Lessac Intensive Workshops 2025
Check out the Lessac Kinesensics Intensive BodyVoice Workshops USA 2025
1, 2, or 4-week programs DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, USA June 22- July 18, 2025
• Individual and Small Group Instruction
• 180 hours of Intensive Training (4-Week)
• Certification Opportunities (ISMETA Approved Program)
• Tuition Assistance possible for early applicants
• Housing Included
• Early Bird Rates: register by December 15th 2024
A Kinesensics training program in bodyvoice exploration for actors, teachers, performers, directors, broadcasters, presenters, therapists, and somatic educators covering Arthur Lessac’s texts, The Use and Training of the Human Voice, and Body Wisdom: The Use and Training of the Human Body as well as the on-going evolution of the training to reflect current research in bodyvoice knowledge.
IS THIS TRAINING FOR YOU… Yes, if you are:
• A Performance Professional: Actors, Directors, Musical Performers, Voice actors, Voiceover artists
• In Theatre Education: College and Secondary Educators, Advanced Students
• In Communications: Broadcasters, Presenters, Podcasters
• A Voice and Speech Therapist or Speech-Language Pathologist
WHY KINESENSICS? The Lessac Kinesensic bodyvoice training emphasizes somatic awareness in body-voice training. The work encourages freedom of exploration, offering a shift from traditional master-apprentice models to more experiential learning. Facilitators act as guides who have deeply engaged with the work, supporting participants on a journey of personal exploration. This pedagogical philosophy values guided experiences over rigid instruction, allowing individuals to evolve their unique capabilities. Through Kinesensics, students are invited to explore and optimize the functioning of their human instrument, focusing on healthful, individualized growth rather than prescriptive models of excellence. The work is extremely beneficial for anyone seeking greater flexibility, range and expressiveness through their body and voice.
WHAT WE COVER:
BODYVOICE TRAINING ❖ Organic Pain and Stress Relievers; Natural relaxers and energizers; Dynamic Alignment; Synergy of Alignment and Breath; Synergy between breath and voice; Body Energy States of being; Flexibility and physical fitness; Physical Characterization; Rhythm in Movement and Gesture; Expressive Intent
CONSONANT NRG: THE MUSIC OF THE CONSONANTS ❖ Greater range and flexibility in articulation and intelligibility; Melodies, rhythms, and sustained tonal colors; Nuanced application of consonants to crystallize intent
STRUCTURAL ENERGY: THE MUSIC OF THE VOWELS ❖ Optimal, flexible oral cavity space and shape for speech and singing; Relaxed and energized jaw, tongue, lips, throat, larynx; Quality production and identification of all vowels; Increased sound-wave reflection for enhanced tonal quality
TONAL ENERGY: THE MUSIC OF THE VOICE ❖ Bone conducted vocal resonance for quality vocal tone; Development of full dynamic pitch range; Skillful navigation of tonal output as required by genre or context; Power without pain; Strength without strain
APPLICATION OF PEDAGOGY ❖ Synergy between bodyvoice, emotion, and intent, for life and performance; Effective application of Vocal NRG's contributing to vocal health for professional and personal contexts; Body and Vocal NRG's contributing to wellbeing, expression of self, and performance
Applications are NOW OPEN for the Intensive Workshops 2025, USA
LEARN MORE OR APPLY AT: https://www.lessacinstitute.org/us-intensive-2025
“To learn that the answers you need are within your grasp by listening and responding to your "teacher within" is the most empowering aspect of Kinesensic Training. By applying the simple, basic principles of Kinesensics to my life, I continually grow in all areas of my life: acting, directing, singing, teaching, facilitating, and most of all, communicating. It is the best lifelong learning course you can ever take.” Deborah Kinghorn Lessac Master Teacher, Professor Emerita University of New Hampshire