FREEING THE NATURAL VOICE according to Kristin Linklater
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FREEING THE NATURAL VOICE according to Kristin Linklater
Gravity - Floor Work in Voice Work
9.03.2025 11am-3pm (4 hours)
WHEN: Sunday 9.03.2025 - 11am-3pm
WHERE: The Grotowski Institute in Wrocław, POLAND
FEE: 200 pln / 25 eur
LEADER: Joanna Kurzyńska (Designated Linklater Teacher)
Limited spots!
Work schedule:
Sunday 11:00 – 15:00
- short warm-up integrating the body and voice according to Kristin Linklater
- introduction of the concept of gravity and how it affects the human body, breathing
- body scan in a lying position - relaxation
15 min break
- diagonal stretch (diagonal stretch)
- shaking the pelvis, knees, stretching, rivers of vibrations
- the perspective of using gravity in a standing position
This is a relaxing session spent mainly on the floor. The force of gravity, which the body (more precisely - most muscles that do not need to remain in active tension) can submit to, first teaches what letting go physically is, then allows for deeper exercises in the field of releasing the natural voice based on a sigh of relief. The body relaxed on the floor opens up the entire respiratory potential and provides spaces for the vibration of the voice, and the impulses flowing from the imagination give direction and meaning to the actions.
“There is, however, a vital difference between relaxing for the sake of relaxation, which inevitably includes mental collapse, and relaxing in order to accomplish something. Our aim is to remove unnecessary habitual tensions so that the muscles are free to respond to impulse without the short circuiting created by habit”
“Freeing the Natural Voice” by Kristin Linklater
WHEN: Sunday 13.04.2025 - 11am-3pm
WHERE: The Grotowski Institute in Wrocław, POLAND
FEE: 200 pln / 25 eur
LEADER: Joanna Kurzyńska (Designated Linklater Teacher)
Limited spots!
Work schedule:
Sunday 11:00 – 15:00
- short warm-up integrating body and voice according to Kristin Linklater
- spine-tree - work in pairs helping to realize the structure of the spine
Break 15 min
- breathing and voice exercises based on spine rolling – gravity/antigravity
- Humm-train – spine as a path for breath/voice vibration/spoken text/sung phrase
During this session, we will focus on the spine and its huge role in working with the voice according to Kristin Linklater voice method. The spine as the axis of the body, the bony structure along which thought-emotional impulses travel between the body and the mind, is like the trunk of a tree. Understanding its function is much more than correct body posture – an unblocked, tension-free spine helps the human voice use the resonant spaces of the entire body.
“By detailing the connection of breath and sound with the spine you will further encourage the instinctive reflex actions of your inner andominal breathing musculature – the ones knit into the lower vertebrae and the pelvic floor – and at the same time traing your brain to think specifically.”
“Freeing the Natural Voice” by Kristin Linklater
FREEING THE NATURAL VOICE according to Kristin Linklater
The Spine of Voice
13.04.2025 11am-3pm (4 hours)
WHEN: Sunday 18.05.2025 - 11am-3pm
WHERE: The Grotowski Institute in Wrocław, POLAND
FEE: 200 pln / 25 eur
LEADER: Joanna Kurzyńska (Designated Linklater Teacher)
Limited spots!
Sunday 11:00 – 15:00
- short warm-up integrating the body and voice according to Kristin Linklater
- jaw, soft palate and tongue in voice work – the channel
Break 15 min
- exercises raising awareness and unblocking – work with a mirror
- integration of the jaw, palate and tongue with the rest of the body – physical exercises, breathing exercises, work with text
This meeting will be devoted to understanding the function of the jaw, soft palate and tongue muscles in working with the voice and looking at their inner life, which often – unconsciously – stands in the way of freedom of voice. Kristin Linklater proposes specific steps, supported by anatomical knowledge, leading to deepening contact with these areas of the body and opening an individual, conscious path of working with them.
“The voice and the breath are the servants of emotion while the tongue serves the intellect. Eventually there is no hierarchy in this division of labor – emotion and intellect, voice and speech must be equally balanced in communication, but to begin with we have to be sure that the tongue is not hijacking impulses that should be traveling directly to the diaphragm.”
“Freeing The Natural Voice” by Kristin Linklater
FREEING THE NATURAL VOICE according to Kristin Linklater
The Channel-Jaw, Soft Palate, Tongue
18.05.2025 11am-3pm (4 hours)
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