Voice Somatics
with Antoinette Helbing
Voice Somatics shares a somatic approach to voice as a deeply physical, expressive, and connective practice. In the workshop, participants explore the interplay between voice, perhaps even spoken word, and movement — to connect with their bodies as instruments that can be finely tuned at the intersection between sound and movement. This approach invites participants to discover the body as the source of voice, the voice as an extension of movement, and the spoken word as a bridge between inner sensations and external expression.
Participants embark on an embodied journey from Feldenkrais into the dynamic nature of vocal expression — discovering how sound and movement arise together, shaping and amplifying one another. Through guided explorations, they uncover how voice resonates in the body, and how spoken word emerges naturally from physical impulses and emotional landscapes. Voice and movement are deeply interconnected; every sound made stems from breath, vibration, and motion. By engaging with this connection, participants learn to navigate the balance between control and release — letting go of unnecessary tension while embracing the raw, authentic textures of their voices. Spoken word becomes a somatic dialogue, linking inner experience to outer communication. Through movement, breath, and vocal techniques, participants can unlock new possibilities for sound-making, physical presence, and using words as a physical playground. The workshop fosters awareness of how voice, movement, and words combine to create rich, multidimensional expressions of self, both as individuals and in connection with others.
Antoinette Helbing (she/her) is a German dance artist, Feldenkrais® practitioner and member of the artist-run platform Dance CooperativE in Copenhagen (DK).
The Feldenkrais Method® was developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) as a gentle and intricate embodied educational process concerned with self-awareness and improved capacity. It uses movement, sensation and reflective experience as coherent learning modes to support the ability to interact with the world in new ways with comfort, ease and curiosity. As a somatic movement practice it expands the ability to rediscover and retune. The method invites to slow down and to listen and to playfully explore the world of internal sensation. Supporting the nervous system to form new pathways beyond its habitual capacities. The Feldenkrais Method® is taught in ‘Awareness Through Movement’® group lessons, guided through verbal instruction, and one-to-one touch-based ‘Functional Integration’® lessons as dialogues between learner and practitioner.







