dinnertime!

Today we did another workshop with Scotty. We worked on breathing techniques, linked with voice usage. I found this very interesting and beneficial, as sometimes I find myself running out of breath on stage, not knowing where to take breaths in soliloquies. We learnt about the diaphragm muscle – the biggest muscle in your body that is right down the middle of you. I will now be more aware of my breathing throughout performances and know to breathe using my diaphragm; I also know not to clench my abdominal muscles when standing, which I usually always do. I feel these tips will help give me a more comfortable performance on stage and it’ll give me the option of focusing more on expression and performance. While it sounds easy, these tips and techniques are actually quite hard to follow, especially when I’ve been in a different habit for 17 years! But with some work I hope I can constructively use them to improve my performance 