Name: Eric Armstrong

Address:
209 Medland St.
Toronto, ON
M6P 2N6
Canada

Phone: (416) 767-6093

FAX: (416) 736-5785

Email Address: earmstro@yorku.ca

Current Affliation:
York University, Theatre Department

Training, Certificates, Major Workshops:
York University: MFA - Acting and the teaching of voice to actors;
The Drama Studio, London: One-year graduate acting programme.
Concordia University: BFA Theatre - Specialization in Performance.

Workshops: Fitzmaurice Voicework/ Knight Speechwork; "Roy Hart" - extended voice technique; Suzuki; The National Voice Intensive; The Stage Combat Intensive; Il Stage Internazzionale di Commedia dell'Arte (Italy); Banff Centre - Musical Theatre .

Selected Professional Affliations:
Professional Coaching in theatre and film/tv: HBO films, Steppenwolf, Court, and many others in Chicago.

Roosevelt University, Theatre Conservatory - Assistant Professoor, Voice, Speech, Text, Dialects. (Chicago, IL)

Brandeis University, Theatre Arts Dept. - Artist-in-Residence, Speech (Boston,MA)

University of Windsor, School of Dramatic Art - Asst. Professor, Voice & Speech (Windsor, Ontario)

York University, Department of Theatre (Toronto, Ontario)

McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario)

Sheridan College (Mississauga, Ontario)

Areas Of Expertise:
(In descending order)
Dialect coaching, Speech teaching, Voice for the actor, Shakespeare/Text, Acting, Movement for the actor.

Professional Organizations:
VASTA, ACTRA, Canadian Actor's Equity Association.

Statement Of Philosophy:
I believe that voice-speech work is an extension of acting training; I try to incorporate and integrate all areas of the performer's skill/knowledge base. My teaching is based in the principles that rule my work as an actor, and on my training with many master teachers. My work is rooted in the body, in the sensation of voice, and the physical act of marrying the breath and voice in the expression of thoughts, feelings and impulses. I believe in the need to find the "voice of the text", the appropriate vocal use/ level of speech for each performance setting.