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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #34: Teaching Accessibly and Creatively
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 28\, 2021 \n9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT \nTo convert this meeting to your time zone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nThe 34th KTS Webinar is open for registration! Join KTS Teachers-in-Training Eric Armstrong and Elisa Gonzales\, as well as Dr. Tracie Morris\, as we discuss approaches to teaching accessibly and creatively on Saturday\, August 28\, 2021\, at 9 AM PDT. Registration for this webinar will be $10 to cover hosting costs. This webinar will be recorded\, so if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience. \nIn this panel discussion\, we’ll consider pragmatic and ethical tools to incorporate speech work/voice work creatively and accessibly in a variety of higher education and conservatory settings. \nWe will bring a range of in-class and on-line educational experiences\, coaching methods\, and cultural perspectives. Our conversation will engage a range of challenges and opportunities to today’s applied vocal practice. \nRegistrants will receive Zoom link information 24 hours prior to the event. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed. \nSession Agreements: \n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”\n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n  \nEric Armstrong (he/him) teaches voice\, speech\, accents\, and text in the Acting program at York University in Toronto; he has taught full-time in universities for 25 years in the US and Canada. His professional practice focuses on accent coaching/design\, with numerous credits on award-winning theatre\, television and film productions\, including designing the Belter accent for Prime Video’s “The Expanse.” He has presented frequently at the annual VASTA conference and published articles and reviews in the Voice and Speech Review. He was the co-host (with Phil Thompson) of “Glossonomia: Conversations on the Sounds of Speech.” His research interests lie in the pedagogy of accent training for diverse populations. He just completed a 1 year sabbatical\, and is working on an Open Educational Resource (aka “book”) on using Wells’ Lexical Sets for Accents. \nElisa Gonzales (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting at UMass Amherst\, where she teaches acting\, voice\, speech\, and dialects. As a performer\, Elisa’s work has been seen at the New York International Fringe Festival\, the Nuyorican Poets Café\, San Diego Repertory Theatre\, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company\, the La Jolla Playhouse\, Arizona State University\, and the Tempe History Museum. Elisa is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework\, and a candidate for certification in Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Elisa has published peer-reviewed articles in the Voice and Speech Review\, and has regularly presented her scholarship at national and international conferences. Her creative activity and research focuses on embodied storytelling\, with a specific focus on stories that live at the intersection of Latinx/Chicana identity\, history\, voice\, and memory. Elisa holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson College and an MFA in Theatre Performance from Arizona State University. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association\, VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association)\, and ATHE (Association for Theatre in Higher Education). \nTracie Morris (she/her) is writer/editor of 8 books and is a poet\, professor\, performer\, voice teacher and theorist. She holds an MFA in poetry from CUNY Hunter College\, a PhD in Performance Studies from New York University\, and studied British Acting technique at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her most recent poetry collection is Hard Kore/Per-form: Poems of Mythos and Place\, Joca Seria\, 2017 (English with French translation). Tracie became an Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artist in 2018; that year she also served as the 2018-2019 Woodberry Poetry Room Creative Fellow at Harvard University. Tracie was the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Professor of Poetry at The Iowa Writers Workshop for three semesters before joining the permanent faculty as their first African-American Professor of Poetry in Fall\, 2020. \n  \nThe $10 registration fee helps cover hosting costs. \nAll webinars are recorded\, so if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience with? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-34-teaching-accessibly-and-creatively/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210724T100000
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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #33: An Introduction to KTS
