“The workshop was an amazing opportunity to come back to Linklater training and work specifically with the middle of the voice. I discovered things about resonances and their relationship to text”.
Voice & Speech: Louis Colaianni
Format
The 30-hour workshop runs 7 hours a day Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - and Saturday morning. Thursday is a day off for sight-seeing or rest.
Content
Kristin Linklater has invited Louis Colaianni to teach a workshop that combines her Linklater Voice work with his revolutionary approach to speech and phonetics. Louis’ book is The Joy of Phonetics and Accents and he invented an embodied process for learning phonetics and exploring accents with Phonetic Pillows. His work is, indeed, joyful, as his beautifully expressive small “pillows” fly through the air and are embraced. The soft, colorful, three-dimensional IPA- shaped pillows represent each of the IPA phonetic symbols. Colaianni's phonetic pillows move the IPA learning process from the page to the whole body and exemplifies the efficacy of experiential and multisensory learning.
This is a physical experience of Accents and Dialects for actors, teachers, voice and speech professionals and all those who have a passion and fascination for the infinite variety of the way people speak. The approach provides a step-by-step process for learning a diversity of American, English and foreign accents. The workshop will show you how to acquire many accents with self-sufficiency. This is an opportunity to learn a skill, take it with you, and meet the professional and artistic demands of language transformation. Whether you are preparing for an accent role, honing auditions pieces with accents, building your accent repertoire and gaining versatility, or guiding others in these pursuits, this workshop will meet the need. Actors, singers, teachers, public speakers, English learners, and all those interested in language are welcome.
Bring:
Loose clothing for work. No belt. No jeans.
Accommodation & Food
You will be housed at the Voice Centre in our purpose-built Bothy. All rooms are single occupancy with shared toilet/shower facilities.
We try to cater for a variety of diets. However, please restrict any requests for special dietary needs to allergy and medical requirements and not lifestyle preferences. Our produce is local and free range where possible but not organic. For additional food information please see our FAQs HERE.
Duration
The workshop offers a minimum of 30 hours tuition time.
Sunday:
Please plan your arrival to be at the Voice Centre for 6pm for a welcome dinner and orientation. You will be collected from the ferry or airport and taken to the Centre (please note travel times: 45 mins from airport, 20 mins from ferry).
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday:
These are your core working days.
Classes run from 9.00am - 1.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm.
There will be a two-hour lunch break from 1.00pm - 3.00pm.
The evening meal will be served at around 6.30pm.
Thursday:
This is a day for study and relaxation, either staying home at the Centre or out exploring Orkney. Breakfast will be available as normal but lunch and dinner will not be provided. You may cook for yourself or eat out at a restaurant. Thursday’s plans will be arranged once you are here.
Saturday:
There will be a final morning session of voice work 9.00-12.00.
Departures are about 12 noon.
Qualifications for attendance:
No previous training necessary. Fluent ENOUGH in English to follow Louis' instruction.
If you are unsure if you fulfil the prerequisites for your chosen workshop please contact us.
How to Apply
Please have a current photo (less than 1MB in size] and your current CV available before beginning your booking.
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You must now complete a profile page. You will be asked to complete personal data for invoicing, upload your CV and give a brief statement of why you want to participate in this workshop.
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Please Note:
- There are several compulsory fields which must be completed to proceed, including successful upload of a photograph and CV.
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- Due to browser timeouts we recommend that you save frequently to avoid losing information.
- Once you have completed the general information you can return at any time using your username and password to add any further information. All workshops completed at KLVC are recorded within your profile page. Please ensure your CV records any Linklater Voice workshops completed out-with KLVC. This will ensure we can match the prerequisites required for the advanced workshops.
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- Once the administration team have received your online booking they shall check that you have the prerequisites required for your chosen workshop. They may be in touch for additional information or to discuss your application. The deposits placed at the end of the online booking process are only captured once your application has been successful and refunded if you are not successful. Should you have a query or require any guidance feel free to contact us – we are very happy to help.
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For online workshops
Once you have been accepted on to a workshop and your deposit captured, the deposit of £30 is non-refundable.
The balance due on your workshop fee is to be paid in full 14 days prior to the workshop start date.
If you cancel more than 14 days before the workshop start date KLVC Ltd will retain your deposit (all deposits non-refundable) but it can be allocated to another workshop.
If you cancel in the last 14 days and KLVC can not fill your place we shall retain your deposit and the remaining balance paid on your workshop. There will be no option to allocate your deposit/balance fee to another workshop.
KLVC Ltd reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any workshop or event at any time. Should the reschedule dates or alternative offered by KLVC Ltd not be suitable to you we shall refund any balance payments made by yourself but KLVC Ltd will retain the non-refundable deposit.
For residential workshops
Once you have been accepted on to a workshop and your deposit captured, the deposit of £100 is non-refundable.
The balance due on your workshop fee is to be paid in full 30 days prior to the workshop start date.
If you cancel more than 30 days before the workshop start date KLVC Ltd will retain your deposit (all deposits non-refundable) but it can be allocated to another workshop.
If you cancel in the last 30 days and KLVC can not fill your place we shall retain your deposit and the remaining balance paid on your workshop. There will be no option to allocate your deposit/balance fee to another workshop.
KLVC Ltd reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any workshop or event at any time. Should the reschedule dates or alternative offered by KLVC Ltd not be suitable to you we shall refund any balance payments made by yourself but KLVC Ltd will retain the non-refundable deposit.
Travel Arrangements
Please ensure that when making your travel arrangements you have suitable insurance to cover any other losses associated with your trip as KLVC LTD do not take any responsibility for any additional costs.
Dietary requirements
KLVC Ltd do our best to accommodate any dietary requirements based on the information given at application. But we cannot guarantee that all foods are 100% allergen free.
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DATES
DURATION
1 Week
LOCATION
Kristin Linklater Voice Centre, OrkneyPRICE
£882.00 inc VAT
*Total cost £882.00 = Workshop fee £870, Booking fee £12.00