Physical and Vocal Warm Ups 

Every week, before we started to devise, we would do a group vocal and physical warm up to open and awaken our bodies. Both Brook, Artaud and Grotowski believed in doing physical and vocal warm ups before starting to work, as they noted that their actors performed their best work after they had done a full warm up.  

We would do a few sun salutations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IUyY9Dyr5w and then stretch out our limbs to reduce any possible injuries to ourselves (as the devising we were doing was quite physical) and then lie in semi supine to focus on strengthening our breath and muscularity. After the warm ups, I would always feel prepared and stretched which helped in when devising our group piece and keeping an open mind during the exercises. I think it is very important to do a proper warm up before any rehearsal, as it clears your mind and grounds you in the room.

The vocal warm ups helped my voice to continue developing and open up a wider range. Over the past weeks I have noticed my pitch range has improved massively, as has my breath quality. I think this is due to doing vocal warm ups regularly and stretching my voice.