DESCRIPTION:FREE \nSaturday\, July 24\, 2021 \n10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET \nTo convert this meeting to your time zone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nWe are excited to invite you to our 33rd webinar\, a FREE introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork! Whether you’re new to this work and want to learn more\, or you’re yearning to refresh your relationship with it\, we got you! Join KTS Certified Teachers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn as we outline the principles (perhaps) that guide this work and lead participants through an exploration of the vocal tract and basic speech actions. Your curiosity is invited for a KTS refresher\, an introduction\, or just to have a good time with making funky mouth sounds! \nRegistrants will receive Zoom link information 24 hours prior to the event. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed. \nSession Agreements: \n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”\n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n  \nAdi Cabral (they/them) is a voice and dialect coach\, actor\, and intimacy director. Cabral has coached professionally at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (CO)\, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO)\, New Repertory Theatre (MA)\, the New Hazlett Theater Company\, and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (NY). Adi is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework and a certified Master Reiki Healer and Teacher. They currently serve as Assistant Professor of Voice and Movement at the University of Nevada\, Reno where their research focuses on training methods for the LGBTQ+ Identified actor. Cabral is the co-author of the text Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women. For more information\, please visit www.adicabral.com. | @adrianoacabral \nAmani Dorn (she/her) recently relocated to Atlanta after 2 years as a Resident Artist at PCPA Theatrefest and is now pursuing dialect coaching full-time. She is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Following receiving her MFA in Acting from U.C. Irvine\, Amani worked all over the country as an actor\, teacher\, and occasionally stunt performer. Prior to joining PCPA\, she taught various subjects in acting at U.C. Irvine\, New York Film Academy\, and in outreach programs for Cal Shakes as well as private and semi-private coaching. Some of her recent acting credits include Dionne in Hair (The Mountain Play)\, Intisar in Veils (The Pear Theatre)\, Storm in Marvel Universe Live! (Nat’l Tour)\, Trix in The Drowsy Chaperone (Connecticut Repertory Theatre)\, The Woman in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (U.C. Irvine)\, and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Swan Shakespeare Festival). For more information\, please visit www.amanidorndialects.com. | @amanidorndialects \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nAll webinars are recorded\, so if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience with? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-33-an-introduction-to-kts/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:WEBINAR
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T133000
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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #31: A Brave Space
DESCRIPTION:FREE\nSaturday\, April 17\, 2021\n12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nThis webinar is for self-identified White voice and speech trainers and professionals to discuss\, brainstorm\, and problem-solve ways of bringing inclusive and anti-racist practices into their work. This space will be held by KTS Teachers Erik Singer and Kristi Dana. With 90 minutes reserved\, we invite our fellow voice and speech enthusiasts of all backgrounds to join in brave conversations about identity-conscious approaches to voice and speech training in a space where we won’t rely on the emotional labor of BIPOC voices to educate us. Utilizing the communication guidelines for a Brave Space designed by AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere)\, we invite attendees to submit questions for discussion to ktswebinars@gmail.com. These questions will be anonymously added to the “Ask It Basket” and then posited to the group as discussion prompts. This webinar will NOT be recorded. \nSession Agreements: \n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”\n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\nFrom AWARE-LA\n\nOwn your intentions and your impacts\nRecognize your privileges\nActively listen\n\n\nAdditional Agreements\n\nCall in\, don’t call out\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nKristi Dana is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech in the Division of Theatre at Southern Methodist University. She is a Certified teacher of mVm Miller Voice Method ® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, and holds a Certificate of Completion from the Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA). As Director of mVm\, she oversees its teacher certification program. Her research on “Vocal Transparency” focuses on the integration of the mVm Miller Voice Method and Michael Chekhov Acting Technique. Kristi is an active member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)\, serving on the Board of Directors (2018 – 2021). She is an Equity actor and works regularly as a performer in Dallas\, Texas. Recent credits include Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly at Kitchen Dog Theater\, Red Chariot by Gordon Dahlquist at Undermain Theatre\, and so go the ghosts of mexico\, part 3\, by Matthew Paul Olmos at Undermain Theatre. Previous faculty appointments include Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors\, Penn State University\, Brooklyn College/CUNY\, and Long Island University/Post. \nErik Singer is a dialect coach for film and television. Recent work includes Terminator: Dark Fate\, Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft\, starring Ben Foster\, Disney’s live-action Mulan\, Sia’s debut feature Music\, and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic. His Webby award-winning videos for Wired discussing accent work in films have been viewed over sixty million times. \n  \n  \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nIn order to maintain the safety and privacy of the attendees of this webinar\, we will not record this meeting. All other webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-31-a-brave-space/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:WEBINAR
