Exploration Cycle

Vocal Support

• - Fundamentals of vocal support

• - Vocal support across varying distances

• - Supporting ‘intimate’ voice

Resonance

• - Resonance in the context of emotional life

• - Building character with resonance

• - Strengthening vocal tone with resonance

The Breath Response

• - Accessing the organic breath response on text

• - Breath response in the context of need or objective

• - Connecting the breath to character thoughts and discoveries

Expanding Expressiveness (or Prosody)

• - Volume, Rate 

• - Pitch, Resonance

• - Juncture, Articulation

Vocal and Physical Qualities (Elements)

• - Exploring the qualities of Fire and Water on text

• - Exploring the qualities of Wind and Earth on text

• - Building characters with Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water 

Efforts 

• - Components of vocal efforts

• Direct vs Indirect

• Strong vs Light

• Sudden vs Sustained

• - Connecting efforts to actions

• Punch, Press, Slash, Dab, Wring, Float, Glide, Press

• - Connecting efforts to emotional shifts

Activating Language

• - Deepening emotional connection to operative language

• - Connecting meaning to action or tactic

• - Varying levels of expressiveness

Vocal and Physical Qualities (Michael Chekhov)

• - Exploring Flowing and Molding 

• - Exploring Flying and Radiating

• - Creating Characters with Qualities