BDS News
Posted on January 21, 2016
Photo courtesy Richard Fleming.
BDS student Dylan Roy Cole has been making moves out in New York City. We recently caught up with Dylan to talk about life, NYC and how his career is faring so far. As always, he's got great stories and some solid inspiration that we thought we'd share with you.
BDS: Describe Your Path to Comedy
DYLAN: My path to comedy…Hmmmm. It’s something that I’ve always done. Even at a young age my mom said that when I couldn’t really have full on conversations I would do impress...
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Posted on January 18, 2016
Congratulations to BDS student Phil Lamé who has landed a short film role in “The Invitation” directed by Ryan Chapel.
Phil has been landing roles left and right over the past few months. Way to go Phil!
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Posted on December 17, 2015
All of us at BDS are so excited to watch BDS private student, Elias Harger, rock out Fuller House on Feb 26th!! Many congratulations on one of the most highly anticipated tv series of the year!
You can watch a teaser here: https://www.facebook.com/FullerHouseNetflix/videos...
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Posted on December 16, 2015
One of the things that makes BDS so special is its community - a tight knit group of artists that support each other through life and career. Community is vital to us here at BDS and the work we put into it pays off ten fold.
That’s why we’re so proud of The Switch, a short film written, produced and performed by an ensemble of BDS's talented students who have all recently relocated to Los Angeles and continue to work and support each other in Hollywood: Grant Leibowitz, Dawn Bower, Daniel Cordilione, Bree Holcombe, Alberto Oca...
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Posted on December 01, 2015
Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is an explosion: a colorful display of paint, energy, music, and passion with a purpose.
Using fingertips, palms, elbows and up to three brushes in each hand, Brian paints portraits of famous people including musicians, sports figures, and top corporate heads on a four and a half by six foot canvas in just a matter of minutes, His creations are choreographed to music that is powerful and stimulates the senses. Brian’s Art in Action is described as “an emotional experience” taking his audience through an amazing journey of excitem...
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Posted on November 13, 2015
Creative Impulse is a process developed to help you break through the roadblocks standing in the way of your full expressive and creative abilities.
How exactly does this impact your acting? Unfortunately the roadblocks we experience, are more times than not, a result of social conditioning (thank your parents and peers). Because of this we censor our most honest and authentic impulses. This one limitation single handedly prevents most actors from reaching their full potential.
Poets, musical composers and fine artists create from instincts alone. They don’t write down what they think could be e...
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Posted on October 27, 2015
Congratulations to BDS student Matt Meibauer who has landed a role as Connor in the Drama/Sci-fi, “Collider”, directed by Justin Lewis.
You can learn more about the project on IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4538294/
Way to go Matt! We can’t wait to see the finished film.
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Posted on October 15, 2015
Congratulations to BDS student and Text in Action teacher, Kevin Cox, who has landed a commercial role for GMC Financial.
Nice work Kevin!
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Posted on October 07, 2015
BDS student Holly Westwood is now in London and studying at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Holly is one talented and prolific actor! She recently landed a lead role in "Star Raiders: The Adventure of Sabre Raine", as well as a lead role in the series pilot “Anomaly”. Holly played Banquo in an all female version of “Macbeth" at the University of Colorado and Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Betsy Stage Theatre. Holly also has many commercial roles under her belt, including spots for Comcast, American Family Insurance and Stevenson Chevrolet.
Con...
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Posted on October 07, 2015
To reserve your spot email info@benjydobrin.com.
For those of you who are new to the Teens & Tweens class, this class is a great mix of FUN specific individual training combined with group scene work, acting and improvisational games, and auditioning techniques, all designed to help your children become the best actors that they can be. Class is designed to address two specific concepts: 1. Helping the actors to refine their craft and hone their acting skills to the best of their ability, and 2. Helping the actors to truly begin to develop the crucial audition skills necessary...
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