MICHA Monday August: A New Kind of Gesture with Dawn Arnold
Mon, Aug 24
|ZOOM
Is it time to dig in a bit deeper, to ask ourselves what Chekhov means by gesture? Let’s explore a concept we love - or are learning to love: how to act by means of gesture. Michael Chekhov made gesture the core of his approach. Let’s challenge ourselves to get some new views of gesture.
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Aug 24, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
ZOOM
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A New Kind of Gesture
With Dawn Arnold
“ It is a special kind of gesture which is rich and without boundaries. It is the greatest aid to us.” Michael Chekhov Archives Jan 16, 1937
Is it time to dig in a bit deeper, to ask ourselves what Chekhov means by gesture? Let’s explore a concept we love - or are learning to love: how to act by means of gesture. Michael Chekhov made gesture the core of his approach. Let’s challenge ourselves to get some new views of gesture. Bring a role, a bit of text, or a vision you would like to create. We’ll find it with gesture!
Dawn Arnold is an actress, deviser/director, acting coach, and teaching artist focused on the Chekhov Technique. She is the founder and Artistic Director of The Moving Dock Theatre Company and Chekhov Studio Chicago, where she directs/devises original theatre pieces using the…