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Category Archives: Presence
Roles Singers Play
When I started out singing opera professionally, I had some very naïve views of ‘the business’. One of them was that if you sang well, you’d be a success. Simply by the fact, in opera, that you had a bella … Continue reading
Tool or Crutch? Support, Independence and Integration in Singing.
Remember when you learned to ride a bicycle? You either had “training-wheels” or your father ran alongside you, holding the bike steady. How long were these tools necessary before the wheels came off or dad faded smiling in the distance? … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomie, Authenticity, Coaching, Concentration, Congruence, Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Gesang, Gesangspädagogik, Kommunikation, Lessons, Music, Musik, Oper, Opera, Pedagogy, Performance, Performance Training, Presence, Teaching, Vocal Pedagogy, Voice
Tagged Crutches, Integration, Performance, Singers, Tools, Voice
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Performer’s Presence: Congruence, Dissociation and Double-Dissociation
Evan Bortnick http://musa-vocalis.de/ Gesangsunterricht Wiesbaden A former Zen monk once told me the following story; “Three students stood on a mountain top. The first said: ‘I wish I were a bird. I could fly over the mountains.’ The second said: … Continue reading
Posted in Authenticity, Concentration, Learning, Presence, Singing
Tagged Dissociation, Learning, Optimal, Presence, Singers, Vagal
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Games Voice Students Play — Past Teachers’ Failure
Evan Bortnick http://musa-vocalis.de/ Gesangsunterricht Wiesbaden I’ve been noticing lately an increasing tendency, in blogs, in facebook and on singing/teaching sites in general, towards indignantly commenting about how many ‘bad’ voice teachers there are out there. This tendency seems emphasized by … Continue reading
Posted in Audition, Authenticity, Congruence, Emotional Intelligence, Lessons, Music, Opera, Pedagogy, Performance, Performance Training, Presence, Singing, Teaching, Voice
Tagged Competence, Phases, Reliance, Sense, Student, Teacher, Tendency
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Quick-and-Dirty vs. Slow-and-Detailed
Evan Bortnick http://musa-vocalis.de/ Gesangsunterricht Wiesbaden As we all know, there are COUNTLESS ways to perceive “Reality”. One thing’s for sure; how we perceive “Reality” determines both how we feel and how we behave. I’m sure you’ve also noticed that it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Concentration, Congruence, Emotional Intelligence, Focus, Inner Game, Intelligence, Mind, Mind-Body, NLP, Presence, Thinking
Tagged Conscious, Distinctiion, Impression, Percieve, Reality, Sensory
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“Prescribing the Symptom” in the Voice Lesson
Evan Bortnick http://musa-vocalis.de/ Gesangsunterricht Wiesbaden A voice student begins singing in a lesson and you hear an OBVIOUS mistake, hindrance, inefficiency or blockage (nasality, jaw tension, tongue tension, over-darkened vowels, raised shoulders, high larynx, etc. etc.). What’s the next step? … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomie, Art, Authenticity, Communication, Music, Pedagogy, Performance Training, Presence, Singing, Teaching, Voice
Tagged Illlusory, Movement, Resonance, Singing, Student, Voice, Vowels
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„PRESENCE“
Evan Bortnick http://musa-vocalis.de/ Gesangsunterricht Wiesbaden Stage presence is a term I’ve heard since my first days on the stage. I always found it palpable as a phenomenon, yet almost impossible to describe. Is it possible to ‘teach’ it? Is it … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Astrology, Audition, Class, Fitness, Harmonie, Inner Game, Instrument, Lessons, Mental Training, Music, NLP, Pedagogy, Performance, Performance Training, Presence, Singing, Teaching, Voice
Tagged Balance, Experience, Internal, Phrase, Possible, Presence, Reference, Training
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…the pursuit of Happiness.
Evan Bortnick http://musa-vocalis.de/ Gesangsunterricht Wiesbaden I’m definitely not the first to wonder why our founding fathers chose “Life, Liberty and the “PURSUIT” of Happiness” as a motto. Why not “Life, Happiness and the Pursuit of Liberty? They of all people … Continue reading
Posted in Archetypes, Art, Audition, Calibrated Loops, Class, Fitness, Inner Game, Instrument, Lessons, Mental Training, Music, NLP, Opera, Pedagogy, Performance, Performance Training, Presence, Singing, Teaching, Voice
Tagged Achieved, Experience, Feel, Happiness, Idea, Liberty, Play, Sensations, State
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Emotional Transparency
Evan Bortnick http://musa-vocalis.de/ Gesangsunterricht Wiesbaden It’s fascinating in which contexts individuals intend to be emotionally transparent and in which contexts the intention goes more in the direction of concealment. Even more fascinating is it when you actually consciously intend to … Continue reading
Posted in Archetypes, Art, Authenticity, Class, Communication, Congruence, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Transparency, Family Constellations, Fitness, Harmonie, Inner Game, Mental Training, NLP, Pedagogy, Performance, Performance Training, Presence, Public Speaking, Self Expression, Seminars, Speaking, Teaching, Voice
Tagged Emotional, Expression, Feeling, Intention, Process, Transformational, Voice
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