Susan Main has
been teaching voice and movement for over 10 years. She is based in
New York City and is a Certified, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher,
trained by world-renowned voice teacher Kristin Linklater. Susan
currently serves on the faculties of the Actor's Studio MFA program at
Pace University, the Linklater Center for Voice and Language, and the
Larry Singer Studios. She has taught voice and/or movement on the
faculties of New York University, New Actors Workshop, Emerson College, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and Boston Conservatory. Susan also works
actively as a private vocal coach both in New York City and abroad,
regularly conducting voice workshops in New York, Italy and Australia.
Her students include politicians, corporate executives, and
Broadway theatre, film and television actors. At present, she is the
vocal coach for a piece for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance
Company's 25th Anniversary Season, debuting in 2008 at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music. She has served as a voice and movement coach to
theatre companies in Italy and Portugal. In 2005, she co-produced and
served as script supervisor and assistant director on the documentary
Giving Voice, filmed in Stromboli, Italy, featuring Kristin Linklater.
This summer, she is returning to Stromboli, to conduct a workshop with
an international collaborative of theatre artists, exploring the work
of Ovid's Metamorphoses in the translation by poet Ted Hughes. Susan
holds an MFA in Theatre Education specializing in voice and movement
from Boston University.