Category: Acting
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Acting Coach Larry Moss Does Not Need a Buffoonery Workshop..
Okay… it’s a long title but it needs to be said. I have just spent three amazing days auditing, witnessing, observing, absorbing, laughing, crying, taking notes, processing, confirming, squirming, cheer-leading, supporting, holding my breath, thinking and agreeing at the Larry Moss Workshop by Vancouver Acting School. No, Larry Moss, well known American acting coach, does…
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Opening To The Alexander Technique…
A few weeks ago I decided it was time for me to try out the Alexander Technique, a unique body awareness practice that I had heard about for years. People I knew had followed it with positive effects. Still, I really had no idea what it was, or how you “did it”, until now. (And,…
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A Letter to Lynn Redgrave….
Dear Lynn, Monday morning, May 3rd, I received a text message from a friend that said, “I thought of you this morning when I heard on the news about Lynn Redgrave.” News? What news? My heart instantly sank and I jumped on the Internet to confirm my worst fear. “Lynn Redgrave died peacefully in her…
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World Theatre Day…and more!
Today marks World Theatre Day, and it also marks exactly one year since I started this blog. Despite being here a year, I still feel like a newbie who desires to write more frequently, and explore more (hopefully that feeling will last forever). In the meantime, I would like to wish you all a very…
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As We Like It…. hopefully, “As YOU Like It”…
I have been busy in the last few weeks juggling fall preparations with rehearsals for Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” directed by Neil Freeman for First Impressions Theatre at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre in Deep Cove, British Columbia. I’ve been mini-blogging with twitter but have neglected my homey blog and I’ve missed this place!!…
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Create Your Own Door, & Open It…
When one door closes, another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Alexander Graham Bell Thank you for the great quote Mr. Bell. Lately, I’ve been thinking about those opening and closing doors. I’ve been…
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Do You Use Music to Enhance Your Creative Process?
Lately I’ve been thinking about the power of music and it’s presence in the creative process. Do you use it any way to help you with your work? Or do you need silence in order to create? When I designed my bouffon workshop I tapped into a line up of music that supported each step…
