Director: Vicki Baum
Length: 9-hour three-week workshop
Class Notes: This course includes no homework assignments whatsoever. Remember that?
Remember the day you walked through the door (whether it be physically or digitally) of your Beginning Seminar? Ahhh… yes, the good ol’ days. It’s time to recapture the effortless joy and exuberance of your primary experiences without the drudge of all those crappy expectations. Even the most experienced voice actors benefit from going back to the basics. In fact, the longer you work, the easier it can be to rely on habits (good or bad), shortcuts and instincts that once worked but may now limit your range. Revisit the fundamentals with fresh ears and return to the core principles of acting, listening, script analysis and honest communication, the skills that built great performances in the first place. Slow down the process and re-examine how you approach a read: Who are you talking to? Why are you saying these words? What was the immediate before? By revisiting these foundational questions, actors often rediscover nuance, specificity and spontaneity that can get lost in the speed of daily auditioning. This class isn’t about starting over. It’s about seeing the fundamentals again with the experience you have now. Sometimes the most powerful growth doesn’t come from learning something brand new. It comes from realizing how much more there is still there to find.