Greetings.
Yes, yes. We had a quiz today on our book which we continue reading throughout the semester entitle Actor Speaks by Patsy Rodenburg. She is a voice teacher for actors in the theatre and apparently she's worked with all the greats. ;) Anyway. We were quizzed today on part three of her book which included a range of exercises and tips which are meant to help us through this class with greater ease and also stuff our actors toolbox with nice goodies for shows to come.
According to Patsy, one of the worst things you can harbor as an actor, especially before or during a performance, is tension. Get rid of it! She provides several techniques and methods for relaxation and how to maintain that relaxation.
After that quiz aka rare for of toruture, we got to watch a recording of a program entitled "Do You Speak American?" which was actually very fun. During the segment we saw, the host traveled from the northeast of America all the way through northern and down to the south listening to the way people "spoke American". It was fascinating. And I for one found myself actually writing some of those accents down to explore for later mimicry. ^_^ but then again, I'm pretty weird.
Here you can find out more on the program we got to watch through the old fashioned, yet still handy and cool art of videotaping shows with your VCR.
Toodles.
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