Cindy Tanas Actors Studio

Specialties

Cindy Tanas Actors Studio was founded by Toronto acting teacher Cindy Tanas, who teaches acting for film and theatre in her adult acting classes. Offering acting classes both for beginners as well as advanced acting students. Cindy is considered a very reputable acting teacher among her peers, and her studio is considered to co-​exist among the best acting classes in Toronto.

Cindy Tanas Actors Studio is the only acting school in Toronto to offer an actor’s Instrument class for beginners as well as being a class for professional actors at any level.

Cindy is the only acting teacher in Toronto to offer private coaching focussing on the root of the issue in her student’s lives as it pertains to their acting work. One on one private coaching sessions in combination with classes is the most powerful way to advance in one’s acting career and actor training.

History

Established in 1995.

The vision at Cindy Tanas Actors Studio is to provide an approach for actors that includes both art and life. A quote from Anton Chekhov: «If you want to work on your art, work on your life» sums up our philosophy. We address the root of the creative blocks which are not only seen on stage and film but also in the life of the actor.

We think it is important for the actor to be fulfilled in their work and as an artist no matter what the business result is. We do not believe it is about the result. It is about living ones life and ones art to the fullest; in the moment. If we focus on the future and «making it» we lose the artist in the actor. The actor becomes a commodity.

We understand the actor/​artist as a unique human being and therefore we strive to help the student see and bring out their own individual process. We create a space for the actor that is inspiring and supportive, dedicated to empowering the actor with the necessary tools to work in the world of film & the stage.

Meet the Business Owner

Cindy T.

Business Owner

Teacher/​Director/​Mentor Cindy Tanas is a member of ACTRA, current Chair and member of TAAS (Toronto Association of Acting Studios) and member of Theatre Ontario. Cindy began teaching acting in Toronto and Los Angeles. For the past 18 years she has run a successful acting studio ‘Cindy Tanas Actors Studio’ in Toronto.

Cindy has performed as an actor and has studied with several eminent acting teachers including Eric Morris in L.A. (taught Johnny Depp and Jack Nicholson), Michael Shurtleff and Uta Hagen.

Her studies expanded into Bioenergetics (grounding, releasing blocked emotions and energy) where she studied and embodied her studies for two years with the Southern Ontario Society of Bioenergetics and three years with the Integral Healing Group in Toronto. She incorporates bioenergetics when working with the actor’s instrument.

Cindy has experienced and studied Somatic Experiencing through Peter Levine’s Institute. This practice helps the actor learn to relax their nervous system so