American Accent Workshop
Melbourne Acting Academy is at it again, offering the best course's at the cheapest cost to performers. This time we are offering an American Accent Workshop with the most sort after dialect coach in Australia.
This course consists of six sessions to be conducted over four weeks totaling 16 hours of class time. The first two weeks will comprise twice weekly sessions of two hours duration. Weeks 3 and 4 will comprise of one three hour session each week.
The initial sessions will approach the fundamentals of the accent and approach the aural, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of accent acquisition.
The accent to be studied will be standard American however the process studied will give participants a greater understanding of accent analysis which will enable them to approach regional U.S accents..
In order for participants to experience the challenge of maintaining accent while dealing with demands of the text, both monologues and scenes will be used in the sessions. Authenticity requires the actor to embody the accent and this course aims to provide participants not only with that experience but also with a process that they can understand and apply.
C@Suzanne Heywood 2009
Dates
April: 27th, 29th Time: 6:30 - 8:30
May 4th, 6th, 13th and 20th Time: 6:30 - 9:30
Venue: The Hub
17 Waterview Walk, Docklands (near the corner of Bourke Street and Harbour Esplanade - look for the giant rabbit sculpture)
Melway reference: 2E H7
Cost: $330
To confirm a place please email Patrick at patrick.constantinou@yahoo.com.au with full name and contact details. (a 50% deposit is required. payment details will be sent out)
Cheers,
Patrick
0424 783 813
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Suzanne Heywood - Biography |
Susanne Heywood began her career in the theatre as a child performer playing Helen Keller in J.C. Williamsons' production of "The Miracle Worker" and continued to work extensively in theatre and television.. As an adult she became interested in teaching and completed post-graduate studies in London and New York and a Masters degree from Melbourne University .
Suzanne has worked extensively in theatre, film and television as a dialogue coach. Theatre: "The Crucible", "M Butterfly", "Racing Demons", "Great Expectations"., for M.T..C. and "Girl Talk" for Hit Productions. Television: "Something in the Air", "Simone de Beauvoir's Babies", "Raw FM" and the mini series "Curtain" for the A.B..C. "Horace and Tina" and " Treasure Island " for Jonathon Schiff and provides ongoing consultancy for Channel 10's "Neighbours". She has been voice consultant for the Nine Network and The Australian Ballet Company. Feature films include "Heartbreak Kid", "The Ripper", "Dead Letter Office", "Wee Jimmy" and the recently released "This Dying Breed". Musical theatre is a particular interest and she was resident dialogue/dialect coach on "Sunset Boulevard", "Chicago", "Cabaret", "Mama Mia", "The Wizard of Oz", "The Full Monty", "The Lion King" and "Dirty Dancing" where she was also acting coach and spent 18 months touring with the show. She was most recently dialogue/dialect coach for "High School Musical".
She has coached many of our leading performers, including Hugh Jackman, Debra Byrne, Caroline O'Connor, Vince Colossimo, Alex Dimitriades, Delta Goodrem, Nikki Webster, Jacki Weaver, Lisa McCune, Claudia Karvan and Essie Davis as well as international artists Patrick Bergen, Gabriel Byrnne and George de Hoya.
She has taught at Melbourne University as lecturer in Drama, the VCA as lecturer in Voice and been a guest teacher at NIDA, the National, Ballarat, RMIT and LTrobe Universities .
