Welcome to the Centre Artistique International ROY HART
Since 1974 the ROY HART CENTRE at Malérargues in the Cévennes hills of southern France has been dedicated to vocal research, and to its application in life and art. It is the centre of the international network of Roy Hart Theatre voice studies and holds workshops all year round that attract students from throughout the world. The work at the Centre is based on a history of more than 80 years of research, study and practice of the human voice without boundaries.
This video has been posted with the kind permission of Clément Caudal
This video has been posted with the kind permission of Clément Caudal
Upcoming Workshops – Spring 2019
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02.04.19 - 12.04.19AdvancedAdvanced Pedagogic Group (Session 1)Directed by Edda HEEG, Carol MENDELSOHN, Saule RYANPrice900 €Participants:8-12Level:Advanced[/vc_column]Back to Workshops Overview[/wpml_if]
[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]ADVANCED PEDAGOGIC GROUP
The Advanced Pedagogic Group (APG) offers a group based training over a period of 2 to 3 years and consists of 6 sessions of 11 days at Malérargues.
This programme provides a structure that allows students to go deeper into their own voice work, and one which focuses on some of the main elements of voice teaching as practised today by diverse Roy Hart teachers. It is a training of intensive studies for students who already have a substantial experience of Roy Hart voice work. It does not automatically lead to certification as a Roy Hart Voice teacher. A certificate of attendance can be provided at the completion of this programme.
The APG is currently led by Carol Mendelsohn, Edda Heeg and Saule Ryan as the main teachers, with different guest teachers invited to each session.
Contents of the Programme:
Development of vocal potentialExtended voice, colours of the voice
Exploration and improvisation
Interpretation of songs and textsDevelopment of body awareness through movement
Breathing and physical exercises to prepare the body to sing
Anatomy
Seeking the dynamic sources of sounds
Presence, postureArtistic work
Theatrical and musical improvisations.
Development of a Personal project
Singing/ Performing on stagePedagogic work
Giving voice classes with supervision
The art of Listening
The capacity of holding the space as a teacher
Discussions
LecturesHistory of the Roy Hart voice work
To be able to enter the programme the candidate is expected to have completed 200 hours of group work in Roy Hart workshops and around 10 hours of individual lessons. To apply, the candidate should send in a detailed list of workshop and lesson hours with dates and names of teachers plus a letter of motivation to Carol Mendelsohn.Contact: moc.liamtoh@nhoslednemlorac
Registration
[/vc_column]Please note that a place in a workshop or course is only confirmed after recept of a deposit. Please send the enrolment form with a deposit of 120 euros for the workshop plus the total for accommodation, if you have booked a place in a gîte at Malérargues. Bookings will be taken into account only when full payment has been received. The prices shown for the workshops, unless otherwise noted, are for the courses only: food is not provided unless also specified. The deadline for withdrawing from a workshop is one month before the start date of a course or workshop. We regret that no re-imbursments of deposits can be made after this date. Prior to this date, the deposit will be re-imbursed less 30 euros for administrative costs. The Centre reserves the right to cancel a workshop if there are not enough participants. In this case the deposit will be fully re-funded. If you are reserving by the e-mail form below, please be sure to send your deposit on the same day as you send the form. We will temporarily hold you a place for four days. The CAIRH being an association, all workshop participants must be members. The membership fee is €20 per year. [/vc_column_text]Accommodation
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15.04.19 - 19.04.19Open to all« Creative voice», song, improvisation, poetryDirected by David GOLDSWORHTY & Benat ACHIARY *Price480€Participants:14Level:Open to all[/vc_column]
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[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]Workshop director: David Goldsworthy
Other teachers: Benat Achiary – Virtuoso singer and improviser with an international reputation
info: www.musicme.com/Benat-Achiary/Timetable
Beginning of the workshop on Monday at 2:30 pm
9h30-10h45: Body and voice preparation (stretching, movement, breath and voice warm-up) 11h-12H30: Individual vocal training in 2 groups
14h30 – 15h30: Collective singing (traditional and polyphonic songs)
15h40h -17h30: Laboratory towards the interpretation of songs and texts, and improvisationEvening of Friday 19th: a concert given by Benat Achiary with student participation.
