Del canto a la palabra hablada: entrenamiento vocal con el canto para la palabra hablada

Abstract

Working with song meant going to the source of human expression, long before words emerged. Song viewed not as a succession of notes but as the chaining of sounds that allow the birth of the word. It was more natural for human beings to sing than to speak, and only by expressing themselves through song were they able to conquer language. In this sense, song is born from a natural and organic process, and was the first source of human expression before the word. This investigation was a way to approach our profession and the nature of the actor. It implied overcoming limits, obstacles; it was a confrontation with others and with oneself; it was an act of searching, a search for harmony that could only be achieved with disciplined, systematic work, free of resistance.

We were not looking for results, although we knew that these are what make a creative process objective, and therefore, to achieve them, we did not go in search of them. As Grotowski says, "if you don't think about the result, the result happens," we had to search but without thinking about the result because otherwise only the brain would work and the impulses of the body would not be given way to. To start the research process, we selected the songs that were most suitable due to their characteristics, and then we undertook daily practice with them based on trial and error.