Matthew Romantini
Professor @Randolph College For The Performing Arts Formerly Randolph Academy For The Performing Arts
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WORK HISTORY
Professor @Randolph College For The Performing Arts Formerly Randolph Academy For The Performing Arts
Toronto, ON, CA
Professor and director, with competency in movement, voice, acting, directing, and coaching.Courses include: Play Production Term 5:Directing 5th term students in their penultimate term\'s full productionConduct auditions and cast the showsCreate rehearsal schedulesOversee the technical and design elements of the showApproach productions as both an artistic and pedagogical context, pointing out pertinent professional development elements including rehearsal and performance etiquette, safety and communication, and the roles and responsibilities of hired artists *Productions: Unity (1918)(March 2022), The Government Inspector (July 2022), and Peer Gynt (April 2023)Scene Study Term 5: Guide students in building out their audition book Provide audition-oriented feedback on monologues and scenesChoose scenes to build out under-developed or not-yet-developed acting skills (style, voice, movement choices) Voice Text and Movement Term 4:Deepen and continue Batdorf Technique CurriculumDevelop a holistic warm up for musclo-skeletal system, voice, emotional states, communication and presence Develop capability to simultaneously use internal awareness while making specific physical, vocal and tactical choices in character Develop skill in both improvisational, impulse based movement and how to translate that into specific form Link physical and vocal choice making in building characters Movement for Actors Term 2:Provide anecdotal illustration of the course curriculumOffer the point of view of an independent contractorMark subjective projects (ie, without an answer key)Create and deliver curriculum based in The Batdorf Technique, Laban Effort Actions and character body studyAssess written and performance based assignmentsCourse Co-Director Acting Foundations Term 1:As above, as well as:Collaborate with co-director on curriculum and assessmentIntroduce techniques from a wide breadth of theatrical traditions
EDUCATION
Functional Synergy Therapeutic Yoga Certification Program
Therapeutic Yoga
The Batdorf Technique
Facilitator Certificate , Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
Carleton University
College of the Humanities -- Liberal Arts
Moksha Yoga Teacher Training
Moksha Yoga Certification, Moksha Yoga
York University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Theatre -- Acting
SKILLS
ABOUT MATTHEW ROMANTINI
My background is wide and varied, and has brought me to the work I do as a coach for voice in multiple industries. I have been a sensitive and perceptive person my entire life (I have always done uncanny impressions of my family members, and celebrities, gaining early facility with accents and dialects from both an experiential and technical standpoint), I funnelled this energy early on into competitive sport. This opened me up to performing arts, and in addition to my classical education, I attended theatre school, and studied extensively with dance and physical theatre companies across Canada. This brought me concurrently into the wellness industry, where I did many years of training as a movement therapist, and set up my private wellness practice. At the same time, I saw the need among fitness and yoga teachers and trainers, to use their voices in a convincing, authentic and above all healthy way. Many of these instructors, coaches and trainers were damaging their voices over time. So, I started offering workshops and private consultation, using my theatre-based vocal training as the jumping off point for this work. I started by offering this work to teachers and facilitators, and then expanded it to the wider community relatively quickly. In addition to my vocal work, I continue to teach and coach movement (yoga, somatics, yoga therapy, and mindfulness work), I teach performance at Randolph College of the Performing Arts, and continue to work as a performing artist in theatre, dance and performance art, as well as a recent dip of my toes into film and television work. Being a multi-faceted professional is a great benefit, I notice. These areas all cross-pollinate, and I am interested in the intersections between them. I am led by the desire for transformation in my practice members and audiences, and I make all my voice, movement, artistic and educational decisions based on that.
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