Level required: for everyone with some basic experience of voice work (song, improvisation etc)
(No need to be an experienced singer or musician)About the workshop: The complementary teaching of Benat and David will help to expand your voice beyond its habitual limits. Through the mastery of breath and vocal registers, you will discover a wider range of colours, expressions, emotions and find new freedom for the creative and personal interpretation of songs, texts, and vocal improvisation
Content
Training and exercises to develop
breath, and vocal registers
- dynamics, musicality, rhythm. colour, expression, fluidity
- singing technique
- interpretation of songs and texts
- improvisation.
- learning some traditional and polyphonic songsBring some personal working material (song, poem, text etc) and some strong shoes. If the weather allows, we will sometimes walk and improvise in the beautifull Cevenol hills! Musicians are welcome to bring their instruments.
For more information please contact David Goldsworthy (rf.oodanaw@yhtrowsdlogd)
Inscriptions
[/vc_column]Une place dans un stage n’est assurée qu’à réception du dépôt de garantie. Merci d’envoyer la fiche d’inscription avec un dépôt de garantie de 120 euros pour le stage. ATTENTION : Pour votre réservation d'hébergement dans les gîtes de Malérargues, il est impératif de verser la totalité de la somme due lors de votre inscription. Les réservations ne seront prises en compte que lors de la réception de l'intégralité du paiement. Les prix affichés pour les stages sont, sauf mention contraire, pour les cours seulement. La date limite pour l’annulation d’une inscription dans un stage est un mois avant la date de début du stage. Merci de noter qu’il n’y aura pas de remboursement du dépôt de garantie après cette date. Avant cette date, le dépôt sera remboursé moins 30 euros pour frais administratifs. Le centre se réserve le droit d’annuler un stage s’il n’y a pas assez de participants. Dans ce cas, le dépôt de garantie sera intégralement remboursé. Si vous réservez par l’intermédiaire du formulaire ci-dessous, assurez-vous d’envoyer votre dépôt le jour même où vous remplissez le formulaire. Nous vous réserverons une place pendant quatre jours. Le CAIRH étant une association, tous les stagiaires doivent être adhérents. L’adhésion est de 20€ par an (année civile). [/vc_column_text]Logement
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16.04.19 - 21.04.19Intermediary and advancedTrace in spaceDirected by Susanne WEINS & Saso VOLLMAIER* (musician)Price450 €Participants:14 max.Level:Intermediary and advanced[/vc_column]
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[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]An intimate dialogue between voice and movement becomes the source of unanticipated qualities and material for vocal performance and presence. Breaking patterns, challenging our limitations, and opening vocal/ physical forces are some of the practical Issues. Listening to body and sound respectfully will lead to the depth of your personal potential. Please write a letter of motivation.
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[/vc_column]Une place dans un stage n’est assurée qu’à réception du dépôt de garantie. Merci d’envoyer la fiche d’inscription avec un dépôt de garantie de 120 euros pour le stage. ATTENTION : Pour votre réservation d'hébergement dans les gîtes de Malérargues, il est impératif de verser la totalité de la somme due lors de votre inscription. Les réservations ne seront prises en compte que lors de la réception de l'intégralité du paiement. Les prix affichés pour les stages sont, sauf mention contraire, pour les cours seulement. La date limite pour l’annulation d’une inscription dans un stage est un mois avant la date de début du stage. Merci de noter qu’il n’y aura pas de remboursement du dépôt de garantie après cette date. Avant cette date, le dépôt sera remboursé moins 30 euros pour frais administratifs. Le centre se réserve le droit d’annuler un stage s’il n’y a pas assez de participants. Dans ce cas, le dépôt de garantie sera intégralement remboursé. Si vous réservez par l’intermédiaire du formulaire ci-dessous, assurez-vous d’envoyer votre dépôt le jour même où vous remplissez le formulaire. Nous vous réserverons une place pendant quatre jours. Le CAIRH étant une association, tous les stagiaires doivent être adhérents. L’adhésion est de 20€ par an (année civile). [/vc_column_text]Logement
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30.04.19 - 05.05.19Open to allThe art of vocal improvisation: a path towards authenticityDirected by Véronique THOMAS & Maryline GUITTONPrice495 €Participants:12Level:Open to all[/vc_column]
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[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]Véronique and Maryline invite you to take a step on the path of vocal improvisation – a path of self-knowledge, leading to a deeper, more authentic relationship with yourself, with others, with the world. Both are singers and improvisers and they will accompany you as you allow your inner music to be expressed through improvised singing.
This workshop will provide a time and space where you can open up to your breathing, to your emotions and sensory perceptions, and to the images and stories of your imagination. As you release any preconceptions about your voice and your body, you will find yourself "surfing" the waves of your deepest self while also nourishing and enhancing the group expression.
