Actors are athletes—so train like one!

Train your acting with mVm for…

Dynamism

Don’t let the audience see what’s coming! Refine practical skills to stay in the moment.

Ease

Fall into the flow of whatever role you take.

Stamina

Build your vocal and physical resilience while strengthening your ability to focus for longer and longer periods.

Flexibility

Expand your range and the skills at your disposal.

Power

Hone your ability to support even the most extreme of performance requirements.

Durability

Develop breath habits that ward off vocal injury and burnout.

But don’t take our word for it…

  • “I had my first gig after school—just a day player spot on a show—and I used everything you taught me to prepare. All of the training under duress stuff you taught is insanely valuable, because it’s so insanely distracting on set. Anyway, all of this is to say THANK YOU. I have much to learn but I am so grateful for the tools you introduced me to.”

    Jared Canfield

    Actor

  • “I will never look at my self tapes in the same way ever again. The breathing, the Active Breath can be used to improve and vary my acting. Remembering to breathe will help with relaxation as well.”

    mVm Academy student

  • “I had no expectations, so it was 100% new delights. Towards the end, I had a really big release in my voice -- I felt like I released many years of stored tension. It helped me in 9 billion ways. It helps us find our own authenticity. I think it's very empowering.”

    mVm Academy student

  • “Wonderful teacher and insightful explorations. I absolutely love [mVm]. It is simple and yet revealing. This course strengthens focus, releases tensions in the body under duress and improves your performance work.”

    mVm Academy student

  • “I teach and I direct and have found that because of what mVm reveals I can see the actors in a sharper, richer, more vulnerable and more expansive way. I am present in a different way and in that presence I am able to receive more information that helps me better lead the actors.”

    Tia James

    mVm Teacher-in-Training, mVm Associated Teacher, Actor and Director, UNC Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Rep.

  • “Having studied many different voice techniques, mVm is the first one to give me the tools to measurably support my breath and my voice, both literally and figuratively. It’s helped me approach acting and speaking with ease and breath instead of tension and muscularity. I’ve gained confidence, technique, and presence as an mVm practitioner. So thankful for the skills I’ve gained as an actor, a speaker, and voice educator!”

    Deanna Ott

    Actor, Voice Coach

  • “I love Scott’s work because it is anatomically based and psychologically astute. It is a psycho-physical approach that demands the student’s full commitment to looking at their habitual body with open eyes. I have seen the results. Change will happen; open body, open voice, open heart. I highly recommend this method of training.”

    Fay Simpson

    Founder of Lucid Body Institute

    Author of The Lucid Body, A Guide for the Physical Actor

mVm Essentials for Acting

Mondays, March 31 - May 19

2.5-hour weekly Zoom class + access to mVm Gym’s live virtual workouts (60-min, 2x per week) for two months

  • This course is a fast-paced kick start to incorporate mVm into your acting. We will develop your awareness of self and sound, beginning with the core mVm concept of Active Breath.

    We will move through foundational exercises to release muscle tension, develop flexibility in the voice, increase awareness of the breath, and apply all of this in real time.

    You will practice these new skills under increasing levels of complexity, which will encourage access to new, more efficient vocal habits under performance conditions—skills you can start using right away.

    • Learn foundational mVm exercises

    • Get live instruction from a certified mVm teacher

    • Receive access to asynchronous online content to support your learning

    • Begin the journey toward a more authentic, resonant voice

    • Integrate what you’re learning in real-time using text and presence exercises

    • Discover new ways to approach monologue and scene work, with a focus on breath

    • Active Breath

    • Jaw & Tongue Release

    • Coordinating Sound with Airflow

    • Pitch Flexibility

    • Building Your Warmup Toolbox

    • Applying New Skills to Memorized Text

  • Choose one of the following…

    • Monday afternoons

      12:00 to 2:30pm EDT (New York)

      9:00 to 11:30am PDT (Los Angeles)

      5:00 to 7:30pm BST (London)

    • Monday evenings

      6:30 to 9:00pm EDT (New York)

      3:30 to 6:00pm PDT (Los Angeles)

      *Tuesdays, 8:30 to 11:00am AEST (Sydney)