Embark on a Holistic Journey: Lessac Intensive 2024 Returns to Conway, AR

2023 Participant explore for their final project

The Lessac Training and Research Institute is pleased to announce that its 2024 U.S. Intensive will return to Hendrix College in Conway, AR, from June 10 to July 5. This immersive experience will cover content from Arthur Lessac’s texts The Use and Training of the Human Voice, and Body Wisdom: The Use and Training of the Human Body, and share the ongoing evolution of the training to reflect current research in bodyvoice knowledge. Led by two Master Teachers, the Intensive offers in-depth instruction in Lessac Kinesensics, which is a comprehensive and creative approach to all aspects of developing the body and voice in a healthful, holistic way. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.

Lessac Intensives offer tiered options, allowing participants to join for an introductory 1-week workshop, a 2-week workshop that dives deeper into self-application of the work, or the full 4-week experience. Each week will build upon previous explorations, culminating in advanced work for personal growth within performance contexts. The work with scripted text prepares participants of all professions and vocations for freedom as they express themselves.

Option 1: One-Week Intensive (June 10-16)

Intro to Lessac Kinesensics for personal well-being and application toward a heightened self-awareness.

Option 2: Two-Week Intensive (June 10-23)

A deeper dive into self-discovery with exploration into how we express ourselves physically, vocally, and energetically in a range of situations.

OPTION 3: FOUR-Week Intensive (June 10-July 5):

Creating advanced self-awareness and progression with the skills of the Lessac bodyvoice work, culminating in performance applications for use in various vocations and professions.

*Tuition assistance and reductions are available for all of our workshops.

The workshops will be led by Master Teachers Marth Munro (Pretoria, South Africa) and Nancy Krebs (Baltimore, MD, USA). Both facilitators bring years of experience, passion, and dedication to somatic learning, and the authentic expression of self through Kinesensic bodyvoice training. The 4-week intensive will run concurrently with the Lessac Facilitator Training workshop for Certification Candidates embarking on the final stages of Lessac Certification, led by Master Teacher Deb Kinghorn.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Marth Munro

Marth Munro, PhD, serves as a Professor Extraordinaire in the School of the Arts: Drama at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is committed to contributing to decolonising Performing Arts Pedagogies and Praxis. She facilitates workshops for Wits Business School: Executive Education, for example, Emotionally Competent Communication; Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity & Belonging; and Stress pro/resilience. In addition to being a Master Teacher of Lessac Kinesensics, Marth is a certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, a Certified Sound Therapist, a qualified Hatha Yoga teacher, an Emotional Body Apprentice, and a certified NLP practitioner. She also has expertise in Bio-and-Neurofeedback. She is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator (ISMETA) and a Registered Life Coach (ICR). Marth specializes in bodymind and voice in behavior and performance. She has published extensively in the field of Embodied Performance Pedagogy and has taught in South Africa, the USA, and Croatia. With a childlike curiosity, Marth plays with purpose and joy.

NANCY KREBS

She has been a Certified Lessac Master Teacher since 2002. She has served in many capacities for the Lessac Training & Research Institute since that year—as President, Board member, and Master Teacher Council representative. She received the Lessac Leadership Award in 2011 and continues to be a part of the Master Teacher Team. She has been the Director and Co-Director of Lessac Intensives both in the U.S. and abroad; has served on the faculty of the Four Week Workshop, teaching with Arthur Lessac and Senior Master Teacher Sue Ann Park from 1995-2005; and has led and developed numerous shorter Kinesensic-based workshops throughout the years since 1995. She has been a vocal/dialect coach for over 150 professional and university productions in the Baltimore-Washington region since 1994. She taught a full four-year Lessac-based voice curriculum in the Theatre Department of the Baltimore School for the Arts from 1981-2019 and currently operates her own voice studio—The Voiceworks Studio.

DEB KINGHORN

Deborah Kinghorn is Professor Emerita at the University of New Hampshire, where she was co-director of Acting and Directing and taught courses in beginning and advanced acting, voice, movement, audition, and period and style as well as directing a variety of styles of plays. She is a Master Teacher of Lessac Kinesensic Bodyvoice Training and has facilitated workshops in Kinesensics in Croatia, South Africa, Brazil, England, Puerto Rico and Finland. She is a Fulbright Scholar and received two Excellence in Teaching awards, one from the University of Houston, and one from UNH. She co-authored, with Arthur Lessac, the book “Essential Lessac: Honoring the Familiar Body, Spirit, Mind,” which provides simple yet concrete instruction toward physical and vocal well-being. She continues to perform, most recently as Gertrude in Hamlet for Mount Union’s “Shakespeare at the Castle.” She currently resides with her husband in Florida.

ABOUT ThE ON-SITE COORDINATOR

**Antonio Horne**
On-Site Coordinator
Lessac Certification Candidate
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Hendrix College

Antonio Horne, a proud native of Memphis, TN, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Hendrix College. He holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Memphis, an MBA in Arts Management from UCLA and a BFA in Musical Theatre Dance from the United States International University (now Alliant International). He completed his high school studies at the North Carolina School of the Arts with a focus in Dance. Antonio currently serves as an At-Large member of the Executive Committee for the Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance.

Antonio is an award-winning stage director whose professional directing credits include Gem of the Ocean; The Color Purple; The Mountaintop; The Legend of Georgia McBride; The Wiz; and The House That Will Not Stand. In addition to teaching and directing, his work encompasses arts management, community arts education, performance, and choreography. Professor Horne has a deep passion for using theatre to provoke, educate, and entertain by giving voice to marginalized and underrepresented populations. His research, teaching, and service are rooted in his strong belief that theatre can affect great change in the world.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? Join us for a Live Q&A on March 16.

Please join us on Saturday, March 16 at 12:30 pm EDT (New York) for a live Q&A session on Zoom. Marth Munro and Nancy Krebs will be on hand to answer your questions about the training, the intensive schedule, format and curriculum, the facilities at Hendrix College, how to apply for tuition assistance, and anything else you’d like to ask about our workshop offerings.

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