In this space of artistic freedom, as we develop our listening, deepen our presence and savour the pleasure of sounding, musical inspiration will reveal itself. Mindful in the moment of what wants or needs to be said or to be sung, and sharing our “aliveness” in the present moment, we will give expression to our limitless vocal potential.
The workshop will include physical and vocal warm-ups, individual and group lessons, vocal exploration, meditations, improvisations on various themes (melody, rhythm, instruments, etc.)
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[/vc_column]Une place dans un stage n’est assurée qu’à réception du dépôt de garantie. Merci d’envoyer la fiche d’inscription avec un dépôt de garantie de 120 euros pour le stage. ATTENTION : Pour votre réservation d'hébergement dans les gîtes de Malérargues, il est impératif de verser la totalité de la somme due lors de votre inscription. Les réservations ne seront prises en compte que lors de la réception de l'intégralité du paiement. Les prix affichés pour les stages sont, sauf mention contraire, pour les cours seulement. La date limite pour l’annulation d’une inscription dans un stage est un mois avant la date de début du stage. Merci de noter qu’il n’y aura pas de remboursement du dépôt de garantie après cette date. Avant cette date, le dépôt sera remboursé moins 30 euros pour frais administratifs. Le centre se réserve le droit d’annuler un stage s’il n’y a pas assez de participants. Dans ce cas, le dépôt de garantie sera intégralement remboursé. Si vous réservez par l’intermédiaire du formulaire ci-dessous, assurez-vous d’envoyer votre dépôt le jour même où vous remplissez le formulaire. Nous vous réserverons une place pendant quatre jours. Le CAIRH étant une association, tous les stagiaires doivent être adhérents. L’adhésion est de 20€ par an (année civile). [/vc_column_text]Logement
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[/vc_row_inner][/vc_column]The art of vocal improvisation: a path towards authenticity -
07.05.19 - 12.05.19Intermediate / AdvancedVoice ChaosDirected by Ian MAGILTON & Saso VOLLMAIER* (musician)Price450 €Participants:12Level: Intermediate / Advanced[/vc_column]
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[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]In order there is beauty and repetition, but not invention. To find something new we first have to get lost, and then there is the great and noble task to bring invention back out of the chaos to create beauty. That is a task that fascinates Sašo and Ian. If it fascinates you, and you have the possibility, welcome! For the fifth year by popular demand (by the students and the teachers).
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[/vc_column]Une place dans un stage n’est assurée qu’à réception du dépôt de garantie. Merci d’envoyer la fiche d’inscription avec un dépôt de garantie de 120 euros pour le stage. ATTENTION : Pour votre réservation d'hébergement dans les gîtes de Malérargues, il est impératif de verser la totalité de la somme due lors de votre inscription. Les réservations ne seront prises en compte que lors de la réception de l'intégralité du paiement. Les prix affichés pour les stages sont, sauf mention contraire, pour les cours seulement. La date limite pour l’annulation d’une inscription dans un stage est un mois avant la date de début du stage. Merci de noter qu’il n’y aura pas de remboursement du dépôt de garantie après cette date. Avant cette date, le dépôt sera remboursé moins 30 euros pour frais administratifs. Le centre se réserve le droit d’annuler un stage s’il n’y a pas assez de participants. Dans ce cas, le dépôt de garantie sera intégralement remboursé. Si vous réservez par l’intermédiaire du formulaire ci-dessous, assurez-vous d’envoyer votre dépôt le jour même où vous remplissez le formulaire. Nous vous réserverons une place pendant quatre jours. Le CAIRH étant une association, tous les stagiaires doivent être adhérents. L’adhésion est de 20€ par an (année civile). [/vc_column_text]Logement
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21.05.19 - 26.05.19Open to allFrom inspiration to creationDirected by Mariane SIEM & Zwaantje DE VRIESPrice405 €Participants:12Level:Open to all[/vc_column]
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[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]Be inspired to use your voice as the primary tool in artistic creation.
At the workshop, dance, poetry, visual art and space will open up an awareness of listening, sensing, moving and watching. Your impressions will be transformed into expression through song, sound and speaking.
Every day we will work with physical preparation and an exploration of the voice in its multiple possibilities. There will be moments of individual work as well as collective group creations.
