Sayda Trujillo

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Sayda Trujillo is an actress, and theatre-maker/educator specializing in voice and movement, as well as devising original physical theatre performances. Her performance and teaching experience abroad includes work in Guatemala, Ecuador, Singapore, Spain, Germany, Colombia, UK, Egypt, and most recently in Palestine with The Freedom Theatre. Her three solo shows BANANA LEAVES, DEFINITELY OOPS, and I WAS RAISED MEXICAN have been presented nationally and internationally at theater houses including La Mama ETC, RedCAT, and NYTW. Since 2005 Sayda has volunteered for Clowns Without Borders performing for thousands of children in Latin America. Sayda teaches Acting, Tai Chi Chuan, Contact Improvisation, Voice and Solo Performance. She holds a BFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts; a post-graduate certificate in Physical Theatre from the Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre; and a masters in Voice Studies from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London where the training encompassed a multiplicity of workshops in Vocal Anatomy, Accents, Vocal Pedagogy, Practice as Research, culminating in a Master’s Thesis: Latino/a Voices: Reconsidering the ‘Natural,’ ‘Familiar’ and ‘Cultural’ in Freeing Vocal Expression. The primary vocal method studied was Linklater’s Freeing the Natural Voice. Additional workshops with lead voice practitioners include: Kristin Linklater, Catherine Fitzmaurice, Cicely Berry, Barbara Houseman, Christina Shewell, Margaret Pikes, Ros Steen and Penny Dyer.

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