WINTER 2025
CLASSES
“The actor must crave insecurity, the unknown, the uncharted boundaries of imagination, because traveling along that edge leads to the promised land of creativity.”
Kristin Linklater – Freeing the Natural Voice
warm-ups
The discipline and tactile pleasure of stretching and elasticizing one’s body, of freeing the breath, and gathering the resonance of the sound vibrations in the bony hollows of the body; of undoing specific tensions in the jaw, tongue and larynx; of awakening the full sweep of one’s vocal range, and engaging the lively economy of the articulators may seem on one level as the routine of little actions, but on a deeper level it is carving out time and space in our busy day to truly meet ourselves – to be fully present in our whole being.
Our Online Warm-Ups are drop-in sessions - come as often as you like, and pay as you go.
The In-Person Warm-Ups are not drop-ins - participants will register for all six sessions.
ONLINE DROP-IN WARM-UPS
Teacher: Andrea Haring
Designated Linklater Teacher
Saturdays 10 am - 10:50 am
(Eastern Time Zone, USA)
January 18 - March 8
8 Sessions
Fee: $20 per session - pay as you go
Location: Online
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In-person WARM-UPS
Teacher: Sara Buffamanti
Designated Linklater Teacher
Mondays 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
(Eastern Time Zone, USA)
January 27 - March 3
6 Sessions
Fee: $175
Location: TBA
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VOICE Level 1 class
Teacher: Dianna Cortez
Designated Linklater Teacher
Tuesdays 6 pm - 7:40 pm
(Eastern Time Zone, USA)
January 14 - March 4
8 Sessions
Fee: $295
Location: Online
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Relaxation and release is essential to opening, freeing and ultimately strengthening your voice. In this initial class, you will become aware of the habitual tensions your voice and body carry and beginning to undo them. This is the first step to freeing your breath and vibrations of sound. As your voice loosens, the next step is to develop resonance by sensing and spreading the vibrations through the bony hollows of your body.
Once this connection is established we can address the deeper tensions that develop in the jaw, larynx, and tongue, encouraging your sigh to find a free and focused pathway beyond those restraints that filter your message. By giving your sigh of vibrations a clear passageway from the lower body up through to the mouth, you will be ready to begin to strengthen the voice and activate more expressiveness with the resonating ladder.
In Voice 1 you will contact the chest, the mouth, and the teeth resonators and blend to find a warm, relaxed and focused connection between your thoughts, feelings and your voice.
FELDENKRAIS: BREATH & POSTURE
Teacher: Tamala Bakkensen
Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®
Designated Linklater Teacher
Certified Michael Chekhov Teacher
Wednesdays 6 pm - 7 pm
(Eastern Time Zone, USA)
January 15 - February 19
6 Sessions
Fee: $160
Location: Online
“The muscles that articulate words must be freed from limiting conditioning and made responsive and agile enough to reflect the agility of the mind…A sensitive performer will want a voice that serves the desire to communicate.”
Kristin Linklater, Freeing the Natural Voice
Tamala Bakkensen integrates the groundbreaking teachings of Kristin Linklater and Moshe Feldenkrais to help you liberate your body and release your natural voice. Through healthier, more enjoyable, and intelligent movement, you’ll discover new ways to express yourself. The transformative Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Lessons® will illuminate how your spine and skeletal alignment can provide powerful vocal support.
In this series, we’ll explore how to cultivate greater freedom in breathing by deepening the connection between your spine, ribs, and breathing muscles - all in harmony with gravity. Whether lying down, sitting, standing, walking, or running, you’ll discover the natural rhythm of your breath and its vital role in supporting your daily life.
Learn to move with mindful awareness,sensing and releasing habitual patterns of tension and muscular effort. By embracing this practice, you’ll not only embody meaningful change but also unlock your potential to breathe and move with greater ease, joy, and freedom in everything you do.
ACCELERATED VOICE LEVEL 2
Teacher: Brett Radke
Designated Linklater Teacher
Thursdays 6 pm - 7:40 pm
(Eastern Time Zone, USA)
January 16 - February 20
6 Sessions
Fee: $230
Location: Online
This class is meant for those who have taken voice before and would like to strengthen their full range of resonance, expand their breath capacity, and wake up their articulation in order to find a bridge to speaking their text in a clearer, and livelier way. Each class will take you through an embodied warm-up geared towards freeing and opening your voice that releases throat, tongue and jaw tensions, develops more breath capacity, and strengthens your full vocal range.
Then you’ll focus on invigorating the muscles of your mouth that contribute to economical articulation, and connect to the tactile sensation of consonants by playing with tongue twisters so you are ready to speak your text clearly and expressively.