Body and Voice 1A (DRAM10021)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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This subject allows the individual to discover the interdependence of voice and body. The focus of the work lies in addressing idiosyncratic habits which may inhibit the moving speaking performer in order to develop a functional, efficient and flexible body and voice. This subject will include a selection from the following: physical awareness of breath in the body, muscularity, resonance, active listening and kinaesthetic awareness, fundamental patterns of physical organization and use, physical improvisation, dynamic imagery and rhythmical play to activate sensory perception.

Intended learning outcomes

This subject enables students to:

  • identify and work towards freedom from idiosyncratic habituated vocal and movement patterns which impede effective communication;
  • develop a kinaesthetic understanding of vibration in the body;
  • develop a kinaesthetic understanding of the relationship between the spine and breath support;
  • develop a kinaesthetic understanding of the relationship between impulse, breath, sound, body, space and action;
  • develop a kinaesthetic awareness of embodied sound supported by a reflexive breath musculature;
  • achieve increased physical integration and articulation including spinal mobility, flexibility, coordination and balance of the body;
  • prepare the body and voice mindfully and consciously;
  • develop active listening skills in a variety of contexts.

Generic skills

On completing this subject students will be able to:
• solve problems creatively;
• have a capacity for kinaesthetic awareness;
• work confidently in the “unknown”;
• work with focus, energy and responsibility in class;

• collaborate in a team.

Last updated: 3 November 2022