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T133000
DTSTAMP:20210331T234501Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T234501Z
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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #31: A Brave Space
DESCRIPTION:FREE\nSaturday\, April 17\, 2021\n12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nThis webinar is for self-identified White voice and speech trainers and professionals to discuss\, brainstorm\, and problem-solve ways of bringing inclusive and anti-racist practices into their work. This space will be held by KTS Teachers Erik Singer and Kristi Dana. With 90 minutes reserved\, we invite our fellow voice and speech enthusiasts of all backgrounds to join in brave conversations about identity-conscious approaches to voice and speech training in a space where we won’t rely on the emotional labor of BIPOC voices to educate us. Utilizing the communication guidelines for a Brave Space designed by AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere)\, we invite attendees to submit questions for discussion to ktswebinars@gmail.com. These questions will be anonymously added to the “Ask It Basket” and then posited to the group as discussion prompts. This webinar will NOT be recorded. \nSession Agreements: \n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”\n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\nFrom AWARE-LA\n\nOwn your intentions and your impacts\nRecognize your privileges\nActively listen\n\n\nAdditional Agreements\n\nCall in\, don’t call out\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nKristi Dana is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech in the Division of Theatre at Southern Methodist University. She is a Certified teacher of mVm Miller Voice Method ® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, and holds a Certificate of Completion from the Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA). As Director of mVm\, she oversees its teacher certification program. Her research on “Vocal Transparency” focuses on the integration of the mVm Miller Voice Method and Michael Chekhov Acting Technique. Kristi is an active member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)\, serving on the Board of Directors (2018 – 2021). She is an Equity actor and works regularly as a performer in Dallas\, Texas. Recent credits include Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly at Kitchen Dog Theater\, Red Chariot by Gordon Dahlquist at Undermain Theatre\, and so go the ghosts of mexico\, part 3\, by Matthew Paul Olmos at Undermain Theatre. Previous faculty appointments include Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors\, Penn State University\, Brooklyn College/CUNY\, and Long Island University/Post. \nErik Singer is a dialect coach for film and television. Recent work includes Terminator: Dark Fate\, Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft\, starring Ben Foster\, Disney’s live-action Mulan\, Sia’s debut feature Music\, and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic. His Webby award-winning videos for Wired discussing accent work in films have been viewed over sixty million times. \n  \n  \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nIn order to maintain the safety and privacy of the attendees of this webinar\, we will not record this meeting. All other webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-31-a-brave-space-2/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:WEBINAR
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T180000
DTSTAMP:20210312T003508Z
CREATED:20210311T211621Z
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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #30: Voicing Intimate Sounds
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 27\, 2021\n2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, March 27\, at 2:00 p.m. PST for our third webinar of 2021\, “Voicing Intimate Sounds” hosted by Ryan O’Shea (KTS-Certified) and Rachel Finley. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will discuss techniques for helping actors explore the voicing of intimate sounds. Using principles and practices from Intimacy Coordination\, Fitzmaurice Voicework\, and other trauma-informed modalities\, the presenters will give practical tools for titrating the performers’ experience from private exploration to public performance.\nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n \nRyan O’Shea (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based voice and speech teacher\, Certified in Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework. Ryan has worked with everyone from performers to professional athletes and entrepreneurs of various backgrounds on voice\, accents\, on-camera presence\, and the intersections in between. Ryan is the creator and host of the podcast\, “Speaking Of…Conversations on Voice\, Speech\, and Identity with Ryan O’Shea.” You can find more about Ryan at www.voiceandspeechwithryan.com/.\n  \n \nRachel Finley\, an Assistant Professor of Acting with a specialty in Voice and Speech at Arizona State University\, is certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework.  Ms. Finley is a member of the board of Intimacy Coordinators of Color\, a core collaborator in the founding of The Blueprint Artist\, a BIPOC focused actor training organization\, and an active accent coach\, intimacy coordinator\, director\, and actor.\n\n  \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-30-voicing-intimate-sounds/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:WEBINAR
