ABSTRACT

What springs to mind with this phrase, “pre-expressivity”? A kaleidoscope of images and sensations: the awe I feel working with many performers from non-western cultural traditions who seem to have their energy at their finger-tips drawing our attention to them; the desire to instil in my performers and my students that control of energy which brings all their physical, vocal and improvisational training together as a latent force with which they can create, express, perform.