Meisner for Improv

Name: Meisner for Improv
Start: 2026-02-07T06:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-07T09:30:00+00:00
Location: Aaromale | Film Nagar, Hyderabad

Schedule

Sat Feb 07 2026 at 06:30 am to 09:30 am

UTC+00:00

Location

Aaromale | Film Nagar, Hyderabad | Hyderabad, TS

Meisner for Improvisers: Truthful Acting for Spontaneous ScenesDeveloped by Sanford Meisner, legendary acting teacher at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, the Meisner Technique was created to train actors to work truthfully, moment to moment. Over the years, Meisner’s approach has influenced generations of performers across stage and screen.At the heart of Meisner’s technique are two essential muscles: seeing clearly and responding truthfully. In this workshop, we’ll train both. You’ll learn how to fully tune in to your scene partner, notice every offer (even the subtle ones), and respond honestly in the moment. The result? Less thinking, more presence and scenes that feel grounded and meaningful.This training helps improvisers work on their intuition and impulse :* Increase emotional availability* Build scenes with real connection, weight, and stakes* Trust impulses instead of “trying to be funny”Using classic Meisner exercises : including repetition & knock at the door, we’ll build the skills of listening, responsiveness, and emotional truth. These tools will then be applied directly to scene work, so you can feel how Meisner principles translate into improvisation.Whether you’re completely new to Meisner or returning to it with an improv lens, this workshop is for performers who want to create scenes that are truthful, and genuinely affecting.Ankur Sardana, your coach for this workshop has trained in Meisner Techniques with teachers like Mark Phoenix, Michael Joplin & San Drafin. He is the founder of Nautankibaaz Improv Collective and a well known improv coach & performer, based out of Gurugram.