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Christine Berg
BFA, MA, VASTA
Christine is a voice, acting and communication coach. She trained as an actor at the University of British Columbia, obtaining a B.F.A. degree and then went on to earn an M.A. in Voice Studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, UK. Christine has taught at various schools in the UK including the Oxford School of Drama, East 15 Acting School (University of Essex) and the Harris Academy at Peckham.
Christine is passionate about bringing the benefits of voice work beyond the entertainment community. She has worked with the MCRF (Migrant Communities and Refugee Forum, London, UK) to deliver accent softening and communication skills to refugee doctors; and in secondary schools to deliver vocal care and projection workshops to teachers. Christine regularly coaches private clients in Toronto, Canada.
For More information Please visit: www.shinecreativecoaching.com
Contact: berg@shinecreativecoaching.com
Or call: 416.884.8130
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The New School of Drama is dedicated to the belief that acting is a challenging and worthy profession.
Acting that moves audiences to excitement and admiration is not achieved without effort. Really good acting is performed by a finely-tuned instrument, the actor's body and imaginatioin, striving together to produce moment by moment spontineity out of given circumstances. It is full of risk and danger. Fiction becomes real. Emotions just as true as those of life but more fully expressed fly between richly coloured characters in pursuit of their desires. When the actor performs honestly and deeply we see more clearly into the life of the human spirit.
The New School of Drama offers a diploma course in acting, designed to take the actor confidently from aspiring beginner to auditioning professional. Because we're dedicated to a high standard of quality, students are interviewed to ensure that serious actors work with actors of equal commitment.
Over 25 years of training excellence.
For more info please visit: http://www.newschoolofdrama.com/
Contact: newdrama@idirect.com
or call 416.461.9790
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Start Writing is a collection of writing workshops in Toronto Our workshops follow the Amherst Wroters & Artists (AWA) method, which utilizes prompts and the power of writing in groups to build confidence and creativity.
Start Writing workshops are run by David Bester. That's me right there in the hat. I am a professional freelance writer and editor, and over the last 10 years I have worked with many of the world's best-known brands. Most of my output falls under corporate communications. As of April, 2008 I am an affiliate and trained AWA writing workshop leader. Check out my onfoing and infrequently updated blog about writing: David Bester Tells Stories
For more information about David's workshops or to contact david, visit:
www.startwriting.ca
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Originally from Vancouver, Adam now calls Toronto home, where he works as an actor, teacher, writer and producer. He began his training in Prague, doing experimental theatre with the Prague Ensemble Theatre and sketch comedy with Channel Surfing. From there he traveled to Denmark to study movement and voice with Odin Teatret; to Serbia to study movement and voice with Dah Teatar; and to Calgary to study improv at Loose Moose. He then trained for two years at the Atlantic Acting Conservatory in New York, where practical aesthetics quickly became the foundation of his personal technique.
While in New York he co-founded Aurilia Theatre Company and co-directed a four-person adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, in which he played Mercutio, the Nurse, Paris, the Prince, Montague, Balthazar and Friar John. He went on to do Off-Off-Broadway productions of Hamlet (Polonius), Julies Caesar (Brutus), and The Visit (Mayor). More recentely, he trained at the first International Artaud Festival in Bali, where he trained in mask with Per Brahe and learned (or rather, struggled to learn) Balinese Dance at the feet of the dancers who enthralled Antonin Artaud in 1931.
Most recently, he completed the first phase of Fitzmaurice teacher training with Catherine Fitzmaurice, in January 2009 in Los Angeles.
For more information about Fitzmaurice Voicework, please visit Adam's blog at
fitzmauricetoronto.blogspot.com to view fantastic articles written by Catherine and her teachers explaining her work and its importance for actors.
To contact Adam email: adam@adambradley.tv
or visit: www.adambradley.tv
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Carlos Diaz trained as an actor in NYC and has worked in television, film, theatre, radio and voice ocer animation for the past twelve years in Toronto, Vancouver and New York CIty. He is a three time Gemini nominated actor, a writer and an acting coach in Toronto.
His experience and insight as a performer lead him to begin coaching other actors in recent years and he has enjoyed the opportunity to help many students successfully embark on their acting careets in both live and filmed formats. He takes great pride in fostering fresh talent and has been greatly rewarded with the many successes of his students.
His focus in on discovering and building on the strengths of the student, and giving them the tools and techniques they need to prepare an audition or role and execute it to the best of their abilities,
To contact Carlos email: krlos.diaz@gmail.com
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Kevin is an actor and singer with credits in film, television, commercials and indistrials. During his 15 year career, he has performed on stages across Canada, most notibly appearing in "Forever Plaid" one of Toronto's longest running musicals.
