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DIRECTORY OF
CERTIFIED LESSAC TEACHERS & PRACTITIONERS |
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DIRECTORY ORGANIZED BY STATE |
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MEMBERS: Please visit
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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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California |
| KATHLEEN S. DUNN |
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| University of Southern California, Santa Monica
College, Lessac Institute |
| Tel: (310) 306-5332 |
| Fax: (310) 306-5332 |
| Email:
kdusc@hotmail.com |
| Web:
http://homepage.smc.edu/dunn_kathleen/ |
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| Professional Training |
| MFA (emphasis in Acting) |
| Certified Lessac Voice and Movement Trainer |
| Board of Mentors of Lessac Training Institute |
| Faculty of Lessac Six-Week Intensives |
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| Professional Organizations |
| VASTA, ATHME, AEA, SAG, AFTRA |
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| Personal Statement |
| I not only use this training as an artist in the
professional world of T.V.,Film,Theatre, and Voice-Over, I
also use it in my daily life to maintain a healthy voice and
body. Upon certification in l990 from Arthur Lessac, I began
my ever-evolving journey as teacher of voice, speech,
movement, dialects and acting. Through this training
process, I have witnessed great emotional maturity and
growth in artists coming into communion with themselves and
with the text of the playwright. My job as a teacher is to
provide them with a journey, a process, and an atmosphere
where they grow into their voice and body potential and find
healthier choices in expressing themselves. My goal is to
help them to become self-sufficient in physically and
vocally expressing the story and who they uniquely are as
healthy expressive human beings. I find when the students
come into communion with their own unique healthy voice and
body, they like the feel of themselves in their
self-expression and, and to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"Self-reliance in the greatest gift to give oneself." |
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KELLYNN MEEKS |
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| Los Angeles,
CA |
| Tel: 310-927-7736 |
| Email:
kellynn@mac.com |
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| Degrees: |
| MFA Penn State University |
| BFA University of
Minnesota--Duluth |
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| Training: |
| Ongoing private instruction
with Arthur Lessac (2008-present) |
| Lessac Summer Intensives
with Deb Kinghorn, Nancy Krebs and Kathy Dunn (2008, 2009) |
| Lessac Training (Penn State)
with Barry Kur |
| Alexander
Technique-Jean-Louis Rodrigue and Kristof Konrad |
| Shakespeare Master Classes
with Lisa Wolpe (Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company) |
| Shakespeare Intensive with
Shakespeare & Co |
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| Areas of
Specialization: |
| Voice/Speech/Body work
Shakespeare (including cross gender physical/vocal work) |
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| Professional Organizations:
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| VASTA, Lessac Institute,
Screen Actors Guild, Actor's Equity, Company Member-Los
Angeles Women's Shakespeare Co. |
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| CRYSTAL ROBBINS |
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| Lessac Beginning Voice for the Stage,
instructor |
| Santa Monica College |
| Theatre Arts Dept. |
| 1900 Pico Boulevard |
| Santa Monica, CA 90405 |
| Tel: 310-434-8927 |
| Email:
Robbins_Crystal@smc.edu |
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| Certified Lessac Trainer in Voice & Body,
2003, Lessac Intensive Workshops 2000 and 2002, |
| Private Voice, Speech and Body Training
with Arthur Lessac from 1998-2002, |
| BFA in Theatre Performance, University of
Memphis- 1988, |
| British American Drama Academy (Oxford)-
1992 with Mary Corrigan (voice) and Julian Curry (acting),
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| Professional Organizations:
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| SAG, AEA, VASTA,
ATME |
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| Personal Philosophy:
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| I work with the whole body in finding good,
focused tone, in discovering the musicality inherent in
language and character and in correcting the misuse of the
voice through years of neglect. My teaching is that of an
encourager, in supporting the artist/student's goals and
giving them the opportunity to discover the many choices at
their disposal. I have found that teaching is one of the
most creative jobs out there and I invest my teaching with
the style and energy of an artist myself. Each student asks
for different ways of communicating material, to suit their
backgrounds, philosophies and previous training and I adapt
and challenge myself to provide such tailored responses to
the individual. My extensive background as a professional
performer provides the forum for me to relate the value of
good vocal health coupled with the experience of a performer
who has "been there, done that". Those who do, MUST TEACH.
It is the only way to pass down the material in its most
distilled efficient method. What we teach WORKS, because
I've personally experienced it. I've seen it change the
body, voice and the spirit. My experience as a voice
teacher/coach has enriched my life and has changed my
person. |
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Nevada |
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Utah |
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