The work will take place in the studios of the CAIRH and outside in nature.Inscriptions
[/vc_column]Une place dans un stage n’est assurée qu’à réception du dépôt de garantie. Merci d’envoyer la fiche d’inscription avec un dépôt de garantie de 120 euros pour le stage. ATTENTION : Pour votre réservation d'hébergement dans les gîtes de Malérargues, il est impératif de verser la totalité de la somme due lors de votre inscription. Les réservations ne seront prises en compte que lors de la réception de l'intégralité du paiement. Les prix affichés pour les stages sont, sauf mention contraire, pour les cours seulement. La date limite pour l’annulation d’une inscription dans un stage est un mois avant la date de début du stage. Merci de noter qu’il n’y aura pas de remboursement du dépôt de garantie après cette date. Avant cette date, le dépôt sera remboursé moins 30 euros pour frais administratifs. Le centre se réserve le droit d’annuler un stage s’il n’y a pas assez de participants. Dans ce cas, le dépôt de garantie sera intégralement remboursé. Si vous réservez par l’intermédiaire du formulaire ci-dessous, assurez-vous d’envoyer votre dépôt le jour même où vous remplissez le formulaire. Nous vous réserverons une place pendant quatre jours. Le CAIRH étant une association, tous les stagiaires doivent être adhérents. L’adhésion est de 20€ par an (année civile). [/vc_column_text]Logement
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[/vc_row_inner][/vc_column]From inspiration to creation -
30.05.19 - 02.06.19Open to allSinging Voice and Spoken VoiceDirected by David GOLDSWORTHY & Marianne LE TRONPrice330 €Participants:12Level:Open to all[/vc_column]
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[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]The singing voice and spoken voice are inseparable. We will explore how they are linked through work on the body, breath, and voice, and by exploring vocal range, all at the service of the vocal imagination of each participant. Bring a text and a song of your choice for creative and recreational laboratory work.
Inscriptions
[/vc_column]Une place dans un stage n’est assurée qu’à réception du dépôt de garantie. Merci d’envoyer la fiche d’inscription avec un dépôt de garantie de 120 euros pour le stage. ATTENTION : Pour votre réservation d'hébergement dans les gîtes de Malérargues, il est impératif de verser la totalité de la somme due lors de votre inscription. Les réservations ne seront prises en compte que lors de la réception de l'intégralité du paiement. Les prix affichés pour les stages sont, sauf mention contraire, pour les cours seulement. La date limite pour l’annulation d’une inscription dans un stage est un mois avant la date de début du stage. Merci de noter qu’il n’y aura pas de remboursement du dépôt de garantie après cette date. Avant cette date, le dépôt sera remboursé moins 30 euros pour frais administratifs. Le centre se réserve le droit d’annuler un stage s’il n’y a pas assez de participants. Dans ce cas, le dépôt de garantie sera intégralement remboursé. Si vous réservez par l’intermédiaire du formulaire ci-dessous, assurez-vous d’envoyer votre dépôt le jour même où vous remplissez le formulaire. Nous vous réserverons une place pendant quatre jours. Le CAIRH étant une association, tous les stagiaires doivent être adhérents. L’adhésion est de 20€ par an (année civile). [/vc_column_text]Logement
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11.06.19-16.06.19Open to allHuman Voice (Extended)Directed by Saule RYAN & Emanuella LAZZERINIPrice375 €Participants:12Level:Open to all[/vc_column]
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[/vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="display-workshop-info[/vc_column]All “HUMAN VOICE” workshops are open to all and focus on the fundamental elements of Roy
Hart Theatre voice work:
- Development of vocal potential.
- Theatrical and musical improvisations.
- Individual work in small groups.
- Breathing and physical exercises to prepare the body to sing.
- The art of listening to others and oneself.
- Seeking the dynamic sources of sounds+1 individual lesson for each student during the afternoon
Registration
[/vc_column]Please note that a place in a workshop or course is only confirmed after recept of a deposit. Please send the enrolment form with a deposit of 120 euros for the workshop plus the total for accommodation, if you have booked a place in a gîte at Malérargues. Bookings will be taken into account only when full payment has been received. The prices shown for the workshops, unless otherwise noted, are for the courses only: food is not provided unless also specified. The deadline for withdrawing from a workshop is one month before the start date of a course or workshop. We regret that no re-imbursments of deposits can be made after this date. Prior to this date, the deposit will be re-imbursed less 30 euros for administrative costs. The Centre reserves the right to cancel a workshop if there are not enough participants. In this case the deposit will be fully re-funded. If you are reserving by the e-mail form below, please be sure to send your deposit on the same day as you send the form. We will temporarily hold you a place for four days. The CAIRH being an association, all workshop participants must be members. The membership fee is €20 per year. [/vc_column_text]Accommodation
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[/vc_column]Human Voice (Extended)
European project
On Thursday 15th. of November in Leeds there was the launch of a pan European study exchange under the wonderfully pan-European title of APPLIED THEATRE IN PRACTISING INTEGRATED APPROACHES (ATIPIA).
