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| Dates: Berlin: 22.04. – 26.04.2006 & 27.04. – 30.04.2006 Location: Will be confirmed later Frances Parkes/Bio: Frances has gained a reputation as being one of the foremost trainers in Voice and Communication in the Business World and is in demand as a highly regarded Voice Coach for professional performers in TV, Theatre and Film. She works regularly as a dialect and acting coach for film companies including Company Pictures and Warner Bros. |
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She is an advisor on Big Brother UK and other programmes for the BBC and Tiger Aspect. She designs and runs inset Voice days for Teachers and has developed a highly successful Speak English Clearly programme, which has been of great value for those with English as a second language who are struggling to be understood. She is a visiting lecturer on the MA Voice Course at Central School and a Visiting Lecturer for Westminster University and runs voice workshops for the MA Interpreter's Course at the Metropolitan University. She is a conference speaker for the Linguists Society and the Institute of Interpreters and Translators.
Her voice training using the Grotowski based technique, which links the voice to different areas of the body, has been of great assistance to actors and professionals alike as it encourages greater emotional connection without constricting the voice.
Short CV:
Guidhall School of Music and Drama AGSM
Goldsmiths' College, MA
Leonardo Da Vinci European Training, Grotowski Centre, Pontedera, 2002
Voice Training PGCE 2003
The Workshop… General Information:
"When you are talking upstage are you confident that the audience can hear you? Are you happy with the range of notes and the variety in tone in your voice? In soliloquy, do you feel you are swallowing the words?"
Using Grotowski guidelines you will learn how to have a clear awareness of your voice and its immense potential. Grotowski linked the voice to nine resonating areas of the body allowing the actor to connect with their voice on a deeper level: he described this as an "inner ripening" of the actor. Find a greater connection to the emotion without letting it cover up your performance or strain your voice.
"Using the Grotowski technique, the performer is not sapped of their emotional energy. Energy goes out to the audience rather than being sucked in by the performer."
Please bring scripts you would like to work on; other scripts will be provided.
The workshop will be videoed on day 4.
The Workshop… Areas covered:
_Vocal profile analysis – which areas of your voice can be developed
_What relationship do you have with your voice? – Is your voice "happy".
_Influences on the voice
_How the voice works
_Connecting to your voice using the Alexander Technique
_Voice warm ups
_Grotowski's resonators and how to access them
_Guidelines for Grotowski's resonators
_Voice and body language
_Putting Grotowski into acting practice
_Creating inter-action between you and your fellow actors and audience using Grotowski's techniques
_Avoiding tension with vocal preparation
The Workshop… The Price
Course Fee: 350,- Euro
Students: 12 % discount (proof required)
Early Birds: 12 % (bookings til March 10th 2006)
Please enquire about group bookings and discounts!
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Related Literature:
At work with Grotowski on physical actions |
Towards a poor theatre |
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The Grotowski Sourcebook |
Systems of rehearsal |
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"Remembering Jerzy Grotowski"– An article by M. Croyden < please click here
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