Singing & Speaking as a Profession

Anyone who sings or speaks professionally knows the moment before the first sound.

The stage.
The audition.
The lesson.
The exam.

The body becomes alert.
The heart beats faster.
Attention turns towards the task ahead.

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This tension ist not a mistake.

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It is part of every living artistic practice.

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The crucial question is not whether it arises.

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The crucial question is whether the body can then find its way back into its natural balance.

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This is precisely where the vagusonar approach begins.

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It understands the classical approach to singing not as a collection of additional techniques, but as a way of creating the conditions in which the body's natural reflexes and processes of self-organisation can become effective again.

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The importance of a sound classical vocal foundation is not called into question.

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Rather, the perspective changes:

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The focus is no longer on constant conscious intervention. What matters is trusting the body again to do what it was made to do. The more its natural reflexes are allowed to take over, the less necessary it becomes to consciously control the sound.

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Gradually, attention can shift away from constant self-monitoring and return to artistic expression.

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Sound becomes a natural event again.
And with it, carrying capacity, expression and artistic presence can grow.

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At the same time, the nervous system is given the opportunity to return to a more flexible state. The inner balance that can emerge is not without effect - it becomes audible, visible and often perceptible to the audience as well.

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Perhaps artistic freedom begins precisely where the body is once again allowed to take over.

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Sound then arises as a consequence.
Not as a demand.