• Architecture of an Expressive Action

  The physical raw materials that make human expression possible will be articulated and researched in an experiential process rooted in sensation and exploration. 

• Hierarchy of an Expressive Action

  An improvisatory process in which an expressive action is built from the ground-up. The actor investigate how a weight-shift influences a breath-shift, influences a sound-shift and ultimately a speech-shift in integrated human expression.

• Voice and Body Work

  A series of exercises that progress sequentially from lying, to sitting, to standing, and finally, to upright locomotive movement. Each of the exercises incorporates a series of integrated moving, breathing and sounding actions that mirror the universal physical pattern that makes human expression possible.

The teacher training portion of the workshop includes in the following:

• Teaching Strategies

  In the Integrated Voice, Movement and Acting Studio.

• Hands-on-Training

  The use of "touch" is explored as a pedagogical tool for facilitating integration.

• Language Training

  The specific use of words, diction and syntax are explored as a pedagogical tool for facilitating integration

• Keyboard Training

  The use of musical pitch as it relates to training the speaking voice is explored at the keyboard.

• Vowel Tuning

  Teaching methods for integrating the moveable parts of the vocal tract in the creating of vocal resonance are explored.

• Student Teacher Demonstration

  Participants in the course lead specific exercises for discussion and feedback.