Do you wish your voice sounded or felt to you more like…you?
Join voice teacher and theater artist Julia Kelly to cultivate your awareness of the whole-bodymind experience it is to free the voice within you and release it out into the world. Linklater voice work is akin to powerful healing modalities for easeful, functional movement like Alexander and Feldenkrais; it is a deeply researched progression of guided somatic exercises for the health and wellness of the voice.
We’ll explore foundational concepts of Linklater voice work: cultivating physical awareness, finding relaxation for easeful breath, freeing vibration in the body and developing resonance. This exploration begins in a personal sphere; it won’t be necessary to memorize text or give monologues to the room.
Come investigate the beautiful complexity of our everyday speech in a curiosity-driven, low-stakes, safe space. Learn why great performers like Sir Patrick Stewart and Bernadette Peters have trusted in Linklater methods– taught across leading New York City acting programs for decades– but skip the audition!
No experience necessary. This workshop welcomes learners at all levels who seek a more connected relationship with their speaking voice.
Pricing
$25
Please note: All classes & workshops are subject to 4.5% NYC sales tax.
About the Instructor
Julia Kelly
Julia Kelly is a ten-year veteran performer and director with Third Rail Projects– hailed among the foremost companies creating experiential multidisciplinary theater in the United States. With Third Rail she has given over one thousand live performances in New York and coached countless more. Her teaching is informed by this craft and the Linklater, Alexander, Feldenkrais and Body-Mind Centering® approaches to wellness that have kept her whole.
Julia has completed over 400 hours of Linklater study and teacher training through the Linklater Center for Voice and Language. She is an alumna of Barnard College of Columbia University and studied with the Moscow Art Theater, faculty of the Juilliard Dance and Drama Divisions and with the Movement Theater Studio (Lecoq). As a dancer she was invited to train alongside artists of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal and toured with the Limón Dance Company.
The child of two clinical social workers, Julia is deeply invested in the self-actualization of human beings of all orientations to our world and values empathy and play. She believes that pleasure and ease are great teachers and that our potential for growth is boundless in a safe space. Julia lives in Windsor Terrace with several of her other greatest teachers: her partner, her toddler and two excellent cats.