1st Edition

Fitzmaurice Voicework Embodying the Holistic Voice

320 Pages 39 Color & 119 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 39 Color & 119 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 39 Color & 119 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Fitzmaurice Voicework: Embodying the Holistic Voice is the ultimate guide to a world-renowned voice approach for discovering and developing the voice's full expressive potential and healthy use.  Catherine Fitzmaurice, the originator of the Fitzmaurice Voicework approach, and Michael Morgan bring together over 60 years of original, class-tested exercises and concepts. Detailed... Read more

Foreword by Micha Espinosa

Preface

Acknowledgments

A List of Some Abbreviations

Definitions of Basic Fitzmaurice Voicework Terms

Prologue by Catherine Fitzmaurice

Introduction by Michael Morgan

Chapter One: The Nervous System, Stage Fright, and Talent

Chapter Two: Destructuring Positions and Rests Lying on Your Back

Chapter Three: Destructuring Draping Positions and Rests

Chapter Four: Destructuring Positions on Your Feet and Additional Guidance to Tremor Positions and Tremoring

Chapter Five: Sequencing Dynamic Efforts and Cusp Exercises

Chapter Six: A Bit More Anatomy with Touch

Chapter Seven: Structuring and Restructuring Exercises

Chapter Eight: Other Destructuring Modalities: Touch, Energy Systems, Chakras, and Qi

Chapter Nine: Bridging Destructuring to Restructuring in Partnership

Chapter Ten: Destructuring Partnerships: Touch

Chapter Eleven: Restructuring Applications

Chapter Twelve: Restructuring Partnerships

Epilogue by Catherine Fitzmaurice

Biography

Catherine Fitzmaurice (https://www.fitzmauriceinstitute.org/the-founder) teaches voice and text in Los Angeles, New York City, and worldwide. She leads workshops and seminars and presents at theater, medical, consciousness, and voice conferences. She also trains voice teachers for the next generation in the Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher Certification Program. 

 

Michael Morgan (https://www.michaelmorgan.online) is an actor, voice/text/speech coach, writer, and artist-activist. Originally from New York City, he has performed and taught nationally and internationally. He currently holds a position as a professor of teaching at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Michael founded The Odyssey Project®, a theater arts initiative for incarcerated youth and adults.