Festival Courses Voice and the Alexander Technique

Festival Courses
Voice and the
Alexander Technique
A Two-Day
Practical Workshop
for Speech-Language
Pathologists
ANTONI CIMOLINO
General Director
DES McANUFF
Artistic Director
Cover photo: company member Jewelle Blackman rehearsing Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Our goal is to provide a comfortable
and creative workshop environment
where we may share the tradition
of voice and movement work in the
theatre with the professional world
of speech-language pathologists.
The small group format will ensure
each individual has ample time for
exploration and application of the
practical work.
October 1 and 2
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Registration opens May 3
Janine Pearson is Head of Voice and Coaching for
the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. She coordinates
a team of specialist coaches who serve the company
in meeting the physical and vocal demands of staging
the plays in repertory, and teaches for the Festival’s
Education and Conservatory programs. During her
tenure Janine was also Head of Voice and, finally,
Associate Artistic Director of the English section of the
National Theatre School of Canada (Montreal). She
is presently on the advisory council of Ryerson University’s department
of dance and theatre and the board of directors of Toronto’s Centre for
the Arts. She has taught and given workshops across Canada, in the
U.S. and in London (England) to actors, singers, educators, politicians,
clergy and business people. Presently, she serves as a dialect/dialogue
coach on the new CBC series The Republic of Doyle. She looks forward to
returning to HB Studios (New York) and working with the Shakespeare by
the Sea company (Newfoundland). Janine holds an ADVS from the Central
School of Speech and Drama (London), B.Music and BFA degrees from
the University of Regina and an associate diploma in singing from the
University of Alberta (Edmonton).
Lori Holmes is a respected speech-language
pathologist with over 20 years of experience,
integrating a solid background in science with
practical experience in training the voice. For 10
years she has been an integral part of the Festival’s
coaching team, where her combined skills are brought
to support the challenges of the performing voice. A
dynamic speaker, she provides workshops in voice
care and training for various professionals throughout
Ontario. She is an ongoing presenter with the Artist’s Health Centre
(Toronto), providing workshops and lectures to professional artists and
students in training. In London, her private practice, WellSpoken, provides
voice, speech and fluency therapy as well as services in communication
skills, accent reduction and voice rehabilitation for actors. She currently
teaches the graduate course in voice and voice disorders to speechlanguage
pathology students at the University of Western Ontario, lectures
to the otolaryngology residents at the Schulich School of Medicine and
is the speech-language pathologist in the Vocal Function Clinic, London
Health Sciences Centre. Lori obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in
communication disorders and a Master of Science degree in speechlanguage
pathology from the University of Western Ontario.
Kelly McEvenue has 28 Festival seasons as a
teacher of the Alexander Technique and movement
coach. She instructs for the Birmingham Conservatory
and the Festival Education programs. Kelly is an
Associate Artist with Soulpepper Theatre Company,
coaching both the Academy and the acting company.
She is a faculty member in the theatre performance
program at Humber College and was recently invited
to teach the Actors Conservatory at the Canadian
Film Centre. A career highlight was coaching Mirvish Productions’ The
Lion King. Internationally, she has assisted renowned voice teacher
Patsy Rodenburg in international workshops for voice teachers, and
has taught at the Guildhall in the U.K. She is a guest artist at Interlochen
School for Performing Arts and Wayne State University. Engaged by Hunt
Communication, Kelly has taught performance and communication skills
to lawyers, bankers, judges and politicians. A movement consultant for
numerous films and television programs, she coached Shawn Ashmore
to play Terry Fox in Shaftesbury Films’ Terry. She assisted film director
Jeremy Podeswa on script and character development workshops for his
films The Five Senses and Fugitive Pieces. Kelly is the author of The Actor
and the Alexander Technique.

8:30 a.m.
Registration
9 a.m.
Opening remarks and welcome
– Lori Holmes and Janine Pearson
9:15 a.m.
Alexander’s story and an introduction
to the technique – Kelly McEvenue
Noon
Lunch break
1:15 p.m.
Alexander Technique continued
2:45 p.m.
Break
Day One FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
3 to 4:30 p.m.
Voice class: How does the Alexander
Technique apply to voice work?
– Janine Pearson
Day Two SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 Registration
9 a.m.
Alexander and movement: How do they
work together? – Kelly McEvenue
Noon
Lunch break
1:15 p.m.
Voice class: Experiencing voice work with
a body that is available – Janine Pearson
2:30 p.m.
How does this work apply to the
speech-language pathologist’s practice?
– Lori Holmes
3 to 3:30 p.m.
Wrap-up session – Lori Holmes
and Janine Pearson
Participants are encouraged to wear loose-fitting clothing
appropriate for movement and being up and down on the
floor. Layers, for warmth, may be important. All classes are
practical and experiential.
Company member Barbara Fulton
Limited enrollment:
16 participants
Cost: $325 (includes HST)
Register online at
stratfordshakespearefestival.
com/education
The Festival offers credit (no refunds) for
cancellations before September 1, 2010.
A processing fee of $35 will be deducted
from the credit.
Questions about registration?
Call 519.271.0055, ext. 2319.
Questions about course
content? Call Lori Holmes
at 519.439.5575.