Sound and Movement with Paula Langton
Working with the imagination to wake up pathways in the body through which thought, breath, emotion, and voice can travel.
THE KRISTIN LINKLATER VOICE CENTRE
a retreat-style, residential, voice centre in the Orkney Islands
Built adjacent to Kristin’s house, the Kristin Linklater Voice Centre lies on a hillside with panoramic views over lochs, fields, coastal cliffs and bays.
The workshop studio is large and airy, with a cathedral ceiling, wonderful natural light and cushioned acoustic flooring with under-floor heating. The studio adjoins a living-room, kitchen and communal dining area where groups eat together, relax and socialize. An adjacent building, The Bothy, completes the retreat-style nature of the centre with 12 single bedrooms, one double bedroom and shared toilet/shower facilities.
Central to the ethos of Kristin’s training is an experience of communal living and working which offers a shared process of discovery and personal growth in the daily practice of voice. By providing catered, residential workshops the Kristin Linklater Voice Centre gives participants the rare opportunity of total immersion training, free from the distractions of daily life and in the company of like-minded people.
Working with the imagination to wake up pathways in the body through which thought, breath, emotion, and voice can travel.
This session will focus on awareness of your breath, body, and voice. Awaken your connection to your voice by listening to holdings and finding release. Bring two lines of memorized text and be ready to do some floor work! (A yoga block and the possibilty of putting your legs against a wall will be helpful […]
Focus on skeletal awareness and rely on the skeletal system so as to permit deeper muscular relaxation both in stillness and movement. The warmup takes in the whole progression of Freeing the Natural Voice, with more time spent on physical awareness and resonance.
We'll focus on deeply relaxing and getting present, so you can release habitual tensions, connect to breath, free and empower vibrations, and energize through your resonators.
With Heidi Scheller and Franziska Steinhart: After a quick vocal warm up, we will glory in the lively expression of the resonances of your sinuses. Enjoy your voice gliding back and forth from mouth to skull!
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