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DIRECTORY OF
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DIRECTORY ORGANIZED BY STATE |
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LESSAC CERTIFIED TRAINER DIRECTORY |
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This designation
indicates that the individual has been certified by the Lessac Training
and Research Institute®, having demonstrated proficiency as a teacher of
the Lessac voice and body work. |
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LESSAC PRACTITIONERS
DIRECTORY |
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This designation indicates that the individual has
demonstrated self-reliant application of the Lessac voice
and body work in his/her personal/professional life. |
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Colorado |
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KATHRYN G. MAES, Ph.D. |
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| 12721 Jackson Street |
| Thornton, CO 80241 |
| Tel: (303) 964-5793 |
| Fax: (303) 964-5479 |
| Email:
KMaes@Regis.edu |
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| Degrees(s): |
| Ph.D. (University of
Pittsburgh) |
| A.D.V.S. (Central
School of Speech and Drama) |
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| Current Affiliation: |
| Associate Dean, Core
Education and Faculty Development, Regis University |
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| Training: |
| Lessac Institute, 1974 and
2002 (Arthur Lessac, Sue Ann Park, Dick Cuyler, Libby Roman,
Jack Jones, Nancy Krebs)[Teacher Certification Pending] |
| A.D.V.S (Central School of
Speech and Drama, London)--Cicely Berry, Patsy Rodenburg,
Joan Washington, Helen Winter |
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| Work Experience: |
| I have served
professionally as a Voice and Dialect Coach for the Denver
Center for the Performing Arts (Currently), the Royal
Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre of Great Britain,
the Royal Exchange (Manchester, England), and the Cincinatti
Playhouse-in-the- Park. I have been teaching Voice and
Speech continuously at the University level since 1971. |
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| Areas of Specialization: |
| Voice, Speech, Dialects,
Text, Directing |
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Organizations: |
| The Lessac Institute;
V.A.S.T.A.; The International Centre for Voice (Central
School); Research Associate at ther National Center for
Voice; A.T.H.E. |
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| Personal Statement:
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| "Good" voice and body
training aids in the discovery of the optimal functioning of
both voice and body and empowers individuals to fully (a)esthetically
and effectively communicate their thoughts and emotions in a
healthy, open and expressive manner. This training relies on
the habitual awareness of an inner harmonic sensing system
rather than being limited to the more simplistic feedback
provided by the five external senses. I firmly believe that
everyone is capable of this kind of training and, in effect,
they become their own "lifelong teacher" because of this
awareness. The well-trained voice and body, then, fully
reflect (but never over-power) the essence and uniqueness of
the individual. |
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Iowa |
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Kansas |
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Minnesota |
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Missouri |
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DANA SMITH |
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| 4 Shady Ln |
| Kirksville, MO 63501 |
| Tel: (660) 665-8981 |
| Email:
dasmith@truman.edu |
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| Current
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| Professor of Theatre, Truman
State University |
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Experience: |
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| Areas of Specialization: |
| Voice & body, text analysis,
Acting Shakespeare |
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| Personal Statement |
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Montana |
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Nebraska |
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North Dakota |
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DR. PAMELA CHABORA |
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| Dr. Pamela D. Chabora is a
faculty member at NDSU with a focus in performance training,
teaching four levels of Acting, three levels of Voice and
Movement, Development Of Musical Theatre, Stage Combat, and
the Business of Acting. As a specialist in musical theatre,
Chabora also directs the NDSU Musical Theatre Troupe. In her
twenty years as a specialist in actor training, she has
served as a Master Teacher of Acting at the University of
New Hampshire Department of Theatre and Dance, as Head of
Performance at Susquehanna University, at the University of
Toledo’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance, and at the
University of Maine at Fort Kent. |
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| With extensive background in
directing and choreography for educational and professional
theatre, Chabora most recently directed and choreographed
the American classic productions of A Chorus Line and
Fiddler On The Roof at the North Dakota State University’s
Festival Hall Theatre for which she was selected NDSTA’s
2004 North Dakota Creative Artist of the Year. She has
received six separate ACTF Meritorious awards from the
American College Theatre Festival for Directorial Concept
and Ensemble work and was nominated for the Moss Hart award
for Children’s Theatre. In conjunction with many of the
productions she’s directed, symposium and educational
colloquia have been coordinated and presented. For example,
in Spring 2002, Chabora brought Pulitzer prize winning
playwright, Tony Kushner, to NDSU for the debut of his
unpublished adaptation of Good Person Of Sezuan and to
participate in a Symposium on Theatre as a Socio-Political
Tool. |
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| In addition to a thriving
career in educational theatre, Chabora has maintained a
parallel career in professional theatre as an actress,
singer, and director/choreographer. Her theatrical credits
range from Juliet in Star-Crossed Lovers (a new musical ) in
NYC to Miss Julie from Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Recently,
she has portrayed Eulalie Shinn in The Music Man and Mrs.
Mattie McDowell in The Stephen Foster Story in Bardstown Ky.
Chabora returned to the Stephen Foster company for two more
summers to play Miss Lynch in Grease and to portray Eliza
Foster, mother to Stephen. Chabora’s most recent performance
venture has been her portrayal of Emily Dickinson in the one
woman show The Belle Of Amherst which has toured throughout
the Upper Midwest for the past three years. Chabora now
serves as Artistic Director for the LaMoure Summer Music
Theatre in Grand Rapids, N.D. |
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| Chabora maintains a high
profile in national and international theatre
organizations.In addition to serving as chief officer for
the Acting Program of the Association of Theatre in Higher
Education and Mid-west Representative for the Association of
Theatre Movement Educators, Chabora has served for five
years as editor for THE BEAT, a publication of the Acting
Program addressing cutting edge training techniques for
actors. Chabora is currently President of the
Communication,Speech, Theatre Association of North Dakota (CSTAND). |
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| As a certified trainer/practitioner of both the Lessac Voice/Movement
System and of the Alba Emoting technique, Chabora continues
to research the application of neuropsychology to self –use
training for actors. Her article “Emotion Training and the
Mind/body Connection: Alba Emoting and the Method” can be
found in the recent publication, The Method Reconsidered. In
summer 2006, Chabora was invited to New York to study as a
Master Teacher of Acting at the Actor’s Center with Olympia
Dukakis, Slava Doglachev from the Moscow Art Theatre, and
Rob Clare from the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
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South Dakota |
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MATT NESMITH |
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| Department of Theatre |
| The University of South
Dakota |
| 414 E. Clark St. |
| Vermillion, SD 57069 |
| Tel: (605) 677-5905 |
| Fax: (605) 677-5988 |
| Email:
Matthew.Nesmith@usd.edu |
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| Degrees: |
| B.A., M.M. in Music |
| M.F.A. in Directing |
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Affiliation: |
| University of South Dakota |
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Experience: |
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| Areas of Specialization: |
| Musical Theatre (vocal
performance, acting, directing) |
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| Professional Organizations |
| The Lessac Institute, NATS,
ATHE, VASTA |
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| Personal Statement |
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Wyoming |
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