Claudette Roche

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Accent - Dialect Coach Expert

Claudette Roche Quick Facts

Main Areas: Accent & Dialect Coach for Actors, Public Speakers, Business People
Career Focus: Teacher, Coach
Affiliation: VASTA, SAG, AFTRA, ACTRA

Born in London, England, Claudette lived in Montréal, then Toronto and now resides in Los Angeles. This Dramalogue and NAACP Best Actress Award Winner is a veteran of stage and screen and was a recurring character on the sitcom, The Game. She has appeared on the TV hits, Cold Case and Without A Trace and starred in the sci-fi action adventure, Starhunter. In all, Claudette has appeared on more than 60 television shows and commercials throughout her career.

Her background, a gifted ear for accents/dialects and her lifelong interaction with many cultures endow her with a natural proficiency to teach you authentic sounding foreign accents and a Standard/Neutral American Accent.

Claudette’s complete passion and ability for teaching will empower you. Sessions are highly entertaining, effective and educational. Your success is her success.

Claudette is a member of...

SAG (Screen Actors Guild)

AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)

ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Television and Radio Artists)

VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association)

For Claudette’s Television and Film Acting Résumé visit http://imdb.com/name/nm0729996/

Visit her website for further information www.TheAccentCoach.com

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Claudette Roche

ACTORS

Prepare for an audition: While we work with the dialogue from your sides, I will immerse you in the accent by conversing in it for the entire session. I find this highly effective especially if you have a short time to prepare for your audition.

Add to your repertoire: Prepare and polish accents in advance. Film, TV and stage productions are always casting for specifically accented roles. Determine which accents suit you best, then refine them so you are fluent and always equipped. This allows you to focus solely on character.

On the job: You have booked the job, your character work continues. I can prep you during rehearsal or before shooting begins. I can also accompany you on set to continue our work and keep your accent sharp and on target. Ongoing phone coaching is available if needed.

PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, STUDENTS

Communicate with confidence: Modify or reduce your accent to Neutral - Standard American. No more repeating yourself and having to tell people your origins. Be clearly understood. Maximize your potential in social and professional situations.

Getting Started With Claudette Roche

MY TECHNIQUE

I utilize text and conversation. I create text for you that employs the vowel and consonant sounds that you need to amend for your new accent. If you are an actor and have a script for a specific role, then we can work with your scenes. If you are a business person requiring a Neutral or Standard American accent, then we work with material geared for your type of business.

Also, for the time that we work together, I speak to you with the accent that you are striving to achieve. And conversation changes how we speak, therefore we use both until you feel completely at ease with your new accent.

I find that my own phonetical spelling of words for your new accent immensely successful. IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a study unto itself and helpful for some but for the majority who need to learn quickly, I write out the words as you hear them.

In addition, I encourage my students to immerse themselves in their new accent, to use it every day, while we are perfecting it, surrounding themselves with native speakers from the region that they emulate...it's easier than you may think