Giving People A Map To Get Lost with Jim Calder: Episode 118
Jim Calder, Head of Movement at NYU Tisch Graduate Acting Program, joins us in this episode of Relate. Jim talks to us about his career and why we must honor our sense of play. We discuss why, as actors, we must be tremendously attentive and how our habits can become extremely dangerous. Jim also hits home why we must explore the unexploreable and the key difference between experiencing and explaining in acting.
Please visit https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/grad-acting/101386120.html to learn more about Jim.
Jim Calder is the Head of Movement at New York University Tisch Graduate Acting Department. He is the winner of the David Payne Carter Excellence in Teaching Award and Artistic Director of La Pietra Summer Theatre Festival in Florence, Italy. Jim has directed at various locations in New York City including the Lincoln Center Institute, Pearl Theatre, Classic Stage Company, The Public, New York Theater Workshop and HERE. Jim was movement and creative consultant for the upcoming film ‘Silent Retreat” on ‘Pericles’ at Berkeley Rep, ‘Passion Play’ by Sarah Ruhl and has served as movement director on Broadway for ‘Therese Raquin’ staring Keira Knightley. Jim has performed at The Old Globe, P.S. 122, and throughout Europe. He was the lead actor and creative consultant in PBS’s ‘Noddy & Friends’. Jim trained and performed under the direction of Jacques LeCoq in numerous TV specials in France.
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