About the Work 

Yat Malmgren’s approach to acting and character transformation turned the traditional approach to acting in Britain on its head. He brought the best of the American method and the discipline of the British technique together in a way that set a new standard for artistic excellence.

The creative roadmap he provides is based in sensation, rather than intellect, prompting actors to access transformation in performances not usually associated with their repertoire. Early actors he took through the work include Anthony Hopkins, Colin Firth, Patricia Neal and Sean Connery. More contemporary actors trained in his approach include the late Helen McCrory, Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, and Emilia Clark.

Yat Malmgren’s approach to artistic creation was influenced by three prominent figures from the twentieth century. His collaboration with Rudolf Laban, considered a pioneer of modern dance, along with the influence of Carl Jung, and the inspiration of Stanislavsky, are deeply embedded in his approach to character creation. 

This work is deep and muscular, but the emphasis is very ‘human’. Seeing the world from the portals of how others see the world is essential for the artist. The Yat approach provides a dynamic and very specific roadmap that opens the actor to subtleties of character transformation. It does so by developing the full range of the known and unknown reservoirs in the artist, internal energies that can take actors to performances where they are unrecognizable, yet come from the essence of a profound inner truth.

We meet each person exactly where they are, right now, regardless of training or experience. This allows for rapid growth and shifts, both personally and artistically, in any student willing to commit and take the risk.

Students have the visceral experience of becoming and feeling free in unexpected ways, accessing parts of themselves with which they usually don't have contact.  The body, not the mind, makes key discoveries to free the artist up quickly, reliably, and deeply. Through improvisations, text and written scenarios, the work delivers ground-shifting discoveries and a capacity for inner character transformation not taught by American techniques.