• 4 Week Voice Intensive: Voice and Presence

    Directed by Christianne HOMMELSHEIM, Walli HOEFINGER & Ethie FRIEND, Viviane GAY

    Dates:23.09.25/19.10.25
    Hours:120 h
    Price:1980 €
    Participants:14
    Level:Intermediary & advanced
    Workshop Code:C0923VP
    For administrative and accounting purposes, please include this workshop code and the name of the student when making payments and in all other correspondence.

In this four-week workshop we will focus on the theme of connection to oneself and to others through the study of voice, mind, and body in the context of an ongoing creative process. This workshop is for you if you want to dive deep into the experience of your own voice and integrate this experience into your artistic practice. It is an invitation to re-energize your own artistic practice through vocal work and perceptual practice. We will experiment playfully with practical, physical, perceptual and philosophical ways into artistic expression and performance. This four-week program will include bodywork, meditation, group and individual voice work, creative writing, polyphonic singing and time for creative projects or practices in performance. We are hoping to facilitate four weeks of immersion in a connected vocal and creative process, without any pressure to produce results.

To apply for the programme please send a letter of motivation to: Walli Höfinger: art@wallihoefinger.com and Christiane Hommelsheim: christianehommelsheim@gmail.com

Please feel free to contact us with any further questions you might have. Preference will be given to participants with previous experience in Roy Hart Voice Centre voice work.

  • IMPROVISATION
  • COMPOSITION
  • SONG

Christiane Hommelsheim

Voice performer
Lives in Berlin, Germany
Roy Hart Voice Teacher since 2010

The human voice in all its colors and expressive possibilities, independently of aesthetic norms and conventions, is the center of attention in my work. If we listen closely to our voices we listen closely to ourselves. The voice as a bridge between our rich inner world and the world around us fascinates me in art and life.

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  • MOVEMENT
  • MUSICALITY
  • IMAGINATION
  • EXPERIMENT
  • WRITING
  • COMPOSITION

Walli Höfinger

Performer, Performance Artist, Voice & Singing Teacher
Lives in Berlin, Germany
Roy Hart Voice Teacher since 2009

My focus in sharing the voice work with others lies in listening. Listening with the whole body, listening to one’s inner voice, listening to the poetical and musical voice of oneself and others. This focus prepares the path for connection to each person’s voice and developing artistic expression from there.

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  • SHAKESPEARE
  • EXTENDED VOICE
  • IMPROVISATION WITHIN COMPOSED MUSIC
  • SPONTANEOUS SONG

Ethie Friend

Voice Teacher, Performer, Singer
Lives in Boulder, Colorado USA
Roy Hart Voice Teacher since 2005

I connect most strongly to Wolfsohn's image of the voice as a bridge between the mind and the collective unconscious, and a way of becoming more fully aware of the nature and potential of what it is to be human. We work in an atmosphere that honours the inherent expressive value of all sounds. From that base of openness, trust and curiosity, one works to uncover a wider range of sound expression than one has imagined. The process is joyful, fearful, embarrassing, messy, exciting, playful, demanding a total presence of body, mind and spirit. The voice is developed as a literal and figurative tool for both self-awareness and the transformation of that awareness into conscious life with others, whether that be in performance of works of art, or in the performance of one's own daily life. I believe a core value of the Roy Hart work is the dissolving of artificial boundaries between life and art.

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  • PRESENCE
  • INTERPRETATION
  • MOVEMENT
  • IMPROVISATION
  • LANGUAGE
  • PLAYFULNESS

Viviane Gay

Actress, vocal performer and voice teacher.
Lives in Saint Etienne de l’Olm in the south of France

Roy Hart Voice Teacher since 2023

My work is inspired by the work of Roy Hart, Alfred Wolfsohn, and various founding members of the Roy Hart Theatre.  Using my theatre background, I work with each individual trying to link presence, soul, and voice. I usually work with the body as a starting point  to connect with the breath and support it  in order to allow the voice to express itself. I think the voice allows us to bridge the gap between our inner world and the world around us. This is why, for several years, I have been working on the spoken voice, on the singing voice, the voice filled with our multiple colours that touches and perhaps reveals a piece of our soul.

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    Would you like accommodation in Malérargues during the workshop?
    Price:
    22 euros per night, 27 euros with heating.

    Would you like to rent sheets?
    Price:
    €5 per week

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    Students are accommodated in simple but comfortable shared rooms with two, three or four beds, shared bathrooms and two fully-equipped kitchens. Sheets and blankets are provided.

    You will find photos of the accommodation HERE

    Please note:
    1) we do not have single, private room
    2) we do not make or take reservations for participants lodging outside the Centre
    3) for residencies and longer stays it may be possible to rent appartments in the Château – these too also get booked early for the summer. More info HERE

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    Workshop enrolment is confirmed only upon receipt of deposit.

    • Upon submission of the enrolment form below, a deposit of 120 euros per workshop is required, as well as payment in full for accommodation. Please pay your deposit within four days or enrolment will be automatically cancelled. Accommodation bookings will only be taken into account once payment has been received.
    • Unless otherwise specified, workshop fees do not include meals. Shared kitchens are available for the use of workshop participants.
    • For a refund in the event of cancellation, the deadline for withdrawing from a workshop is 30 days before the workshop is scheduled to begin. A €30 administrative fee will be charged for all cancellations. We regret that deposits are non-refundable within 30 days of the first day of a workshop.
    • In the event of low enrolment, the centre reserves the right to cancel a workshop and any deposit can be transferred to another workshop, or fully refunded.
    • The Centre Artistique International Roy Hart is an association under French law and all workshop participants must therefore be members. The annual membership dues are €30.

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