Month-Long Intensive

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 the classic progression of the work, a series of classes is devoted to Sound and Movement.

MOVEMENT

The movement and dance progression is a combination of Pure Movement, Physical Expressivity and Dance (historical Elizabethan dance, and dances that connect to the imagery and rhythm in Shakespeare’s language). The movement/dance faculty guide the participant through essential areas of development: awareness of (and release from) habitual body tension, sensitivity to impulse, dynamic and authentic body movement, delight in moving with passion and precision, as well as the use of physical space and group integration.

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.

CLOWN

The Clown Training involves a six-class progression. The clown faculty introduce exercises based on the methods of Jacques Lecoq, Philippe Gaulier, and Keith Johnstone. The Clown Training focuses on engagement in the freedom of play, improvisation, and discovering a personal ‘red nose’ clown. The training emphasizes innocence and brilliance that comes from taking something ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary.

STAGE FIGHT

The Fight Training is a six-session progression that offers unarmed theatrical combat techniques suitable for the stage. The Fight Training faculty encourage the importance of form and specificity in the physical actions that involve shared-weight illusions and gripping; contact and no-contact strikes; and falls and rolls. The training stresses the importance of safety while working in partnership with another actor.

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.

• A deeper connection of the body and voice when acting on stage and confidence to be fully present on stage when speaking Shakespeare's language

• The Linklater voice technique, achieving deeper voice resonance, loosening of jaw and tongue tensions and a wider vocal range

• An understanding of the forms and structures that support the actors 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

"During my actor training I made many breakthroughs in connecting my thoughts to my voice and my voice to my body, and gained the tools and techniques I use every day in my professional acting career." -Gregory Boover, 2017 Month-Long Intensive alum

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.

Dates
December 29, 2019 – January 24, 2020

Tuition
$4,750 USD (meals and housing included)

The Month-Long Intensive is geared towards mid-career acting professionals. If you are a current or recent undergraduate student, please consider the Summer Shakespare Intensive.