3-Day Fitzmaurice Voicework Workshop

Service Description

In this 3-day voice workshop intensive, participants will be introduced a series of exercises and techniques designed to lay the foundation vocal support, vocal clarity, and vocal health. What will I learn? Participants are made aware of the importance of breath (support and release), resonance (balance and placement) and vocal presence. Individual problem areas and habituated vocal patterns are identified, and specific vocal needs and capabilities explored. Participants will discover the interdependence of the voice as part of the body. They are introduced to the anatomy and physiology of the voice to healthy vocal production. What is Fitzmaurice Voicework®️? The release breath work of Fitzmaurice Voicework®️ was created by Catherine Fitzmaurice and influenced by the work of Alexander Lowen's Bioenergetic Tremors, yoga stretches, shiatzu, and reiki. There is an expansive release of the respiratory system, vocal tract, and accompanying skeletal musculature with the aid of physical ‘dynamic efforts’ and is where actors are introduced to the energy of the breath. Participants will begin to experience the power of a free torso while discovering the different passageways of breath throughout the body and how they connect to the imagination and holistic vocal resonance. Who is teaching? BUDI MILLER is a Lead Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Director of Advanced Training for the Fitzmaurice Institute. He is Co-Artistic Director of the Theatre of Others. He is an UNESCO designated master teacher of mask work. He was the Head of Acting, at Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. He has been an actor-director-writer-teacher in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Australia, Malaysia, India, and Indonesia since 1992. He is the first African American ceremonial mask dancer of Bali. He has coached and inspired the work of Emmy and Academy Award nominated performances and seasoned professionals of stage and screen. Published work: “Whose body is dis: taksu, ase, Black queer intersections, and the awakening of the actor’s spiritual practice,” Miller, A, (2023), Stages of Reckoning: Antiracist and Decolonial Actor Training, Amy Ginther (ed); The Lion and the Breath: Combining Kalaripayattu and Fitzmaurice Voicework Techniques Towards a New Cross-Cultural Methodology for Actor Training (Journal of Embodied Research). Course Details: May 26: 7-10pm May 27: 12-3 pm May 28: 12-3 pm

Contact Details

• 114 Lavender Street, Singapore 338739, Singapore

  +65 8404 3192

  contact@boldmomenttheatre.com