Biography
CATHERINE SLADE
Associate Professor
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Teaching
Catherine Slade is Associate Professor of Theatre where she teaches:
Voice for the Non-actor, Voice for the Actor, and Voice & Text.
Special Interest: Voice & Texts, Alba Emoting, and Audio Arts.
Movement:Ìý Tai Chi and Qi Gong
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Catherine is a Designated Linklater Specialist who trained with Kristen Linlater, Joseph Chaikin, and Peter Kass at the Working Theatre, New York.Ìý Catherine is an actress, producer, director and vocal coach.Ìý She has worked at New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theatre, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, Negro Ensemble Company, Mabou Mines. While living in New York, Catherine founded and was Artistic Director of ‘Manhattan Bridge Company,’ NYC. International festivals include The Edinburgh Festival, Teatro Quatro, and festivals in Holland, Yugoslavia, Israel, and Ghana. Catherine taught voice and performance at New York University, Rutger, School of the Art Institute, Harvard University; and voice workshops internationally and across the United States. She is a member of Actor Equity, Screen Actor's Guild,and AFTRA
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Research Interest:
Sound and Text, Tone Poems and Multimedia Theatrical Performance Styles, and AudioArt Techniques for Storytelling.Ìý Catherine is deeply committed to prison reform and for many years has directed the Actors Training Program for the Advanced Trial Advocacy, in collaboration with the University of Chicago Law School, and ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Úapp, Theatre Program.
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Education:
B.A Theater, Columbia CollegeÌý Ìý Ìý1971
Designated Linklater SpecialistÌý Ìý Ìý1976
Internal Family Systems Therapy Ìý1995
Prepare for Surgery, Heal FasterÌý Ìý2005
Alba EmotingÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý2013
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Other areas of study were Dance Movement Therapy, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Úapp, and Acupuncture and Shiatsu at Midwest School of Oriental Medicine.
Instructional Areas
Voice and Performance Vocal Education Through Poetry Sound Sense And Text Memories and Breath
Creative Practice and Research Interests
Narrative Techniques Voice in Devising and Devising through Voice
Degrees
B.A., Theatre ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Úapp 1971