Our second day has started! We began with physical warm ups on the Blackfriars stage. Our campers had a guest teaching artist this morning - ASC actor Allison Glenzer. She lead our aspiring actors in a vocal exercise workshop. Campers warmed up their voices and wiggled their bodies with Linklater technique exercises, and stretched their faces and mouth. Campers learned good projection techniques so audience members in the back of the theater can hear them.
After vocal exercises, campers walked back to the Mary Baldwin campus for MacBeth rehearsal. Campers split up into their casts and continued to learn their lines and block their scenes. By now, campers are familiar with the different parts of a stage and stage directions (including the difference between right and stage right). Some of our campers even learned basic stage combat!
Next was music class, taught by Jeanette. Our campers prepared their singing voices with scales and tongue twisters. After singing warm ups, campers learned the choruses of the popular songs “We Are Young” and “I Set Fire to the Rain”. Jeanette also taught campers about rhythm with tambourines and drums, and acting through song. Campers sang loud and lovely!
- Liz Perash
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