Episode 112: Three Steps to Learning an Accent with Amanda Quaid

About Amanda: Amanda Quaid has over 15 years of experience teaching speech, dialects, and language skills to actors and other speakers from around the world. In addition to her coaching on plays, films, and television, she maintains a thriving private practice in New York City. She's been featured as a dialect expert on WNYC, and her book, American Accent Drills for British and Australian Speakers was released in 2020. 1. Oral Posture: Position your articulators are in for the Duration of the Accent ie: A low jaw, pursed lips 2. Signature Sounds: The vowels, consonants, and intonation Axis of Expressivity (Pitch variety) How Amanda approaches American Accent Acquisition (as opposed to accent reduction) 3.  Find out what the Accent brings out in you Techniques for rehearsals, performances, and auditions The Importance of Breath Inhale— The act of taking in the partner Exhale— The act of giving a part of yourself The Miller Method

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