Humanities Reference
Level 5
Hours: M-Th: 8am-9pm;
F: 8am-6pm; Sat:10am-6pm
801.422.4006
humref@byu.edu
PREREQUISITE: BFA acting or acting pre-major status; or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION: Foundational exercises to aid in freeing tensions, habits/patterns, and finding the natural state of the voice. Lab required. Introduction to the use of Standard American Stage Dialect with International Phonetic Alphabet. Identification of speech/articulation problems.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Students will practice voice production techniques, including Fitzmaurice and Linklater methods, identifying a "personal voice", integrating voice work, acting technique, emotional dexterity, use of impulses , and self-discovery in performance.
Students will deconstruct areas of physical and emotional tension and apply restructured breathing and speaking techniques.
Students will identify and articulate key characteristics of the International Phonetic Alphabet and the Standard American Stage Dialect and integrate the Standard American Stage Dialect into acting performance.
Students will self-evaluate individual progress and performance, practice effective and supportive vocal coaching and peer evaluation, and apply professional work habits.
Begin to deconstruct areas of physical and emotional tension and apply restructuring breathing techniques to text
Have a greater awareness of their own bodies address individual problems which can inhibit sound through specific exercises
Gain greater self-awareness and acceptance of their “holistic” self without judgment
Increase emotional vulnerability in their acting
Increase breath capacity for power and support in monologue work
Develop a larger concept of spirituality which includes use of their bodies and voices awell as their spirits; emulate gospel principles in their art as well as in their lives