The launch was a long day of wonderfully theatrical presentations, minute planning and promise. It was strangely ironic to find ourselves in Leeds promoting an exciting European project at a moment in time when all the news there was so dominated by the panic of Britain’s tangled attempts to leave Europe.
Upcoming Performances
Workshops in Malérargues and around the world
Roy Hart Voice Workshops in Malérargues are held mainly between March and November. During that season there are also performances, open rehearsals, social events to attend.
Advanced Training to deepen the work is offered in different formats: Intensive Workshops over a longer period of time and Teacher Training Groups.
Internationally a vivid network of voice teachers descended from the work of Roy Hart Theatre, we also announce these workshops here.
Resources
Singing in Malérargues means to grow your sound body, free your deepest inner being, tame the unknown of your self. It is to commune with yourself and with others.Agnès Dumouchel
The voice for me is a necessity that goes below speech and beyond the song. It is a return to the raw material of the voice, a subterranean and atavistic space little touched on in art.Daniela Molina
The quality of listening I have found in Malérargues is the most sensitive I have ever experienced, without any kind of judgement or expectation. Malérargues is the place where you can accept your vulnerability and find the power of your voice.Jesús Muñoz
When I truly sound, my real whole-range voice, ‘I’ cease to exist: all the voices of judgement, classification, evaluation… disappear and I’m truly one with the world.Orly Asody Bergman
Malérargues: A place to find oneselfNadine Rodilla
Singing is taking pleasure in vibrating, with a desire to express oneself freely.Miguel Alonso Gutierrez
Singing: The opening and liberation of the individual’s potential through singing, in connecting with the conscious awareness of the moment in the Here and Now. “Concentration, intensity, expression".Alfred Wolfsohn
A suspended moment of sound coming from lived experience: dreams, thoughts, opinions, emotions, sensations, nourished by pleasures and conflicts. Past and future become present in sound leaving the body, sound coming into oneself.Andrés Zará
To resound in life: the emotive voiceAlbino Bignamini
For me flying is the best metaphor for singing. In order to soar up to the sky we need a great hold on the ground, good energy, a lot of confidence, relaxation and vigour. Then, we can find a way to open up to imagination...Renata Roagna
The heart, soul, and body hunger for deep expressions – of joy, yearning, grief, ecstasy, pain, uncertainty, purpose. This vocal journey thrives on listening, searching, play, risk and ultimately, the discovery of form and ease.Marya Lowry
Malérargues was built on a dream of a remarkable man, Roy Hart, and some exceptional people who worked with him.Linda Wise
Singing is a personal sound form, just like your physical body.Ulrik Barfod
“Learning how to sing is learning how to love.“Alfred Wolfsohn
Singing is ex-pression. For me to sing is to free the voice, by releasing the body and its tensions and listening to one’s feelings and deep emotions, one’s essential being.Odile Gence
Singing, as defined by Alfred Wolfsohn and Roy Hart, is an extraordinary idealistic and demanding proposal – I am especially interested in its Talmudic backdrop. Protestant enthusiasm often takes over: its cult is also called singing. This, from a baroque, neopagan ‘goy’.Enrique Pardo
Malérargues is my second home. When I think of it, I remember sharing deep times with my dear friends Robert, Marita, Jonathan. It is the navel of the world, the mother-house of this really unique and beautiful exploration of the voice and being.Susanne Weins
Dancing my voice and singing my dance brings me in direct contact with my inner space.Rosemarie Anton
Malérargues is for me the beautiful and important heart of the Roy Hart community. It is the meeting place for people who have experienced a Roy Hart moment that made such an impact on them that it created a longing for more.Mariane Siem
Singing is a way to connect through the voice. Listen with the soul into the body – or with the body into the soul. The voice makes it all audible.Walli Höfinger
To find your VOICE is to find your WAY! Unite body and voice to find the upright human being. Go beyond what you thought were your limits, feed your internal music to express your true voice without cheating or pretence.Michèle Laforest
Singing is breath moved by feeling when words no longer hold their meaning ... and given time, singing moves life into greater meaning especially as the world loses touch with its feeling.Clara Silber
I follow my intuition in the moment, based on what I perceive to be the need of each student's unique voice. I guide people to connect with their creative impulses, accepting the sound “just as it is," and expressing what their voices have to say.Audrey Pernell
