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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS |
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Lessac
Summer Intensive Workshop 2008 |
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June 22 - July 19, 2008 |
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DePauw University, Greencastle, IN |
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A kinesensic training program in voice and body work for actors,
teachers, performers, directors, broadcasters, presenters,
therapists, and advanced students. |
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4
Week Program |
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Individual and Small Class Instruction |
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180 hours of Intensive Training |
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Undergraduate and Graduate Credit Available |
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Certification Opportunities |
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Contact: |
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Deborah Kinghorn, Master Teacher, Workshop Director |
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(603) 862-1963 |
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deb.kinghorn@unh.edu |
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CLICK
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TO FILL IN AND PRINT OUT WORKSHOP APPLICATION |
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| Is this training for you? |
| Yes, if you are: |
| • In Theatre
Education: |
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College and
Secondary Educators, Advanced Students |
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| • A Performance
Professional: |
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Actors,
Directors, Musical Performers |
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| • In Communications:
Broadcasters and Presenters |
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| Lessac Kinesensic Training |
| Lessac Kinesensic
Training is unique in its holistic, comprehensive and creative
approach to all aspects of developing the body and the voice, for
speech and singing and as creative instruments of communication,
behavior and perception. |
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| Kinesensic training
is a self-teaching, sensory-based process based on feeling the way
the human body functions naturally when it is free of adverse
conditioning. It then uses those physical sensations to identify,
produce and voluntarily control the voice and body. |
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| What do you get? |
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Body Training |
Voice Training |
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Posture and
Breathing |
The Consonant
Energy Orchestra |
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● Fluent
intelligibility without rote drill |
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Breath Support
and Breath Control |
● Melodies,
rhythms, and sustained tonal colors |
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● Variety and
Contrast |
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Body energies: |
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Interpretation |
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● Potency |
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● Buoyancy |
Structural
Energy |
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● Radiancy |
● Optimal,
flexible mouth space for all speech and singing |
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Interinvolvement |
sounds |
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● Relaxed and
energized jaw, tongue, lips, throat, larynx |
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Body movement
and body aesthetics |
● Quality
production and identification of all vowels |
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●Increased
sound-wave reflection for enhanced tonal quality |
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Body
conditioning and physical fitness |
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Tonal Energy |
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Body
Characterization |
● Bone conducted
vocal resonance for quality vocal tone |
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● Development of
full dynamic pitch range |
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Natural relaxers
and energizers |
● Control of
projection for stage, microphone, and personal |
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use in intimate,
social, or formal situations of all kinds |
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The Body's Natural Pain Relievers |
● Development of
the male and female voices for speech |
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and singing |
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Text and Subtext
Explorations |
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● Connecting
body and vocal energies to the emotional |
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experiencing
system |
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Tono-Sensory
Phonetic System |
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● Providing
organic instructions for producing quality vowels
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and consonants |
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| Schedule
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| Mornings: |
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| 8:00-8:15 |
Personal Warm-ups |
| 8:15-8:30 |
Company Warm-ups |
| 8:30-9:30 |
Master Body Work Class / Full Company |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Snack Break |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Master Voice Class / Full Company |
| 11:10-12:40 |
Voice Work / Small Groups |
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Scheduled individual sessions with
teaching faculty. Daily scheduled buddy work sessions. Personal
exploration and training. |
| Evenings: |
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| 6:30-8:30 |
Voice Work / Small Groups |
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| Application/Enrollment |
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Click here to fill in and print workshop
application. |
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| Enrollment is
limited. Early application is advised. |
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| A $100.00 deposit is
due with application for admission. A full refund of this deposit is
granted if not accepted into the program. ½ deposit is refundable if
after acceptance you must cancel, and you notify the program
director before March 1. For those accepted into the Intensive, the
deposit will be deducted from your tuition total. |
