De la memoria de la voz a la imagen de la palabra

Abstract

The method "From Voice Memory to Word Image" is the result of an investigation I have been conducting for 14 years of practice as an actor, director, playwright, professor at the Escuela Popular de Arte de Medellín, and in recent years at the University of Antioquia. The specialization offered by the postgraduate program of the Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramático, Colcultura, and the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas has served as a catalyst for the knowledge that we have systematized in this graduation work.

Due to the lack of a structured technique for managing the scenic voice in our environment and the evident separation between the complementary parts of body and voice, we propose the method "From Voice Memory to Word Image," based on theories and practices from other disciplines that employ breathing, meditation, concentration, and the expansion of the body, spirit, and voice.

Through specific exercises, the method proposes developing a technique for opening the chakras - energy centers - that pertain to the voice, sound, visualization, and meditation, bridging the distance and becoming aware of the voice in the mind-body unity; connecting the voice from the interior to the exterior, differentiating the posture of the body and the extra-daily voice from the daily one. The need for a physical center of the voice and body to make the work of vocal technique easier and more precise when facing a theatrical text.