5 DAY WORKSHOP

January 5 - 9, 2026

California State University, Fresno

Fresno, CA, USA

An Introduction to Lessac Kinesensic BodyVoice Training and its application to life and creative contexts.

WHAT YOU GET

• Individual and Small Group Instruction

• 4 months access to Kinesensics Learning Center asynchronous video instruction resource

• Extensive Google classroom materials for personal study

• Level 1 Workshop towards Certification Candidacy

• Cal State Fresno facilities

• Lessac Master Teacher and Certified Trainer Facilitation

• Training in friendly Central California, use your evenings to do personal study and reflection or plan a side trip to nearby Yosemite, Sequoia or King’s Canyon national parks. San Francisco or Santa Cruz are roughly 2.5 hours away.

• Lessac Kinesensics is an ISMETA Approved Program

TUITION RATES

5 DAY WORKSHOP

California State University, Fresno Theatre Department

January 5 - 9, 2026

TUITION: $1000 per person*

Accommodation is not included in tuition. Local area recommendations will be provided when registration is complete.  When you register you will be contacted to meet with one of our facilitators on Zoom to answer questions and learn about you.  We want to meet you!

*Scroll down for payment deadlines and refund schedule.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

• Registration is required for all of our programs.

• Enrollment is limited. Early registration is advised.

• Applicants must be 20+

• Deposits are required at the time of registration*

• Full payment for workshop due by December 5th, 2025

WHY LESSAC?

Actors, singers, educators, speech-language pathologists - and more - report transformative experiences in Lessac training programs, noting expanded vocal range, increased flexibility, and a deeper understanding of their unique vocal “fingerprint.” This training not only improves performance skills but also provides tools for protecting and sustaining voice and body in diverse contexts, fostering greater musicality in speech, improved communication, and enriched self-expression for both individual and collaborative work.

Michelle Bellaver is a California-based Certified Trainer in LK Bodyvoice. She works in film and theatre as an actor, director, producer, and writer. She is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity Association, VASTA, and ATHE. She is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator with ISMETA. She is an acting company member of The Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, Florida, and an Assistant Professor in Acting and Directing at California State University, Fresno. She received her MFA in Theatre from the University of Florida. Michelle’s creative research has focused on the theory and praxis of The Female Gaze as a somatic practice in film and theatre performance and the development of a methodology for her Somatic "The Heart Centered Actor" training. She will present her research at the summer 2025 ATHE conference on two panels: “Compassionate Equity in Performance Training of Neurodivergent Actors” and “Beyond the Real, Working in Heightened Text”. At the 2024 VASTA Symposium, she presented her research on the panel: “Neurodiversity, Kinesensics, and the Need for Compassionate Equity in Performance Training”. At the 2023 ATHE conference, on the University of Florida’s panel, she presented her research on: "The Female Gaze: Deconstruction and Adaptation in Creative Process". At the 2022 Lessac International Conference, she presented a paper on her research titled "Lessac Body NRG’s and the creation of on-set film language for The Female Gaze: ‘The Feeling Camera". Some of her directing credits include her experimental film SAINT: 5 Etudes for Joan of Arc and her recent stage directing credits include Antigone by Sophokles (translated by Anne Carson), The Pliant Girls by Meghan Brown, Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel, and Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi. She has received creative residencies in playwriting at The Tank/NYC, Dixon Place, and The Purple Rose Theatre Company. Her acting credits include the regional professional premiere of Other Desert Cities, the Off-Off-Broadway revival of How I Learned to Drive, as well as regional productions of POTUS, Don’t Dress for Dinner, She Stoops to Conquer, and Servant to Two Masters.

Crystal Robbins is a Los Angeles-based Master Teacher of LK Bodyvoice . She is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, and Actor's Equity. As a performer she worked closely with Oscar winners Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg and Brad Pitt; she has also logged time working with Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, & Alec Baldwin. Her New York credits include Broadway, off-Broadway and touring productions. She has been teaching LK bodyvoice at Santa Monica College since 2000 and co-creates short format workshops for adults, teachers and kids. A long-time recipient of grants for her Lessac-based K-12 programming (Kindersensics), she applies the work to kids, which is the subject of her upcoming book. She coaches privately in theatre/film/tv/voiceover where she helps working actors and professionals of all kinds with their confidence, charisma, and character development though the bodyvoice. She specializes in making sure that performers and speakers know how to keep their voices safe so they have a job after this one! She has facilitated at Lessac Intensives since 2015. Crystal was Arthur Lessac's assistant for the last 13 years of his life and brings a unique perspective from that time working with the founder of LK. She was a cofounder and director of the Burbank Youth Summer Theatre Institute (BYSTI) a Shakespeare Summer Program for children 6-16. The variety of her personal clientele extends far beyond traditional performers/speakers. She also coaches professors in other subject areas, business people, CEOs, content creators, puppeteers and recently has also coached Twitch streamers in a live-streamed production of Romeo & Juliet for a highly successful charity event benefitting the Twitch Women's Guilds. Crystal has written about Lessac applications related to various sensitive women's issues including childbirth, breast-feeding, and continues to explore LK in medical contexts like cancer surgery recovery, thyroid care, pelvic floor work and trauma. She is an RSME with ISMETA with training in Feldenkrais.