2023

Voice I

Name: Voice I
Code: ARC12599L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Teatro

Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Gaining conscience of the voice as a physical, physiological, emotional and artistic phenomenon Identifying breathing as biological phenomenon and the voice’s motor.
Identifying the body as the support, the matter and the amplifier for the voice.
Developing a both rational and intuitive relationship with text and music. Grammar, meaning, communication.
Connect with silence as part of the theatrical and vocal communication.
Better hearing and self-awareness concerning the voice as body phenomenon.
Autonomy.

Contents

Physical work: relaxation, strength, postures, breathing.
Technical work: breath and sound, resonance, dynamic, voiceprints, articulation.
Text read at first sight.
Work on the text, depending on specific needs and/or in conjunction with the work developed in other disciplines.
Singing together and solo. Contact with music reading.

Teaching Methods

The method is eminently practical, based on experience in and in the ability to apply it in other dramatic exercises along the academic period. The evaluation is determined by the presence, comprehension and analysis of individual cases and collective vocal commitment at school (30%)
1st open intermediate assessment class: where students will demonstrate exercises of voice - 30%
2nd open final evaluation class: where the students will make a presentation of excerpts of texts, poems and songs. - 40%

Teaching Staff

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