Exercises and Warm-ups (Post 3)

This week, we did new excercises like:

Spine Rolls on s, z, sh, j, f, v, mm, opening into ah:

We stood in a neutral stance and slowly rolled downwards on either a breath or a sound and, if there was any breathe left in us, we would shake it our when we got to the ground; this taught us how to use our voices as much as we can on stage.

Imaginary chewing gum:

In this exercise, we warmed our faces and tried to stretch them as much as we can by pretending we had imaginary chewing gum, in our mouths; this could help with diction and voice control.

Raisin face/Pumpkin face:

In this exercise, we stretched and scrunched our faces to make large and small faces to show how we can use our faces to make different sounds and make our faces look different; this also helped with diction.

Tongue Twisters (Peter Piper):

By saying tongue twisters, it showed how to properly pronounce your words as well as you can on stage, no matter how hard the script lines are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i36jzwRSrgg

Physical warm ups:

In the cat-stretch warm up, we all got on all 4's and slowly stretched our backs, while supporting our weight with our hands and feet; this helped us release all of the tension, in our bodies, so we could act more freely. Our other physical warm ups helped us release tension and act more freely like: Rolling down our spines, shoulder rolls and, pull and pressing exercise.