Tamala Bakkensen

Tamala is a New York based Actor, director, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher and speech/dialect coach, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® and movement teacher/coach. She has taught courses in Linklater Voice, speech & dialects, movement, acting, Feldenkrais, Shakespeare and public speaking, for Boston University, Trinity College, Lehman College, Pace University, Molloy University’s Cap21, The Feldenkrais Institute of NY, HB Studios, The Studio Conservatory, New York Conservatory, Mary Baldwin College MFA, SUNY Purchase Art of Control Studio, UCSD, as well as classes, workshops and private students throughout NYC. She is on the faculty for The Linklater Center, Lehman College and TheatreForAll; the first US actor training program for actors with disabilities. She has trained in Lecoq, clown/commedia and mask work and has studied with renowned performers in Bali. She coaches actors privately as well as on stage and set. A member of Actor’s Equity and SAG/AFTRA, Tamala has performed Off-Broadway, regionally, on national tour, motion capture and network television. She's worked at Sing Sing Prison as a member of Rehabilitation Through the Arts. Her work with her students is a synthesis of her years of teaching and training in the The Linklater Voice Technique, Speech and Phonetic Pillows, The Feldenkrais Method and several movement techniques. She is a member of VASTA, AEA, SAG-AFTRA and The Feldenkrais Guild of North America®. Tamala holds an MFA in Acting Performance from UCSD as well as a BFA in Acting with a minor in music from Florida International University in Miami.