Warm Up for Performers & Public Speaking

Course details

• You will learn tutoring from an artist who have made these exercises part of her life for 16 years
• Learn exercises that are geared towards warming up your body for performance, be it a public speaking event you need to do, a voice over gig, or performance on screen or stage.
• Learn about body alignment, breath control, articulation, warming up the resonators and much more!
• It also includes resources at the end of the course to many more warm up ideas
• Suitable for students interested in public speaking or those wishing to improve their overall articulation or inability to speak clearly in front of others, are welcome to take this course.

This Warm Up for Performers & Public Speaking course is the perfect companion for anyone who regularly needs to speak or teach in front of others, or who needs to record videos where you are on camera. The exercises are geared towards warming up your body for performance, be it a public speaking event you need to do, a voice over gig, or performance on screen or stage.

Marinda Botha has been in the voice over industry for 16 years. She has worked and trained in Europe and South Africa and is trained in stage and screen performance, voice overs, physical theatre, clowning and overall physical awareness of body alignment. She is primarily a voice over artist and trainer, with clients from across the globe, with a deep love for movement, understanding your body as a performer, looking after your health and utilizing this tool of yours, to the best of your ability

This course is suitable for all students interested in public speaking or those wishing to improve their overall articulation or inability to speak clearly in front of others, or be taken by complete beginners to advanced students. You will learn body alignment, breath control, articulation, warming up the resonators and many more!

• Introduction

• Become aware of your feet
• The Spine
• The Flop
• The Hug
• General Warm Up
• Breath Control 1-10
• Breath Control Progression
• The Face Stretch
• The Shake Out

• Tongue Twisters
• The Hum
• Tonal Sweeping
• Hum into Sound
• The Diaphragm
• The Yawn-Sigh
• The Cork Exercise
• The Tongue Stretch

• To wrap up

• Resources for Warm-ups