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Academics
Faculty
Courses
Courses
Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive
up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.
Acting—Spring Semester
(Boston University Students only)
CFA DR 316 Voice and Speech/LAMDA
Students will develop an understanding of vocal anatomy and physiology
(with particular reference to the organs of speech), an understanding
of the International Phonetic Alphabet and Cardinal Vowels, as well as
analysis of their own accents. In addition, students will develop knowledge
and practice of Stage Standard English (Received Pronunciation), release
of unhelpful vocal tension, develop an understanding of clear articulation,
and the ability to phonetically transcribe nonsense words. 3 cr.
CFA DR 326 Acting Restoration/LAMDA
Students in these courses will develop a sustained focus in class work, rehearsals and scene showings, while learning to translate feelings and experience into characterization. Emphasis is placed on awareness of weight, space and time with respect to character, as well as liberated imagination, to develop freedom to explore a character. Improvisation and short scene study develop awareness of different classical styles of play writing, with research and presentation of different social relationships. Creating and sustaining characters and action in European and British plays, especially those of Molière, Restoration authors, Chekhov, and Shaw. Emphasis on organic interrelation of acting, speech, and movement. The actor explores deeply the demands made by form and content of each script. 3 cr.
CFA DR 327 Acting Shakespeare/LAMDA
Students in these courses will develop a sustained focus in class work, rehearsals
and scene showings, while learning to translate feelings and experience into
characterization. Emphasis is placed on awareness of weight, space and time with
respect to character, as well as liberated imagination, to develop freedom to
explore a character. Improvisation and short scene study develop awareness of
different classical styles of play writing, with research and presentation of
different social relationships.
Creating and sustaining characters and action
in European and British plays, especially those of Molière, Restoration
authors, Chekhov, and Shaw. Emphasis on organic interrelation of acting, speech,
and movement. The actor explores deeply the demands made by form and content
of each script. 4 cr.
CFA DR 338 Movement/LAMDA
This course will help students develop group interaction skills, focus
skills, physical strength and posture, while encouraging disciplined
skills in free movement and suspend and fall. Students will work on stretching,
extending and strengthening skills, as well as retention and attention
to detail in movement and dance. Further training involves complicit
play and understanding of rhythms, interpretive movement improvisation,
basic stage combat, technical movement in relation to mime, and comedic
character movements. It explores various styles of movement. Further
works in alexander techniques and improvisation supplement the teaching. 3 cr.
CFA DR 339 Historic Dance/LAMDA
Utilizing the foundation of movement, students will develop an understanding
of the dances and social background of the Elizabethan period, the 17th
through the 19th Centuries with sessions devoted to Flamenco. Students
will develop spatial awareness, period empathy with respect to the techniques,
poise and deportment, as well as achieving a recognition of poor posture,
muscular tension, and release of energy and anxiety levels in a constructive
way. Styles of dance including commedia dell'arte, court dance, and
other period forms will be explored. 3 cr.
For more information on the London LAMDA program, please visit: www.bu-london.co.uk/lamda.html
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Faculty
Pamela Barnard, Licentiate, Royal Academy of Music, Speech and Drama;
Certificate in Diction and Drama, London University; Certificate, International
Phonetic Association. She is a Senior Voice Tutor at LAMDA and an Honorary
Fellow at Trinity College of Music, London. She has directed and taught
at Citrus College (Los Angeles) and the University of Connecticut,
as well as guest directed at Boston University. She has also directed
many public performances and workshops and was the Head of the Voice
Department at LAMDA from 1973- 1996.
John Bashford, Post Graduate Diploma in Directing,
National Institute of Dramatic Art (U.N.S.W., Sydney, Australia); Diploma
in Professional Theatre, LAMDA; Certificate of Stage Fighting, Society
of British Fight Directors. He is currently a Text & Acting Teacher
at LAMDA teaching First and Second Year students. He also directs extensively,
working with students of all years at LAMDA. Other directing credits
include The Peter Hall Co. (Assistant Director), Warehouse Theatre
Co. and the Griffin Theatre Co.
Rodney Cottier, Actor Training, LAMDA; HNDH&C
and MHCIMA, Brookes University (formerly Oxford Polytechnic). He is
currently the Drama Administrator and has taught acting, stage combat,
and text at LAMDA for seventeen years as well as guest directed at
both Citrus College (Los Angeles) and the University of Connecticut.
He also has a wide range of professional stage credits as Fight Director
for performances held throughout the United Kingdom, including Shakespeare's
Globe.
Anne Durham, Royal Ballet School; Associated Arts School; Qualified
teacher of Alexander Technique. She is currently the Head of Movement
at LAMDA as well as a first year tutor, teaching Pure Movement, Applied
Movement, Choreography, and Direction. In addition to teaching at LAMDA,
she has taught at the University of Connecticut, Citrus College in California
and the LAMDA Summer Workshop in Los Angeles. She has also performed
in many theatres in the UK and as a dancer in Sweden and Germany.
Glynn Macdonald, Certified Practitioner, Neuro Linguistic Programming;
Movement Training, Tessa Marwick, London; Alexander Technique Training,
Constructive Teaching Centre; BA, University of Queensland, Australia.
She is currently an Alexander Technique tutor for the Second Year and
Post Graduate students at LAMDA. She has taught the Alexander Technique
at the Royal College of Music, Central School of Speech and Drama, as
well as the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has also led workshops
on the Alexander Technique in England, Germany, Holland, Israel, Poland,
the United States, and Denmark in addition to lecturing extensively in
England.
Robert Macdonald, MA, Diploma, Central School of Speech and Drama;
Alexander Technique Teacher Training, Constructive Training Centre; Postgraduate
Acting Diploma, LAMDA; BA, York University (Canada). He is a Senior
Voice Tutor and Alexander Technique Teacher at LAMDA and has taught in
England, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United
States. He has directed plays in Denmark and England and has published
in his field.
Diana Scrivener, Licentiate, Royal Academy of Dancing;
Teacher Training, Royal Academy of Dance. She is currently a Historical
Dance Instructor for First Year and Post Graduate students at LAMDA.
She has also taught at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama as well as the Central School
of Speech & Drama. She is a freelance dance teacher and choreographer
specialising in History of Dance, and conducts workshops in Development
of Social Dancing from the 11th to 18th centuries. She has performed
both in London and in France, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands and Belgium
and was the assistant Choreographer on the film Elizabeth starring Cate
Blanchett.
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