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| After notification
of acceptance, tuition and fees are due by May 15. No one may
participate without full payment of tuition and fees. |
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| Tuition, Fees, and
Housing: $2800.00 |
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| Covers all
instruction and activities, facilities use, and single occupancy
room. Housing is in Rector Village, a community of apartment suites
with kitchens. 4 single rooms per suite, 2 suites per floor, shared
baths. Basic kitchen cookware provided. Fee does not include
required Lessac texts. |
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| Meals: |
| For those choosing
not to use the kitchen facilities at the apartments, all you can eat
meals are provided at the dining hall: $4 breakfast, $6 lunch; and
$8 dinner. This cost is not included in the tuition fee. |
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| Undergraduate and Graduate
Course Credit |
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| Credit for the
Summer Intensive is granted by the University of Colorado at Denver
Extended Studies, College of Arts and Media, Department of Theatre,
Film and Television. Cost is $80 per credit hour. Credit is granted
upon completion of the Lessac Summer Intensive and appropriate
documents. |
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| Undergraduate course
credits are listed as 4000 level. Graduate course credits are listed
as 5000 level. |
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- THTR
4520-5520
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Lessac Summer Intensive I
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Voice: 1-5 credit hours
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- THTR
4522/5522
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Lessac Summer Intensive II
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Advanced Voice: 1-5 credit hours
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- THTR
4521-5521
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Lessac Summer Intensive I
- Body
Wisdom: 1-2 credit hours
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- THTR
4523/5523
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Lessac Summer Intensive II
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Advanced Body Wisdom: 1-2 credit hours
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- THTR
4524/5524
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Advanced Studies With Lessac Master Teacher
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1-6 credit hours
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| Contact hours for
the intensive are listed by minimum and maximum credit hours that
can be granted. Contact hours for the intensive qualify for the
maximum listed for each course. Participants can choose the maximum
credit hours or a lower number of hours, based on their individual
needs and respective studies programs. |
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| Lessac Teaching
Certification |
| Two successfully
completed Summer Intensives
are needed to qualify for Certification Candidacy. For more
information:
http://www.lessacinstitute.com/certification.html. |
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| Contact Information: |
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| Deborah Kinghorn |
| Department of
Theatre and Dance |
| University of New
Hampshire |
| Durham, NH 03824 |
| (603) 862-1963 |
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deb.kinghorn@unh.edu |
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| What have others said?
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| “The Lessac
approach…is real therapy for voice and body. The more you do it, the
better you feel. It’s a boon to anyone…once learned, it never
deserts you…” ---Frank Langella, Actor, Tony Award winner for
Best Actor in a Featured Role, (Fortune’s Fool), 2002
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| “This work turns you
inside out. It reveals and confronts you with your self-imposed
limitations. It transformed my voice in four weeks.” --Gert Terny,
Belgian Actor |
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| “I have gained a
great personal power from Lessac voice and body training that I want
to impart to my students, not only as a way of acting, but as a way
of being.” --Karen Berman, President, Association for Theatre in
Higher Education |
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| “A totally holistic
approach to the liberation, empowerment, and training of the voice
and body. Bravo!” ---Kathryn Maes, Dean, Theatre, Film and
Video Production, College of Arts & Media, University of Colorado at
Denver and Health Science Center (UCDHSC). |
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| “I have made the
Lessac work a part of both my personal life and my professional life
as a teacher, actor, director, and coach. The work has provided me
with a 100% reliable method for training voices and myriad ways to
explore text with actors.” ---Deborah Kinghorn, Chair, Department
of Theatre and Dance, University of New Hampshire |
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| "To say the Lessac
Intensive work changes your life is inadequate. In this setting of
safety and trust, awareness of personal process and creative
development thrive. It is an experience that not only has changed my
vocal life as an actor, singer and teacher, but it will always be a
part of my personal life. The Intensive is fertile ground for
personal growth and professional development. It is learning as it
should be.”---Patricia Finn Rapiejko, THEATREWORKS, Artistic
Director |
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| About DePauw
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| Founded in 1837,
DePauw University is nationally recognized for a distinctive liberal
arts approach that links intellectual rigor with life's work through
extensive internship opportunities and study abroad. The campus
includes new and restored living and learning facilities with
leading-edge technologies. U.S. News & World Report ranks DePauw in
the top tier of national liberal arts colleges. DePauw's
prize-winning faculty prepares graduates to creatively address the
challenges of the world. The professional and volunteer achievements
of our alumni provide ample evidence that uncommon success begins at
DePauw University. |
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| Directions to DePauw
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| Greencastle is
within a three-hour drive of Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville and
Cincinnati and one hour from Indianapolis. For complete directions
and maps of the DePauw campus, go to:
http://www.depauw.edu/visitors/campus-map. |
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