Jade Valour
American Accent Coaching - Group Courses and One-on-One Coaching; On-Production work
Purpose: With a considerable amount of work coming to New Zealand from the States, American accents have become a necessity for actors seeking to develop a broader basis for their talents. This coaching will provide the actor with an effective method for working on American accents that will help develop their ability to work on any accent.
Objective: Involves working on a basic 'generic' American accent, using media resources when necessary (American films and TV series, internet), and progressing from this point of departure. For those who have upcoming auditions, or who are working on-production, this material will be focused upon in the coaching.
About the Tutor: Jade Valour is a native New Yorker, a trained professional with degrees in music and directing. She has performed and worked as a vocal tutor/coach for the past 18 years in accredited perfroming arts and speech therapy institutions in Germany, and has extensive experience coaching American English with professionals and amateurs of many nationalities (German, Japanese, Turkish, etc.). From 2008 she has taught at the Wellington Performning Arts Centre and the NZ College of Perfroming Arts. Jade is available for on-production film work.
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Member Profile
Jade ValourI am first and foremost a creative person, in all areas of my life and work. I'm American and I lived and worked in Germany for 35 years before coming to New Zealand. My experience extends to theatre, television and film.
I have the following degrees:
Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, New York City
Masters in Music Theatre Directing and Dramaturgy from the University of Hamburg/Conservatory of Music in Hamburg, GermanyAt present, I am working with actors, mainly as a vocal tutor and accent coach. These classes are being held at The NZ College of Performing Arts, and The Actors Studio in Wellington.
I have co-written a major screenplay and a novel, which are presently being shopped to literary agents and film producers, and also entered in competitions.
I am currently working on a one woman theatre piece to eventually be performed in Wellington.
