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VOICE and IMPROV CLASS with Alan Marriott
Tuesdays - 6:30 - 9:00pm A full and free voice is the single most important element of performance, a fact often overlooked by film actors. Not only does a developed voice give your work a much better auditory quality, but being in touch with the resonance and richness of your voice opens you up on camera and connects you to your surroundings and your emotions. Alan Marriott is a master at freeing the range of your voice and giving life to your performance as a result. The first hour of this strictly unscripted workout class will focus on the development of your voice, using exercises which open up breathing from the diaphragm and which promote relaxation and a rediscovery of one's true voice. Using a series of vocal warmups, the goal is to free the actor of tension throughout their entire body and voice, which allows for a more instinctive and energetic performance of text. In the second hour of class, Alan guides actors through a series of Improv exercises. Improvisation is a form that is becoming more and more popular within the film & television world. It’s a tool that enhances all acting training by freeing the mind. Actors get energized, & learn to use their imagination to suddenly invent stories without any effort. Learn to "be in the moment". Alan is a bundle of energy and generosity when he teaches and this is simply one of the most inventive, valuable and fun classes in town.   Alan Marriott cut his improv teeth with VTSL in 1980 and appeared in the original productions of two early shows, A TheatreSports Hamlet (Rosencrantz) and Suspect (creating the part of Aldous Bacon.) In 1985, Alan moved to London, England to complete his theatre training at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) and ended up staying. Twenty three years later, after building up a highly successful career as a voice over artist (the voice of Scoop and seven other characters on Bob the Builder- US, Victor Volt the double BAFTA award-winning series The Secret Show), training practically the entire London stand up circuit in improv skills, introducing London, the National Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival to Theatresports, starting ground-breaking companies like the Impro Musical Company, Impropera (a fully improvised opera using professional opera singers), Impro Lab (London’s first improvised play), and Grand Theft Impro. "He's truly a gifted teacher and is very good for somebody like me, who constantly needs to work on voice. I will definitely be recommending him" - Charlotte Hansen "Alan gives you the meat and potatoes of voice work, while making the class a ton of fun. I highly recommend him." - Ricky Luciani |
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