At the Roy Hart Centre, we learn from workshops, from passionate discussions over meals with fellow students, from conversing with nature, and the place itself, which has a soul of its own. At Malérargues, the apprenticeship is constant.Maryline Guitton
I find a joy that's always renewed in the emergence of a sound, of a voice - like the pleasure I find in the appearance of light. I enjoy shadow also: the velvet of a voice, the depth as well as the metal, the curves of the voice.Pascale Ben
"The voice is the muscle of the soul."Alfred Wolfsohn
“Singing“ is an inclusive term for me that covers any action that involves vocal expression. It is inclusive in the sense that it seeks to renegotiate our perceptions both of ourselves and others. Its primary aim is one of communication on all levels.Kevin Crawford
How did a bunch of baby boomers come to own an amazing place like Château de Malérargues and its thirty or so hectares? Because of the charisma of Roy Hart, and thanks to the financial intrepidness of his friend Davide Monty Crawford. The rest, in all modesty, is small print.Enrique Pardo
Singing for me is breathing in with my ears and my soul – and breathing out this inspiration with my voice.Edda Heeg
"Singing" happens when a person’s whole body, senses and imagination are totally engaged in creating vocal sound, whilst focusing on a given note, image or word. This requires many hours of dedicated work with a teacher who is able to "sing".Noah Pikes
Singing is my sounding wings unfolded. Malérargues is a link to singing myself back home.Emanuella Lazzerini
Malérargues is a safe place for letting the voice turn the soul inside out, touching secret memories hidden in the body and give them rhythm, music and meaning.Fia Adler Sandblad
Singing for me means connecting with my intimate self. Being entwined with my breath, life’s breath, the breath of living beings. Merging with distant echoes from my deepest hiding place. Surprising myself, huddling down into my own resonances.Mathilde Fabre
Moving while sounding, sounding while moving. We are exploring the unknown, and there is no end in sight. I have never heard a bad voice.Akhmatova Samuels
The Roy Hart Theatre approach works at the nexus of body, voice, self-knowledge, theatre and music. This exploration allows us to build bridges and increase unity within ourselves.Laurent Stéphan
For me, singing is connection, self-knowledge, accuracy, expression, wisdom.Paula Molinari
Awe says in the video of his lesson to Roy, “more body” - this is the Key to the work. Everyone thinks they have a body, but in reality they only have a head. What does the ear hear when there is more body? The answer to this takes time and care.Paul Silber
To sing for me is an act of freedom, letting go, connecting to my emotions, my physical sensations and my whole being. Singing makes me deeply alive.Veronique Caudal
There is nothing that gets you closer to your-self than your voice, there is nothing that gets you closer to the Other, then The voice.Zwaantje de Vries
The voice has become my life companion, my gauge of personal and artistic work, my inspiration. And I love to share them .Marianne Le Tron
For me, the philosophy of the Roy Hart work begins with Alfred Wolfsohn. His lifework inspired us to find a new world. The soul of singing, the music in each one of us, needs careful listening, observation and empathy: these are my hard worked-for aims.Kaya M. Anderson
A smiling field full of contradictions, fear and love, sadness and happiness, emptiness and fullness…, resistance, freedom, letting go, releasing. Always a challenge, always good. Finding the pleasure. Finding myself, myself in others. Unity.Nuria Inglada
In Singing we appreciate ourselves, the world, nature and the people who are with us.Yehudi Menuhin
“ Singing“ allows me to dynamically explore many different qualities of sound, so that with time my capacity to express myself both as a singer and as a human being is enhanced. More in touch with myself and my voice I can be more in touch with others.Saule Ryan
Singing is Connection: to self, to others, to the world.Phil Timberlake
Singing is not just a question of vocal technique. It is a dynamic artistic and human process, an opening to oneself and the world - an intensive work which involves, effort, discipline, humility and the capacity to look and listen.David Goldsworthy
Our voices are very much bigger than we think, certainly bigger than we normally use, and there is a profound connection between our voice and our self, which is in turn very much bigger than we realise or normally admit to.Ian Magilton
Malérargues is a magical place charged with invisible energy from all the years of voice work - the ground from which we can take off, grow and sing life itself.Esther Knappe
