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July 15, 2023
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Online Classes and Workshops
programme Dates
January 3 to 29, 2023
Arrival: Monday, January 2 Departure: Monday, January 30
Tuition Fees
$4,875 USD
Early payment discount: Pay the full tuition by October 15 and save $600.
The Center for Actor Training now offers a variety of workshops and classes online, providing the opportunity for theater professionals around the world to study with our distinguished faculty.
Upcoming Workshops:
Linklater Voice: The Progression I
Unlock the potential of your voice, and speak with truth and power as an actor or public speaker. By learning Kristin Linklater’s practical approach to Voice training from her seminal work, Freeing the Natural Voice, you can discover how to create a deep connection between your thoughts, body, and voice. Over six weeks, you will develop an awareness of the habitual patterns of tension in your voice and body that inhibit you from speaking with your full range and expressivity. We begin with becoming aware of the alignment of the body; the natural rhythm of breath in response to the needs of the moment; the effortless creation of a touch of sound and the sigh of relief. Then, you will allow your voice to inhabit your whole body, so that it can resound without force. Finally, you will build on this freedom by exploring and reducing the tensions that develop in the jaw, tongue and throat; and by strengthening your connection to your chest, mouth and teeth resonators. Open to all levels of experience.
SCHEDULE: March 20 & 27, April 3, 10, 17, & 24 at 7pm to 9pm ET
TUITION: $250 USD
LOCATION: This class will meet via Zoom.
FACULTY: Tom Giordano (he/him)
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You will study...
.01 Linklater Voice
The full progression of Kristin Linklater’s approach to voice training for actors is taught during the four weeks by Designated Linklater voice teachers. In addition to daily classes in Linklater, voice teachers regularly join in text classes and offer specialized classes to help participants integrate the voice work into their scenes.
.02 Movement
The movement progression includes Pure Movement (Swings), Alexander Technique, physical expressivity, and dance. Participants will be guided through exercises to promote awareness of (and release from) habitual body tension, sensitivity to impulse, dynamic physical presence and stamina, delight in moving with passion and precision, and ensemble.
.03 Text Work
Basics introduces the actor to a text approach which demands an open and personal commitment to thought, word, and gesture. Basics evolves into scene work, first through Dropping In (an approach to experiencing the text on a word-by-word basis) and into text analysis and detailed scene work. Classes in Sonnet and Structure of the Verse round out the text progression, allowing actors to merge their personal connection with the form of Shakespeare’s language.
.04 Actor/Audience Relationship
The participant is invited to explore the Elizabethan world of Actor/Audience Relationship—a theatrical reality without a fourth wall, in which the immediate energy of the audience fuels the actor to reveal a deeper level of truth and experience, which in turns enkindles the audience’s ability to receive Shakespeare’s language.
.05 Clown & Stage Fight
The participant is invited to explore the Elizabethan world of Actor/Audience Relationship—a theatrical reality without a fourth wall, in which the immediate energy of the audience fuels the actor to reveal a deeper level of truth and experience, which in turns enkindles the audience’s ability to receive Shakespeare’s language.
Tuition
Full course tuition is
$4,875 USD
- Early payment discount: Pay the full tuition by October 15 and save $600.
A limited number of scholarships are available for People of the Global Majority/BIPOC artists from the Dennis Krausnick Fellowship Fund. Application and audition video due by October 15. Contact us for more information.
You will learn:
- A deeper connection of the body and voice when acting on stage
- Confidence to be fully present on stage when speaking Shakespeare's language
- An understanding of the forms and structures that support the actor’s emotional, visceral and cognitive imagination
- The skills necessary to authentically deliver Shakespeare’s language with accuracy, specificity, and clarity of thought
- A renewed trust in yourself as a theatre artist
