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Anatomy of the Larynx

Something technical, just for a change. My colleagues at VASTA posted a link to this tutorial on Facebook, and it is just the most wonderful resource:  one episode in a collection of clear, detailed tutorials on the anatomy of the larynx.

I know some people find it challenging to deal with the “how it works” part of the voice. I’m not one of them, I just love to know how things work, how the different parts of the body interact and support each other – collaborate, indeed – to give us the actions we call our own.

So please, watch, listen and learn. Follow up with the next tutorial, and the next, but don’t get bogged down in the technical terms, just let them become familiar over time. Slow cooking.

And remember, these are not tutorials in how to do things with your voice, they are explanations of what happens when YOU do things – like speak, sing, hum, sigh, groan, cry, laugh and much much more – with your voice.

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And Now For Something Completely Different!

News just in… I am about to head over to the UK for a 10 month stint teaching voice at E15 Acting School.  It’s impossible to tell you just how excited I am.June Meme 01

First, of course, there is my upcoming solo show, “Yes, Because…” which opens at the New Globe Theatre, 220 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, 6th, 7th and 8th September at 7.00 pm.  Tickets are now on sale online at Trybooking or you can contact me directly, with your phone number and I will call you back to take your booking.  This is a show about acting, touring, ageing, parenting, and – of course – Shakespeare!

And I am still working with the delightful film students at FilmTV Studio International for another couple of weeks, and with the first year acting students at QUT until just before I leave.

Private students may continue to work with me via Skype while I am away.  As well as teaching into this amazing course (E15 was  the highest ranked drama school in the UK in a recent National Survey), I’ll be catching up on the latest movement in voice and actor training in the UK and Europe, and soaking up as much theatre as I possibly can. So when I come back next year, there will be much to share.

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