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How to Work on an Accent
Actor Resources for the 2024 University of Michigan Production
Pronunciation Guide for the 2024 University of Michigan production
Pronunciation Guide for the 2023 University of Michigan production
Use all ten fingers to explore the muscles of the jaw, neck, and scalp. Allow your breath to arrive and depart without holding. Follow your pleasure. What feels good today? When you’re finished, take your work with you into the next thing you do.
Clench the teeth lightly a time or two to locate the temporalis muscle on the side of the skull above the ears. Using fingers, knuckles, or the heels of your hands, gently massage this muscle, allowing the jaw to release into gravity and the breath to expand and deepen. Remember to bring the hands up […]
Clench the teeth lightly a time or two to locate the masseter muscle, feeling it’s activation. Using fingers or knuckles, gently massage this muscle, allowing the jaw to release into gravity and the breath to expand and deepen. Remember to bring the hands up to the jaw, rather than shortening the neck to bring the […]
Use the fingers of one hand to locate the center of the muscle on the top of your opposite shoulder. Give this point some comfortable pressure with your finger tips. If you’d like more pressure, you can hang onto the elbow using your other hand. Send your head away from this pressure point as you […]
Anchor the collarbones and sternum firmly with the hands. Send the chin forward and away from this anchor point, tilting the face upward toward the sky. Make gentle arcs with the chin as you allow the breath to arrive and depart on its own. Continue by sending the lips in the same direction as the […]