Hollywood Dialect Coach
Accent Reduction | Voice Training | MDH Breathing Coordination
COACHING FOR ACTORS
Rob collaborates with each actor and delivers a multi-faceted and flexible approach, so he/she/they are able to connect to both their character and dialect seamlessly. By calling upon his acting, directing and vocal anatomy and breathing coordination expertise, Rob delivers a dialect roadmap that instills confidence in the actor and ignites truth and dimension to actor’s character.
Rob’s approach focuses on rhythm, melody, pitch, tone, and idioms of the dialect, but you will not just be listening to isolated sounds and trying to repeat them. The actor’s dialect is worked into the muscle memory of his/her/their body, so the actors focus is on the character development and relationships of the story and not distracted by making sure the accent is authentic.
From sounds, words, sentences and then sides to scripts, the actor is fully transitioned into the role to book the job or walk onto the live set ready to engage in the first scene.
•American (Accent modification)
•British (RP, London, SW, SE, East Midlands, West Midlands, York, Mid-Atlantic)
•Irish (Dublin, Cork, NW)
•Scottish
•New York (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Northern New Jersey)
•American Southern (Virginia Piedmont, Coastal Southern, Louisiana, South Midland, Southern Appalachian, Midwest)
•American Midwest (Farmbelt States, Upper Midwest States)
•Texas/Western (East Texas, Southwest Texas, Texas Panhandle, Colorado/Montana)
•European (Russian, German, Polish, Italian, Spanish, French, Swedish, Norwegian
•Western Asia (Arabic, Indian, Sri Lankan)
•Africa (West African, Ghana, Nigerian, South African)
•Caribbean (Jamaican, Cuban, Haitian)
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MDH BREATHING COORDINATION
What is MDH Breathing Coordination? In short, it’s a way of restoring optimal function to the breathing and vocal mechanisms. It does so via amplifying and harmonizing the movements of the diaphragm with the surrounding structures. The technique also helps to restore, develop and maintain optimal efficiency of alignment and breathing for peak performance in all activities in human life, from common to high intensity. This very precise work gives us more stamina, richness and suppleness in the voice. Breathing Coordination has been indispensable to countless musicians, actors, lecturers and singers.
