VOICE

Voice training is a key component of The Actors' Program.  The actor must develop a physical, technical, and creative understanding of his or her own voice.  Having a connected, expressive, authentic voice is vital for sustaining a career as an actor on stage and screen.

These exciting and dynamic classes aim to:

  • FDevelop breath support, linking breath with impulse and thought

  • FAchieve the understanding of how to effectively use voice with stamina, freedom and control for all performance demands, as a working actor

  •  Connect physical relaxation and movement with vocal expression and release

  • FDevelop physical and emotional connection to the voice

  •  Embrace sound and movement

  •  Explore and free up pitch and vocal range, resonance, and vocal dynamics

  •  Develop the articulators in order to explore the muscularity and power of language

  •  Release and express the power of words, using classical and contemporary texts

  •  Practice exercises which prepare the actor for auditions, rehearsals, and performance for stage, radio, voice-overs, film, and television

  •  Develop song performance technique

  •  Broaden accent and dialect range and ability