Breath & Voice: The Breathing Costume – Part 2 (Los Angeles)

w/ Kristof Konrad (PART 2 of a 2 part series)

May 28 – June 18, 2025 | Wednesdays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm (PDT)

Prerequisite:
*Completion of Part 1 or past students of Speaking on the Breath class.

PART 2: THE BREATHING COSTUME
Let’s apply all that we learned in Part 1: FUNDAMENTALS to create an effortless performance, which includes learning how to use your breath as a vehicle for character development.

Breath is fuel in voice production. The sound we create is not solely about volume. Particularly in film and TV, our voice must be free and vibrant to convey the character’s complex emotional life. We will begin each class with warm-ups, followed by intensive work with text chosen by you. We will also explore:

• the concept of “one breath, one thought”
• the idea of “the breathing costume” in character development
• the intimacy of the space
• the sound volume in theatre, film, TV, and V/O
• the integration of breath, voice, and movement → bringing it ALL together

Students will choose and memorize a short monologue, poem, speech, or song for practice.