VOCAL COACH BIO
Aimee Blesing is a Certified Trainer of Lessac Kinesensic bodyvoice training and Registered Somatic Movement Educator through ISMETA. She is a professional actor, director and voice and movement trainer, currently serving as Senior Lecturer in acting, voice and movement in the University of New Hampshire's Department of Theatre and Dance and as Instructor in the Lessac voice work at Boston Conservatory at Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She coaches accent and dialect for theatre companies and works privately with actors, professionals and anyone wanting to improve their experience of embodied communication through voice and body awareness.
Aimee is passionate about each individuals right to clear and effective communication, whether on stage or in day to day life, and is well known for her collegial approach to training and her personable nature. She has observed the benefits of vocal training in people from all walks of life, and experienced the benefits first hand both as a performer and as a human being. Aimee firmly believes that using Arthur Lessac’s Kinesensic bodyvoice work, supported by her additional training in acting, voice and movement, is the most effective and accessible way to train the voices and bodies of her students.
Aimee has worked with professional actors, singers, corporate executives, children and business owners since 2005, helping them discover effective vocal skills for their professional and everyday lives. She is actively involved in her local community through committees and commissions, offering innovative perspectives on the development of Arts and Culture in her local area. She works with local theatre companies and on productions at UNH coaching vocal technique and accent and dialect work. Shows Aimee has worked on include: at UNH, Spoon River Anthology, Memory of Water, Old Times, Our Town, The Crucible, Shrek the Musical, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Roe, Blithe Spirit; The Garden of Z at New Hampshire Theatre Project; Billy Elliot at the Palace Theatre, Manchester; Arcadia for Glass Dove Productions; Long Day's Journey into Night for Threshold Stage Company; Translations and The Penelopiad for theatreKapow; Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Oleanna and A Midsummer Night's Dream for theatre.unmasked; Shadow Boxing for The Groundswell Division (Australia); Leaves of Glass for Red Stitch Actors Theatre (Australia) and for Sandringham Secondary College, The Exonerated and The Crucible (Australia).
TRAINING BIO
Aimee trained as an actor at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating with an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting) in 2003. During this time Aimee trained in voice for the stage and screen, voiceover, singing and various forms of movement, leading to a comprehensive understanding of the way the human body and voice function together for effective communication. After graduation, Aimee moved to Melbourne, Australia where she worked as an actor and vocal coach for professional actors, singers, corporate executives, and clients seeking better vocal health, confidence and clarity.
In 2008, Aimee became a Lessac Practitioner after training at Lessac Intensive Workshops with with Master Teachers and founder Arthur Lessac in the United States. She then completed further training under the mentorship of Lessac Master Teacher Deborah Kinghorn, achieving her Certification in the training in 2012. Aimee pursues ongoing training regularly and has completed courses in Michael Chekhov acting technique, Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Clinical Somatics.
Aimee has lived in the USA since 2010 where she currently resides with her husband Andy, children Isla and Nora, and cat, Smokey.