Beginners Please http://arkadina.com "I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come." - Abraham Lincoln Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:26:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Training Week in Brief (2010-08-29) http://arkadina.com/technique/the-training-week-in-brief-2010-08-29/ http://arkadina.com/technique/the-training-week-in-brief-2010-08-29/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:26:00 +0000 Madame Arkadina http://arkadina.com/technique/the-training-week-in-brief-2010-08-29/

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]]> http://arkadina.com/technique/the-training-week-in-brief-2010-08-22/feed/ 0 Lesson of the Week. http://arkadina.com/voice/singing/lesson-of-the-week/ http://arkadina.com/voice/singing/lesson-of-the-week/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:35:08 +0000 Madame Arkadina http://arkadina.com/?p=46

My Lesson of the Week: When I sing I sound like a bloke. Stop trying to change it.

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  • RT @NightMusicBway: "You gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?" – Bernadette Peters #
  • RT @guardianculture Clint Eastwood joins fight to save UK Film Council http://bit.ly/c0I24a #
  • RT @CoCreatorRadio: "I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings."- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart #
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I seem to have lost my confidence again.

I’ll sit down to blog and instantly think it’s too silly, too revealing, too inappropriate or too anything else to be worth posting. Or else, as Joyce Grenfell once said of drying on stage, I go blank and all I can think of is “my own rear view in slacks!”

I’m not sure if this is chronic or transient, I hope the latter, but regardless of the blogging issues I am still working: studying dialect & verse speaking, practicing, generally loving working on Shakespeare and exercising my memory etc. And most importantly, progress is being made. So to boost my flagging confidence here’s a list. You know how much I like them ;)

 

Memory: I am having a quite a bit of success in this arena. It turns out that it really does improve with practice. I’m not quite back to my previous standards – of learning a leading role in 3 hours or being able to recite entire scripts in a couple of weeks work but there is a definite improvement. I love the feeling that I’m getting there ;)

 

Voice: I *think* I may have found my voice. I say *think* because I’ve come to the conclusion that my singing is notoriously unreliable. Only time will tell on this one.

 

German: Yes, I am continuing with my language work. I am not improving much though. I think I’ve still got it in my head that I’m bad at languages. It’s a mental pattern I’d rather like to lose. But how? That’s the question.

 

Dialect: Big Brother is back on. Yay! Which means I’m using the opportunity to practice my dialect work while doing some extreme people watching. Currently working on Bristol (not bad at all), Welsh (so-so) and Australian (pretty bad). What am I going to do with my summers when it’s gone?

 

As for my Shakespeare & verse work, I’m just enjoying watching lots. YouTube is proving invaluable. How did people study without it?!

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  • "Thank any deity you please that you chose to be an actor and not some sensible thing." – @actingcoachmark #
  • RT @ladyshark66: Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity – Will Smith #TDL #
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  • When I grow up I want to be Judi Dench. That's a reasonable ambition isn't it? #
  • Watching 'Nine' and really enjoying it. Haven't seen the stage show, how does it compare? #
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  • RT @lyngardner: Sam West says: A civilisation is judged by its culture. Name me one Ancient Greek accountant. http://bit.ly/a2H4bj #
  • Turns out Colloidal Silver works really well with stings, it's practically gone already :) #
  • Just been woken up by a wasp stinging my elbow – oww! Know any good remedies? #
  • Singing along to Glee's 'Bad Romance'. Feel like a teenager again :D #
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  • Trying to write a blog post. Not going well. Blogging confidence at an all time low. On positive side 'work' confidence is better though :) #
  • Vaguely interesting factlet: the UK National Anthem is a Galliard. #
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  • RT @BristolHipp: If you want to have a peak backstage we have our Theatre Tours on Thurs&Sat 10.30am when Les Mis is here. #
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