I love love love this adn it is exactly how I teach! IT is great to see this.

@AmyClimer 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! This makes so much sense!

@veronikakorvin 11 жыл бұрын

It totally helped me in my audition today ! Fantastic !!!!

@gerbil5624 7 жыл бұрын

did u get the part?

@moragdurie 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I'd love to attend one of her workshops

@aditejakaur 10 жыл бұрын

excellent teaching, thank you!

@mikeykm1993 11 жыл бұрын

This is just brilliant

@IsaBazan 14 жыл бұрын

She's incredibly wise. It is indeed inspiring

@sallybowles2781 2 жыл бұрын

this is so enlightening, thank you - when I look at my performance videos, I am in 1rt, rounded shoulders, clearly striken by fear, and when I try to pull myself together and overcome the fear I feel (and probably look) domineering but I feel (and look) completely fake. Not me. I wish I could keep the presence even when utterly scared.

@charrua59 2 жыл бұрын

Use ormus. You gonna be in second circle all day

@AtLastOnTheGround 13 жыл бұрын

Her book has changed my entire state of being. She's a genius.

@EgeMaltepeSPOLINIST 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@abkmf 14 жыл бұрын

I also bought the book "Presence". I'm still in the process of learning how to use the powers of the Second Circle.

@TeatroAnimeAntiche 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Basing on my experience, it could be good to specify that she is talking about the actor's circles, not the character's. The character can be in first or third circle but the inner actor should be always in second, to be open and reactive to all the impulses coming from outside and inside him.

@BiffyFighters 15 жыл бұрын

Such an inspirational woman, I bought her book on the second circle called "Presence" It's probably the best self help book i ever bought and actually did trasform my life :) Would recommend it to anyone :)

@MikesGlitch 4 жыл бұрын

So much knowledge given in 10 minutes

@jainck4 5 жыл бұрын

Well, good observations and interesting view on us. Yes, this second circle is hard. Buddhists call it mindfulness. It's work and it's very fine.

@suzieqtruth6377 10 жыл бұрын

a master teacher

@galejmcneeley 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I teach theatre clown and there is such a connection between what you say and what we do. We have a ritual clown circle where all the clown needs to do is to be present. I'm sharing your video with all my students. Gale McNeeley

@TeressaLiane 12 жыл бұрын

**Simple and true.. She's so good

@terrycormier5221 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Helpful.

@dosesandmimoses 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant observations… her students are so lucky…

@KeishannaMichele 6 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! I tend to be in 1st circle A lot due to me not wanting to be in 3rd circle. I'm afraid that I'm doing too much.

@victorialeal8572 2 жыл бұрын

Same! 🖐

@roshanemmatty2777 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you .mam

@Roderik1R 11 жыл бұрын

Mooi (beautiful)! Interesting stuff. It is something new and very old at the same time. Like the Higgs particle. Thank you, (Dank u) !

@batcat4eternityfanfics559 3 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@abkmf 14 жыл бұрын

Hi, people, I have a book written by Ms. Rodenburg. It has the same concept she is talking about in this video. The title's "Presence How to Use Positive Energy for Success in every Situation This Book will Transform your Life, Minute to Minute.

@harshmadhok4410 5 жыл бұрын

Her three circles are rehashed from David deida ‘s work on the three stages of human development in the “Way of the Superior Man’

@lady__katie__ 3 жыл бұрын

lush use this philosophy when training employees on how to build rapport and sell products, so i always assumed it was a training tool... little did i know it was for theater!! now i'm sort of upset with how they used it because it's much more interesting in this setting.

@laurencefiessinger4747 9 жыл бұрын

Vraiment intéressant sur le sujet de la Présence .....

@rexmarty100 7 жыл бұрын

oui c'est tres magnifique j'adore elle

@ZzTobyZ 14 жыл бұрын

MY LIEGE!! THE HORSE AWAITS..

@IBiancoNeve 12 жыл бұрын

She's genius.

@_banja 5 жыл бұрын

So what is being in second circle? How do you be in second circle? What does circle of equality mean? Is third circle just too loud? And first quiet?

@jonathanmelia 4 жыл бұрын

banja First Circle is boring and too introverted. Third is too bombastic and over-the-top. Both exclude the audience. Second Circle includes the audience, is present, clear, and energised.

@deagoldylocks8337 6 жыл бұрын

I don't get it 😥 1st 2nd 3rd circle? 2nd being present? But I don't have a grip on what being present means.

@wealthychef 5 жыл бұрын

Being "present" means being aware of what's going on. Not in your head, which I think 1rst and 3rd circles are both "in your head" things.

@thinusdreeckmeier5535 5 жыл бұрын

The best way to understand what "being present" means, is to explore what it means yourself. A book or definition only does that much - you only fully understand it if you explore it actively. I agree with what Rich Cook said - that is pretty much the definition to "being present."

@t.soares1125 2 жыл бұрын

This video is part of a larger series ("Shakespeare in the Present" I think that's what it's called). In this recorded workshop there are exercises that explore all of these circles. It's simple but great work. I was in the room during this one-week workshop. She's fantastic. She also wrote a book on the subject called "The Second Circle."

@matthewhamner7344 5 жыл бұрын

An Alexander lesson will put you into 2nd circle.

@BarbellBinks 11 жыл бұрын

i don't see why it is so hard for people to act well. just relax and act as if it really were the situation. make that role your life and immerse yourself in it.

@MaddieCarrSings 6 жыл бұрын

It's not that easy. If it were, everybody would be a friggin actor

@jonathanmelia 4 жыл бұрын

Not so. That would just be boring. As Bette Davis once said: “Acting is always larger than life. If you want to see real people, stand on a street corner.”

@OliveMule 3 жыл бұрын

It's about blackmailing others and using them

@danieljohnsonfilms 14 жыл бұрын

@YD8189 hey, just because a bunch of successful people don't think it's fluff, doesn't mean it isn't fluff. I mean, look at religion! :P No I've not been to her classes! But I get what you're saying - I apologise for the troll like nature of my comment. Peace to all!