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Examining habits

by Kate DeVore
Filed Under: Accent Modification, Being Heard, Dialects for Stage, Myth Busters, Owning the Room, Professional Speaking, Singing, Voice for Stage, Voice Therapy

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” (Aristotle)

The way we speak is habitual. The concept of habit runs deeply through the work of voice and speech training. This is especially true in theatre, where the idea moves beyond speech into other elements affecting actors’ performance.

In this post, we are simply dipping a toe into the basics of habits: what they are, why we need them, and how to change them if we wish.

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Fifty blog posts on voice, speech, accents, and presence

by Kate DeVore
Filed Under: Accent Modification, Being Heard, Breath Support, Dialects for Stage, Myth Busters, Owning the Room, Powerful Speaking, Professional Speaking, Singing, Stage Fright, Vocal health, Vocal Injury, Voice for Stage, Voice Therapy, Voiceover

I just learned that I have made 50 posts on this page over the past few years. These posts cover everything from “diaphragmatic” breathing to allergies to vocal health/injuries to projection to learning accents to hoarseness to owning a room. In case you missed any, here’s a complete list:

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