Background and aims: This exercise is to warm up the vocal cords and body in preparation for the main part of Žiga’s workshop. It also gets participants started in expressing themselves freely with their voice and in the process of becoming grounded in their bodies – connected and ready to explore their creativity and common expressions.
Step 1: The group stands in a circle. Participants should relax their face, shoulders, arms and take a deep breath in. When breathing out, allow the gentle voice (aaa, oooo, … ) to flow out with the breath. Observe your head, face and their weight by moving them. Observe the body in this manner. Breathe in, moan out. Travel systematically through your whole body, observing each part of your body, stretching it, if needed touching it. The purpose of this exercise is to feel the body to be present in the body.
Step 2: Move altogether at the same time – your shoulders, then arms, wrists, hips…Play with your bodyweight, move slowly, expand your body in all directions. All the time, release gentle sounds freely – to relax even more. Observe what the sound does to your body.
Step 3: Be aware of others in space, keep calm. Breathe, feel the body, the clothes, the air, check the taste in the mouth, check what you can hear, … all this at the same time. The purpose of this step is to integrate the previous two steps and to be ready to work.