He recently broadened the scope of his work to include improv and voiceover work and is venturing south of the boarder to audition for US roles. Kevin is a member of both ACTRA and CAEA, and is represented by one of Toronto's top agencies.
Outside of performing, Kevin is a specialist in Marketing; producing and managing corporate events and internal corporate communications using Six Sigma based business strategies for actors.
For more info, please visit: www.dramadepartment.ca
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Steven Holmberg has taught scene study and audition coaching since 2005 in Halifax, Vancouver and Toronto. His own training began in 1996 and includes extensive work in scene study, audition, Shakespeare, Meisner and improv with instructors such as Michael Simms, Paula Shaw, Christopher Weddell, Fiona Hogan, Gina Chiarelli, Russell Bennett, Second City Toronto and Jock MacDonald.
Steven is an experienced teacher whose goal is to bring simplicity, authenticity and passion to the work of each actor.
For more info, please visit: www.torontoacting.com
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David Matheson is a Toronto based Actor, Director, and Acting Teacher. He began his training with a BA from Acadia University and later attended the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in England. David spent the early part of his career as an actor in the Maritimes. Stage work included roles with the Neptune Theatre, Theatre New Brunswick, The Atlantic Theatre Festival, the Chester Playhouse as well as with numerous independent theatre companies. Film/ TV work included roles in Black Harbour, Lexx:The dark Zone, Terra X, and The Prince and the Grail.
He founded Exodus Theatre in Nova Scotia in 1999, and began to direct. His first project was a four person Julius Caesar in which he adapted, directed and played the part of Brutus. The response of audience and critics in the Halifax theatre scene was enthusiastic. Exodus produced 8 shows under David's tenure as Artistic Director including Julius Caesar, Tales Rare and Grim, Rae and Luke, Jeanine, Homage, Richard II, Rex, and The Duchess of Malfi.
David relocated to Toronto in 2002 and received a Master of Fine Arts (Directing) from York University. At York he directed a number of projects including Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, Richard II, Offending the Audience, The Gertrude Stein Project, and his thesis project, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. It was at York that David began to teach acting, combining his experience as an actor with his gift for communicating effectively to other artists. In 2003 & 2004 he was a studio instructor for York's first year acting course. He was invited to stay on after his graduation as a teaching assistant and later was course director for Creative Ensemble at the fourth year level. He joined the faculty of the Toronto Film School in 2006 and for the past two years he taught fundamental and advanced acting for camera.
In 2005 he founded Wordsmyth Theatre. David brought his adaptation of Julius Caesar to Toronto with a new cast in 2006 and in 2007 directed the company in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Recent acting work includes the role of Paul in Robert Fothergill's Disciples, at the Summerworks festival, directed by Mark Wilson. Upcoming work includes directing Pericles Snowdon's Bluebeard for the Toronto Fringe Festival in June of 2008 and directing Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire for Upper Canada Repertory Theatre in August.
For details about David's upcoming classes, as well as testimonials from past students, check out David's website at: www.dmatheson.ca
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The Tai Chi and Meditation
Centre offers instruction in the transformative
mind-body disciplines of the Buddhist-Daoist
tradition. Historically, these skills
have been successfully applied in the
martial arts, health maintenance, healing,
and spiritual (enlightenment) transformation.
Specific disciplines include Insight
Meditation (Vipassana), Taijiquan, Qigong
and the “internal” martial
arts of Baguazhang and Xingyiquan.
We feel that these
time-tested skills are more than ever
needed to help us cope with increasing
complexity, rapid change, stress and
the loss of a sense of intrinsic value
and interconnectedness in life. These
skills are not just something else way
down on your to-do list, but constitute
the underlying master template, which
can integrate, simplify, and make coherent
sense of all activities. We need evolved
consciousness to wisely operate evolved
systems and technologies.
We offer on-going classes,
medical qigong therapy as well as customized
on-site workshops for outside organizations.
Our clients include the Government of
Ontario, University of Toronto, Ryerson
University, IBM, Xerox, Bell, American
Express, The United Church, Sears, Nortel,
the Canadian Film Centre and Outward
Bound Canada.
Instructors:
Andy James, Donna Oliver, Suzanne Taka,
Colin Outram, Jeff Willis, Sheila Furness
Visit: www.torontotaichimeditationcentre.com for more info. |
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Studio Memberships Available.
Contact: info@fraserstudios.net
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