In a world of ‘not enough’, you need to hold on to the days when you are enough. The day I barely had the coins to get the bus from our rented apartment to UBC to train all day, rehearse all night, and earn an academic degree somewhere in between. As the teachers commented that we all looked awful, some… Read more →
Category: Performance: How to be the Star of Your Life
Lesson Five: How to Breathe…When You Can’t
So this post is like trying to wrestle the genie into the lamp. How do I capture three years of voice training and make it behave like a short and simple post that will help you breathe when you don’t? You know, like when you’re nervous. When you’re scared. When the grown-ups talk to you. When the boys talk to… Read more →
Selling You
So one of my weakest skills as a seriously sensitive, once cripplingly insecure, Class 1 introvert has been selling myself. As an actor, of course. Who was I to tell them that I was the best for the part, better than anyone in the room? Who was I to believe that they would want me? Who was I to say… Read more →
Your Greatest Performance Tool
No one would expect an athlete to train for competition by sitting in a chair and thinking about training. Physical sports need to be experienced. Same goes for performance. Our body needs to be taught the skills that our minds cannot summon with will alone. There is power in movement. There is wisdom in movement. There is memory in movement.… Read more →