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Voice as Movement and a Spiritual “in-between”
  • ISSN: 2051-7068
  • E-ISSN: 2051-7076

Abstract

In this article – a combination of video and text – I source from the Judaica project laboratory session above to analyse the phenomenon of voice as a vessel in the context of the Grotowski lineage of theatre practice. Using phenomenology and autoethnography, I bring together the reflections from two performers–researchers improvising in the session: Ben Spatz and myself.1 The improvisation I refer to became prolific material for further scholarly and artistic work. Namely, it supported my process of formulating a notion of 2 discussed in this article. Therefore, I use the reflections from this session as a springboard to analyse the performative, psychophysical and spiritual aspects of the voice becoming a vessel of personal and collective unconscious.3

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  • North of England Consortium for Arts and Humanities (NECAH)
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