Choirs

Breath - Movement - Voice -  "Moving the Choir“

This offer is directed to choir singers who are interested in bringing more movement into the whole process of singing, from song study till performance. Meditative and energetic moments of movement invite each singer to "tune“ his /her instrument, the resonating body making the voice sound. "Riding the breath“ on gestures of expanding and condensing and on movements of shaking, swinging, bouncing facilitate the sensation of an awakened and well toned body ready to let the voice sound. On the basis of the acquired body awareness various voice activities are developed: voice experiments and improvisations, rhythmic language (training diaphragm activity), tuning-in with melodic/rhythmic patterns, body percussion as accompaniment, warm-up songs, circle-songs, playful activities for group-awareness, movement supporting the song-study, songs and choreography. Singers are invited to learn a song not by concentrating on a written score, but by staying in the previously built up body awareness and going with the flow of the melody.