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T180000
DTSTAMP:20210311T211621Z
CREATED:20210311T211621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T211621Z
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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #30: Voicing Intimate Sounds
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 27\, 2021\n2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, March 27\, at 2:00 p.m. PST for our third webinar of 2021\, “Voicing Intimate Sounds” hosted by Ryan O’Shea (KTS-Certified) and Rachel Finley. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will discuss techniques for helping actors explore the voicing of intimate sounds. Using principles and practices from Intimacy Coordination\, Fitzmaurice Voicework\, and other trauma-informed modalities\, the presenters will give practical tools for titrating the performers’ experience from private exploration to public performance.\nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n \nRyan O’Shea (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based voice and speech teacher\, Certified in Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework. Ryan has worked with everyone from performers to professional athletes and entrepreneurs of various backgrounds on voice\, accents\, on-camera presence\, and the intersections in between. Ryan is the creator and host of the podcast\, “Speaking Of…Conversations on Voice\, Speech\, and Identity with Ryan O’Shea.” You can find more about Ryan at www.voiceandspeechwithryan.com/.\n  \n \nRachel Finley\, an Assistant Professor of Acting with a specialty in Voice and Speech at Arizona State University\, is certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework.  Ms. Finley is a member of the board of Intimacy Coordinators of Color\, a core collaborator in the founding of The Blueprint Artist\, a BIPOC focused actor training organization\, and an active accent coach\, intimacy coordinator\, director\, and actor.\n\n  \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-30-voicing-intimate-sounds-2/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:WEBINAR
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T180000
DTSTAMP:20210209T211621Z
CREATED:20210209T211621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T211621Z
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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #29: Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 27\, 2021\n5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, February 27\, at 5:00 p.m. PST for our second webinar of 2021\, “Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents” hosted by Eliza Simpson (KTS-Certified)\, Jack Wallace\, and Yusef Seevers. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will detail some of the techniques that they have found successful while coaching foreign language accents (both white and non-white). The presenters will each invite a bi-lingual actor/coach to interview and ask them about their experiences. They will then examine the techniques used in the industry while prioritizing the honest experience of each artist. The presenters will chat openly and honestly about their own blunders\, seeking to de-stigmatize dialogue around mistakes and facilitate further discussion on how to avoid them. \nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nEliza Simpson‘s recent dialect coach credits include Netflix’s Tall Girl\, the upcoming sequel to Fantastic Beasts\, and Justin Chon’s new film Blue Bayou with Alicia Vikander. Eliza is a dialect coach for production and private clients\, as well as a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. She coaches performers from across the globe for film\, TV\, stage\, voiceover\, spokes-modeling\, and corporate events. Eliza is a proud graduate of Rutgers University and a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. When she’s not on set or at rehearsal\, she works in conjunction with acting conservatories like HB Studios\, American Academy of Dramatic Arts\, NYU\, Rutgers\, and the New School to assist actors in mastering accent skills. www.dialectsnow.com \nAccent Coach Jack Wallace is a professional dialect coach from England\, currently based in Los Angeles who specializes in authentic accent preparation for actors and presenters. Jack is an in-demand accents expert for news outlets such as CNN\, Entertainment Tonight!\, Insider and Buzzfeed.  (His appearances with Buzzfeed have garnered over 8.5 million views.) Jack’s clients have appeared in: Never Have I Ever\, 13 Reasons Why\, The Mandalorian\, Westworld\, Young Sheldon\, Queen Sugar\, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation\, Big Little Lies\, and many others. Formally trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Professional Voice Practice\, Jack draws from a strong technical knowledge of voice and speech and combines this with simple\, tangible steps to help any actor arrive on set with a fully integrated\, authentic accent perfect for their role.  \nYusef Seevers is a Detroit native\, currently a Resident Artist at PCPA in California\, and happy to be working in arts and wellness education. After receiving an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University\, he harvested a passion for teaching and creating work that necessitates change in the voice and body.  He works as a facilitator\, choreographer\, voice coach\, meditation guide\, and actor. He has over 20 years of experience in west African dance and teaches movement and voice at youth shelters and to at-risk communities all over the country\, especially in this virtual teaching revolution. Some of his recent and favorite acting credits include; Will Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love\, Algernon in Importance of Being Earnest\, Fredrick Douglass in The Agitators\, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid\, and Belize in Angels in America.  For more updates and collaboration opportunities\, you can connect with him on IG via @blackbassclef or LinkedIn. \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-29-approaches-to-teaching-foreign-language-accents/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:WEBINAR
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SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #29: Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 27\, 2021\n5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, February 27\, at 5:00 p.m. PST for our second webinar of 2021\, “Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents” hosted by Eliza Simpson (KTS-Certified)\, Jack Wallace\, and Yusef Seevers. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will detail some of the techniques that they have found successful while coaching foreign language accents (both white and non-white). The presenters will each invite a bi-lingual actor/coach to interview and ask them about their experiences. They will then examine the techniques used in the industry while prioritizing the honest experience of each artist. The presenters will chat openly and honestly about their own blunders\, seeking to de-stigmatize dialogue around mistakes and facilitate further discussion on how to avoid them. \nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nEliza Simpson‘s recent dialect coach credits include Netflix’s Tall Girl\, the upcoming sequel to Fantastic Beasts\, and Justin Chon’s new film Blue Bayou with Alicia Vikander. Eliza is a dialect coach for production and private clients\, as well as a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. She coaches performers from across the globe for film\, TV\, stage\, voiceover\, spokes-modeling\, and corporate events. Eliza is a proud graduate of Rutgers University and a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. When she’s not on set or at rehearsal\, she works in conjunction with acting conservatories like HB Studios\, American Academy of Dramatic Arts\, NYU\, Rutgers\, and the New School to assist actors in mastering accent skills. www.dialectsnow.com \nAccent Coach Jack Wallace is a professional dialect coach from England\, currently based in Los Angeles who specializes in authentic accent preparation for actors and presenters. Jack is an in-demand accents expert for news outlets such as CNN\, Entertainment Tonight!\, Insider and Buzzfeed.  (His appearances with Buzzfeed have garnered over 8.5 million views.) Jack’s clients have appeared in: Never Have I Ever\, 13 Reasons Why\, The Mandalorian\, Westworld\, Young Sheldon\, Queen Sugar\, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation\, Big Little Lies\, and many others. Formally trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Professional Voice Practice\, Jack draws from a strong technical knowledge of voice and speech and combines this with simple\, tangible steps to help any actor arrive on set with a fully integrated\, authentic accent perfect for their role.  \nYusef Seevers is a Detroit native\, currently a Resident Artist at PCPA in California\, and happy to be working in arts and wellness education. After receiving an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University\, he harvested a passion for teaching and creating work that necessitates change in the voice and body.  He works as a facilitator\, choreographer\, voice coach\, meditation guide\, and actor. He has over 20 years of experience in west African dance and teaches movement and voice at youth shelters and to at-risk communities all over the country\, especially in this virtual teaching revolution. Some of his recent and favorite acting credits include; Will Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love\, Algernon in Importance of Being Earnest\, Fredrick Douglass in The Agitators\, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid\, and Belize in Angels in America.  For more updates and collaboration opportunities\, you can connect with him on IG via @blackbassclef or LinkedIn. \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator.
URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-29-approaches-to-teaching-foreign-language-accents-2/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:WEBINAR
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
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