W1D4 - Hitting a Wall

Good day to you all. Day 4 is complete, and thankfully it was a little bit shorter. I got home today at 9:30, which it outrageous considering I usually get home at around 11:30.

Today was a filled with mixed emotions. In the morning I had Alexandre Technique, with Candice. She is amazing, and has a passion for exploring the dynamics of a human body. Alexandre Technique is pretty much going to change my posture.

Then we had Creative Process with Carol Castel. Oh my dear lanta, now that is a woman I want to be friend with all the time. She is hilarious and witty, and know exactly what to say. Yet, Carol, keeps her interactions with people very intimate and that allows for each one of us NUOVAites can share our experiences!

"Bordom is always this far away..." - Carol Castel. I couldn't agree more with this statement. I'm always on edge, waiting for the next thing to come along.

Then she began to talk about the Left side and Right side of the brain, and how they are connected but sometime very indepedant. (I'm sure one of you has probably studied this) The Left side is all about Rational thought, deductive thought, science, math, linguistics, and as a singer the Left ride of the brain is used for learning all the notes, rhythms, timing issues, etc... The Right side of the brain is used for creative thinking, emtion, texture, taste, smell, etc.. When in the rehearsal stage follow these steps.

1.when learning the piece for the frist time, notes rhythms, use the left critical side of your brain.
2. Then when you are doing a sing through, you should be using about 60 percent Left Brain and 40 percent Right Brain. You still need that left side telling you what you are doing right and wrong, but you also need the Right side of your brain to help you get into the characters faster. Become the Character.
3. Once the opera is being staged you should have your music and words memorized! At this point the Right brain should be 60 % and the Left brain should be around 40%
4. Basically, let go of the left side of the brain, so that the right side can enhance when ever you are doing on stage.

Three things I learned today: MY GOLDEN NUGGETS

Build your own Criteria, don't be living in someone else agenda. You are responsible for your own criteria.

Strength does not come from being hard (and by hard, I mean tensing muscles, and trying to be strongly grounded into the floor) What actually makes us strong and supported is being soft.

As an athlete i need to work on being more relaxed. But then again, my body is in a pattern. As soon as I get into a practice room , or a lesson, I loose my confidence and then retreat back to old ways of getting certain notes. This Habit has to change.

What a day. I could write more, but my eyes are starting to drift off. Later folks!

Over and Out!