2 Workshop Intensives in the LINKLATER VOICE METHOD, Sirius Theatrical Company
Level 1 - INTRODUCTION to the LINKLATER Method of “Freeing The Natural Voice”
Level 3 - INTERMEDIATE Level Work with the LINKLATER ‘Progression’
Join Heather Dick (VASTA, CAEA, ACTRA) in these voice intensives that will follow the ‘Voice Progression” steps developed by Kristin Linklater. Enrolment is limited to 8 actors per workshop.
Having the freedom and the technique to express the full range of your emotions through your voice is essential to connecting with your audience and to revealing the inner life of the characters you create. Your voice can be an open window between yourself and your listener. When it is relaxed, free and resonant, and truly connected to your thoughts and feelings, you can develop a strong, positive bond with your partner and your audience. When it is disconnected and tight, because of tension or blocks, you may push away and / or find it difficult to create and sustain those bonds.
Heather Dick is an accomplished actor, director, artist educator and the Artistic Director of the Sirius Theatrical Company. For over 25 years, she has coached and taught acting workshops for several Toronto studios, Ryerson Polytechnic University (Dance Program), the Theatre Ontario Summer Courses Program, and many community theatres as well as for the Sirius Theatrical Company. She has trained in the Linklater Method with the legendary David Smukler and recently returned from the world renowned Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, Mass.) where she was a teacher trainee in voice during their Month-long Intensive (January 2012).
Level 1 - INTRODUCTION to the LINKLATER Method of “Freeing The Natural Voice”
This workshop will introduce you to the work of Kristin Linklater and her “Freeing the Natural Voice” method. By following a progressive series of exercises, you will become aware of how tension can restrict or block your free vocal expression and discover ways to release the blocks so that you are able to speak with your own, unique and natural voice in a more open, effortless way. The work also connects your voice to ‘what’ you are saying behind the words. It is often less the words we say than ‘how’ we say them that emotionally and unconsciously affects a listener.
Thursdays: 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Dates: Sept. 13 – Oct. 18 — 6 sessions
Cost: $240
Limited to: 8 Participants
Level 3 - INTERMEDIATE Level Work with the LINKLATER ‘Progression’
This workshop is for actors who have previous experience in the Linklater Method. Contact the instructor is you have questions regarding the level of this course.
In this course, the progression will focus on developing and strengthening your unique voice through the exploration of resonance and vocal range. Actors will have opportunities to work with text .
Thursdays: 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Dates: Sept. 13 – Nov. 1 — 8 sessions
Cost: $320
Limited to: 8 Participants
TO REGISTER or for MORE INFORMATION: info@siriustheatrical.com
