CD wrote:
>Have the singers stand with 50-60% of the body weight in the heels.
>Accompany this with reminders to unlock/soften the knees, lengthen and widen
>the back at the belt line.
I read your entire message in the hope that this instrction was only temporary
and used for some special purpose. However, not finding that, I want to make a
different suggestion.
One of the most helpful and important things I learned at the 2000 NATS workshop
on Body Mapping, Alexander Technique, and Dalcroze Eurhythmics was the
importance of allowing the bony structire of the body to bear the wieght, so
that muscles don't have to jump in and compensate for incorrect balance and
alignment. According to Barbara Conable, the weight should be distributed
evenly on the ankle joints, not on the balls or the heels of the feet. Check
out her books and materials at Andover Press. I have used myself and taight the
six points of balance that we learned there for two years now with excellent
results in my singing studio, speech classes, and choral rehearsals and clinics.
This has changed my whole approach to teaching singing/speaking posture.
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