Thursday 19 May 2016

Brian Syron's Timeline



* 1956 - born in Balmain, Sydney
* 1956 - became a male model, started to learn acting at the Ensemble Theatre Company in Sydney
* 1960 - studied under the late Hayes Gordon
1961 - left Australia to further pursue male modelling work in Europe
* 1961 - moved to New York
* 1961 - the honor of being the first Australian accepted into the legendary Stella Adler Studio
* 1966 - co-found a theater  company in Saratoga Springs as a director
 * 1966 - the privilege of being invited to conduct occasional classes at Stella Adler's Studio
1968 - toured the Southern states of America playing in Atlanta, Georgia; Roenoke, Virginia;                Nashville, Tennessee and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
* 1970 - joined the Old Tote Theater in Kensington, Sydney
1969 - taught a group of urban Aboriginal actors to study Stanislavsky or acting from an                       Indigenous perspective
* 1972 - followed the Foundation of Aboriginal Affairs in Sydney with workshops and acting classes held at the Black Theater Arts & Cultural Center
* 1973 - organised with his mentor Stella Adler to travel to Australia and conduct a series of Master Classes
* 1973 - was invited to teach drama to The Resurgent Society inmates of Parramatta Gaol and the offer was accepted 
* 1974 - was be seen in Bruce McGuinness'  film Time to Dream angrily and    eloquently denunciating a Northern Territory arts administrator
* 1993 - died in NSW, Australia















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