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Performance Coaching
The most successful performing artists,
athletes and business leaders
have all developed partnerships
with coaches or mentors over the years.
- Do you want to increase your ability to perform and get results in your field?
- Do you suffer from anxiety when having to present yourself or your information?
- Do you need feedback on your body language, voice tone and speed etc, and how it's affecting others?
- Would you like to audition, or be interviewed for a role or position in the near future?
- Do you know how to bring your sub-conscious on board for what you wish to achieve?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, Performance Coaching can help you. For your ease we have spit this into two categories.
The first is for non-actors who have performance needs in their careers or life.
The second is for actors or aspiring actors.
Performance Coaching for Non-Actors
The 'performance skills' of being self-aware and self-disciplined, while remaining spontaneous and creative, are important for reaching our potential in every aspect of our lives. In our occupations, in the expression of our life purpose, in our recreation and in our personal relationships (including parenting), whether we like it or not, we are always in 'performance mode.'
Most occupations require us to present ourselves confidently, express ourselves clearly and be aware of ourselves and how we affect others. This has performance implications for all of us who are employees, business leaders, or self-employed. Everyone from sales staff through to the executive who needs to deliver a speech will be more effective after Performance Coaching. You will be more aware of yourself, how you come across, and how you affect others.
This is only possible with external truthful feedback. No matter how clever we are, we cannot really do this for ourselves. Once your strengths and challenges are identified we will help you to develop and practice the skills you need to better your performance.
Performance coaching will look at
how you present yourself,
and how you communicate through
your voice, tone, language
and body movements.
If you need to develop the confidence to give presentations... If you want to improve your relationships with others... If you feel you are doing everything to get the best from others, but are not getting the intended results....
try Performance Coaching.
Actors' Coaching
Kate Kalin coaches actors who wish to audition for acting parts, or drama/acting courses.
Kate has worked with performing artists since 1995 in New Zealand and Ireland. She is a trained actress herself and has an MA(Hons) in Drama and Theatre Studies.
Whilst in Ireland Kate has provided drama programmes for community groups, schools, theatre groups, individual actors and teachers. In N.Z. she worked for a full time Performing Arts School for nine years where she directed shows and trained actors in movement, voice, mime, improvisation, clown, characterisation, classical and contemporary theatre, devising, street theatre and acting for camera.
Kate also uses drama for personal development, knowing that alongside talent and training, professional actors also need the following skills to be successful and maintain themselves in the acting industry.
- Audition skills
- Coping with Grief, Loss and Change
- Whole Brain Learning
- Stress Management
- Anger Management
- Giving and Receiving Criticism
- Time Management
- Budgeting
- Assertiveness training
- Communication skills
- Listening skills
Kate knows that being an actor can be a challenging road. She offers actor's coaching at a very reasonable price.