{"id":40,"date":"2010-08-19T19:30:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T19:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/theater\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2023-11-27T10:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:24:02","slug":"vecsey-katalin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/theater\/vecsey-katalin\/","title":{"rendered":"Vecsey, Katalin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"faculty-profile js-shortcode-faculty-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-message\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This faculty member is currently on leave. Please contact the \n\t\tDean of Faculty&#8217;s Office at 207-786-6067 if you need further assistance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-left-col profile-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"profile-business-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-image-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Katalin Vecsey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2015\/08\/New-Kati-Photo-211x300-1.jpg\" class=\"profile-image wp-image-413\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-buscard-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-title profile-name\" style=\"\">Katalin Vecsey<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Theater and European Studies<\/h4><h4 class=\"profile-title\">Vocal Director for Theater Productions<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"department-meta departmental-associations\"><span class=\"profile-department\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/theater-and-dance\/\">Theater<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><p class=\"profile-location\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/Shibboleth.sso\/Login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bates.edu%2Fdirectory%2F%3Flookup%3Dkvecsey\">View office locations in Directory<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"profile-contact\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"profile-about\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>About<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Katalin Vecsey is an Associate Professor in Theater and Vocal Director for Theatrical Productions at Bates College, Maine, U.S.A. She received her doctorate from the E\u00f6tv\u00f6s L\u00f3r\u00e1nd University in Budapest, Hungary. In addition to Bates, she has taught at B\u00e1rczi Guszt\u00e1v College and at drama conservatory programs in Budapest. She is experienced in teaching advanced and introductory voice and speech courses, text analysis, stage dialects and voice-over techniques. She has also served as a vocal director for academic and professional theater productions both in the United States and in her native Hungary. Dr. Vecsey is a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and the Hungarian Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The 2012 Kroepsch Award\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39994997?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-right-col profile-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"profile-expertise\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Expertise<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?taxonomy=expertise-specific&#038;term=contemporary-theater-and-productions-in-hungary-poland-czech-republic-slovakia\" rel=\"tag\">contemporary theater and productions in Hungary; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?taxonomy=expertise&#038;term=post-1989-central-european-drama-and-productions\" rel=\"tag\">post-1989 central European drama and productions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?taxonomy=expertise-specific&#038;term=vocal-health-and-pedagogy\" rel=\"tag\">vocal health and pedagogy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?taxonomy=expertise-specific&#038;term=voice-abuse-prevention\" rel=\"tag\">voice abuse prevention<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?taxonomy=expertise-specific&#038;term=voice-and-speech-training-for-actors\" rel=\"tag\">voice and speech training for actors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/?taxonomy=expertise&#038;term=voice-and-speech-training-for-professional-voice-users\" rel=\"tag\">voice and speech training for professional voice users<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"profile-course-listing\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Current Courses<\/h3><h4>Winter Semester 2027<\/h4><div class='profile-course'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='course-title'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>European Drama after 1989<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='course-meta'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEUS 267 \/ THEA 267\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='course-description'>This course examines contemporary drama and theater, focusing on the post-communist transition and experience. Students will explore how playwrights, directors, and theater companies responded to political transition, social upheaval, economic transformation, and the reconfiguration of national iden&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='profile-course'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='course-title'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Introduction to Voice and Speech<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='course-meta'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHEA 263\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='course-description'>Students examine the nature and working of the human voice. They explore ways to develop the voice&#8217;s potential for expressive communication with exercises and the analysis of breathing, vocal relaxation, pitch, resonance, articulation, audibility, and text performance. This is a dynamic and highly e&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"faculty-profiles-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-admin\/post.php?post_type=faculty-profile&#038;post=223&#038;action=edit\">Faculty Login<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"profile-links\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Links<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/files\/2024\/08\/K.VECSEY-VITA-June-2024.pdf\">Official C.V.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"associated-stories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Bates articles about Katalin Vecsey<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"associated-story\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/14\/picture-story-chekhovs-the-seagull-between-avant-garde-and-traditional\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPicture Story: Chekhov&#8217;s &#8216;The Seagull,&#8217; between avant-garde and traditional\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPosted <b>Mar 14, 2025<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin <b>News<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The play reflects on its own form, blurring the line between performance and reality \u2014 especially relevant for Bates students discovering their own creative voices.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/aside>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><!--faculty-profile-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":428,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"Brief History and Bio for Katalin Vecsey Senior Theater Lecturer as well as Vocal Director for Bates College Theater Productions","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/428"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5176,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/5176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}