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Eric Stone began his career as a stage and television actor in New York City. He studied with Herbert Berghof, Uta Hagen, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, and William Hickey. Eric is well versed and thoroughly trained in most major acting and performance techniques, processes, and ideas of the 20th Century, including the Meisner Technique and Michael Chekhov’s breakthrough work on creativity and imagination. "Michael Chekhov's breakthrough work in freeing performers has greatly influenced me and still continues to amaze me." Eric, then known as Philippe Benichou, was made an honorary member of the famed New York Actors Studio in 1981, and he is also a graduate of Uta Hagen's highly respected HB acting studio in New York. Eric Stone first began teaching and directing in 1983 and has contributed to the growth and success of many actors and performers including some well-known stars in the US and abroad. As his acting, directorial and coaching skills began to represent a potent body of distinctions, Eric realized it was time to make his discoveries and love of acting and performing more public, therefore, he founded the Hollywood Actors Studio in 1989. Our goal is to help our clients leverage the potential energies within themselves and their organization. Leaders understand the need to use their skills to guide others, achieve stretched goals and demonstrate accountability. We train individuals to become competent, credible speakers salesmen, and communicators. The by-products are increased self-knowledge, self-awareness, personal growth, presence, vitality, productivity, credibility, self-discovery and personal power.
Eric Stone owes his expertise and particular sensitivity to speakers' concerns to a variety of training, experiences, and encounters with countless individuals and group dynamics. Eric began his career as a stage actor in New York City in 1976. Teaching and directing actors and performers were the first steps in beginning a long second career as a public speaking skills trainer. Back in 1987, his sheer passion for artistic expression and his relentless pursuit of freeing performers of all walks of life led Eric to establish a new field of practice dedicated to public speakers and business communication. A series of open invitations to work with individuals and groups outside of show business were the decisive element which contributed to the creation of Speakers & Artists International, Inc. The success and undeniable results it produced for people greatly encouraged Eric Stone to continue his journey as a teacher, director, and coach. "I am very much a target oriented coach working on key issues and problem areas related to public performance. Issues of personal power & effectiveness, clear communication & authentic self-expression have become the cornerstone distinctions which over time have served individuals. I follow and empower the purpose of the speaker at all levels. By focusing on the "public persona" rather than the "private" person, it becomes overwhelmingly clear what aspects of public speaking and performance to focus on. Public speaking relies on very simple yet wonderfully telling "dynamics" between the speaker and his or her audience. That is the true competitive edge of this style of coaching which targets "organic, spontaneous, and authentic" engaging techniques not outdated "external" body language and frozen gestures, postures, and various similes. ~Eric Stone < Back
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