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Southern Cross Region > Management > Regional Profiles > Brenda Smith

Brenda Smith

Location: Melbourne, Vic
Contact: Phone: (03) 9432 0482 or Email

Biography:
International Faculty Associate 2003 -
Regional Education Faculty, Visual Specialist 1997 -
Choreographer for East City Sounds 1998- (formerly Yarra Ranges Chorus)
Regional Management Team 1997-2000
Founding Member and choreographer for The Melbourne Chorus 1982-1998

Objective

To share my skills and experience as a choreographer and to help members to fully participate in all aspects of performing. To help Directors train choreographers and develop a strong musical communication with visual leaders.

Teaching Areas

  • Choreography

  • Showmanship

  • Creativity

  • Performance Packaging

  • How to Teach

  • People Skills

  • Administration

I can travel overseas for whatever time is needed.

Class List

All classes are 1 hour in length.

Topic Class Title Description
Physical Warm-ups Move You Fool A visual leader’s bag of ideas. It will help you to effectively use your warm-ups, in many different styles to raise the bar on chorus’s showmanship and performance level.
Creating Choreography in Character Creating Choreography in Character Get into character from the beginning. Use the physical warm-ups to help establish different styles and eras, Apply to your song as you create a visual plan in character.
Inspiring all chorus members to achieve a sparkling performance The Stellar Performance Develop a plan to bring out the latent showmanship in all your singers. Use teaching strategies, video cameras, mirrors and small group work bring the sparkle, polish and magic to your chorus’s performance.
Teaching Methods for Choreographers ‘How do I get my chorus to pay attention?’ Help the choreographers develop the ability to hold their chorus’s attention. Demonstrate teaching techniques for new choreography and choreography review.
Staging a show creatively The Magic of the Theatre Open the imagination to capturing the magic of the theatre, when staging a show. How to incorporate themes, lights, props, humour and emceeing etc.
Training your successor ‘After I’m gone?' The president cannot find enough members to fill the Board, the choreographer is moving Interstate and the Director is resigning at Christmas. Education is the key strategy. This means you may not have to call in a Search Committee.
Director/Choreographer communication ‘Directly speaking….choreographers are great.' The effective Director and choreographer relationship and how to achieve it.
Choreographers helping the Director’s performance Scene From Behind Rear vision image and the ‘Oh, there you are performance ‘of the Director. In performance you need to greet, accept applause for your Chorus and perform yourself.