YOGA OF THE VOICE BY JULIANNA BLOODGOOD

Yoga of the Voice

Led by Julianna Bloodgood of Teatr Pieśń Kozła, this workshop is an in depth exploration of voice as experienced through the body. The body is our gateway to the actor’s craft and all creative sources, and from the body we will begin our investigation of voice, song and musicality through a dynamic exploration of the origins of sound. By drawing upon the principles of yoga and the methodologies of Pieśń Kozła, we will deepen the body-voice connection and explore how we physically experience sound, that through a flow of movement and breath we can awaken sound vibrations within the body resonating the bones and tissues creating a visceral understanding of sound. We will discover how impulse gives ways to breath, breath gives way to sound, sound to sensation, sensation to communication. We seek to create a voice that is open and free, expressive and capable of communicating emotional truth while awakening a deep sense of listening and responsiveness to the impulses that arise within one’s own body and from the collective ensemble; then bring this awareness into musicality through the integration of sound, song, rhythm, relationships and imagination.