Niki Flacks

The Headless Horseman Rides Again

October 9, 2015, Debbie Bridge Blog post, , 0

What better theme for October than the Headless Horseman! So what does this have to do with performing, you may say, ah, well, that’s exactly what I want to address today! So often I’ve heard from students, ‘I feel like I act or sing from my neck up’ and their body/voice feels like it’s not […]

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Why I Ride my Bike…. & Learning Lines

September 5, 2015, Debbie Bridge Acting, Blog post, Business, Health, music, Singers, singing, Theatre, , 1

I’m lucky. I grew up in the wilds of Canada. Literally, as a kid I had a huge forest out in my back yard where I played all sorts of imaginary games for hours, days on end with my friends. “So what?” You may say, well, its that imaginative world that has helped me to […]

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Muscle Memory

January 23, 2009, Debbie Bridge Acting, Film, Theatre, , 0

I did an acting class at the Actors Centre in London and the teacher, Nikki Flacks, said memorising lines is just a muscular activity.

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