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Level Up! Fest 2024: Acting into the Voice

When
12 Nov 2024
2:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Location
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
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Registration

NAFA/LASALLE Student & Alumni Discount - $20
All NIE, LASALLE, NAFA students and alumni enjoy 20% off the original price.
SDEA Member - $20
All SDEA Members enjoy 20% off the original price.
Standard - $25

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In this immersive two part workshop acting and voice faculty will guide participants through the integration of acting skills and vocal techniques in order to create short improvised scenes.

In the first part of the workshop there is a focus on spontaneity, creativity and extending a personal range of expression through acting exercises based on the work of Michael Chekhov. Using the first part as a foundation, the second part extends this expressive freedom into vocal production including voice care, expressive speaking and performing text so that it can be understood end enjoyed by an audience.

Participants in this workshop need not be actors, and it is suited to educators who are genuinely interested in exploring expressive communication and how acting and voice skills can be useful additions to making a drama classroom dynamic and inspiring for both teachers and students.

About the Facilitators

Andrew J Mowatt is a theatre educator, actor, and facilitator. Andrew has worked extensively in various contexts as a teacher and practitioner. Andrew’s specialized focus is the training of young actors and has a particular interest in teaching Stanislavski in innovative and relevant ways for local theatre students. A keen researcher Andrew holds an MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice from Lasalle/Goldsmiths as well as an MEd in Drama from NIE in Singapore. As the Singapore theatre education scene continues to evolve and develop, it is critical to enable young people to choose relevant pathways, as an actor trainer Andrew is committed to creating these opportunities by researching and practicing both as an actor and as a teacher of the craft.

Tajiyah Sulwana

TajiyahSulwana is currently taking an MFA in Voice Studies: Teaching And Coaching at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is a graduate of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts’ Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Performance Making (validated by University of the Arts London) where she received First Class Honours. She also is a recipient of the LBKM Prestigious Postgraduate Scholarship and the Margetta Bundy Education Award. She is a performer, performance maker and drama educator. Her personal practice revolves around evoking conversations of change through performances and through the voice. She experiments with voicework and voice technique as a devising tool to create.

Recent works include Grief Chorus (Complicite Theatre), Sit Down Tragedy (Frantic Assembly), SainouStory (SainouSpace), Journey to Nowhere (The Finger Players) and 0.01 (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival/NAFA).

Discounts

SDEA Member's Discount

All SDEA Members enjoy 20% off the original price.
*This discount is not stackable with the NIE/LASALLE/NAFA Student & Alumni Discount

NAFA/LASALLE Student & Alumni Discount

All NAFA and LASALLE students and alumni enjoy 20% off the original price.
*This discount is not stackable with the SDEA Member's Discount.

Level Up! Fest 2024

Level Up! Fest 2024 is a learning festival specially curated for the Drama CCA Instructors and Teachers-in-charge. It will address some of the sector’s competency gaps, advance capabilities of educators and encourage the development of holistic Drama CCA experiences for students in today's world.

This year, Level Up! Fest is presented in partnership with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE).

Gain new knowledge and strategies from 2 workshops designed and facilitated by faculty members from NAFA School of Arts Management, Dance & Theatre and LASALLE School of Dance and Theatre.

SDEA is a Registered Charity from 20 February 2020 and is a recipient of the National Arts Council’s Major Company Scheme
for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2025.

Singapore Drama Educators Association is a registered charity (UEN: T02SS0123G)
90 Goodman Road, Blk B #04-02 Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore 439053
Phone: +65 6345 6997