We will take a closer look at ballet and voice lessons of theatrical company Shiki, the foundation of the stage actor will be born from here

Huge warehouse group · "Shiki Theater Information Center"Supporting the Theater Company Shiki by making a" stage "called the stage set, the" Azamino Shiki Art Center "to be introduced from now on mainly the role playing the actors who are" people "who stand on the stage. There are many rehearsals in a big building, and many theater company members are striving for lessons.

This time I had a special lesson for ballet experts and two lectures on vocal training in the theater company Shiki. It has become a system to take lessons that were relevant to individual ability regardless of experienced / young people, reflecting the attitude of the theater company that values ​​the foundation. There was something overwhelming in the atmosphere that the actor who seriously tackles the lesson got, and I realized that daily efforts are reflected on the stage virtually. We will deliver such lesson scenery together with photos and movies.

Details are as below. First of all it was shown from the ballet lesson. When I interfere with the practice place, the students are warming up.


He is lifting a little with a faint smile, but it can not be imitated.


The lesson begins. Standing beside the bar, I will practice various choreographies.


A pose that makes you feel that pins and nerves pass through to your fingertips.


After moving one's body up and down and finishing one set ... ...


It stopped perfectly and one section.


And another song starts another set.


The teacher walks around the rehearsal and carefully watching what should be noticed. Also, I was dancing while explaining what kind of things to watch out for.





There are also theater members who are dancing to trample them while looking at the model in a serious look.


My teacher said, "Everyone, because they are in the camera, put in a cheerful spirit and have a long flight time (laughs)", everyone burst into laughter and responded perfectly.



In order to make sound flow properly, every rehearsal place is equipped with audio equipment. It happened that this lesson was done with raw piano accompaniment, so speakers and others were not used in particular.



Lighting equipment was also well in the ceiling.


It is said that it will be used when Keiichi Asaray witnesses practice.


In a lesson using a bar, I had performed different sets of tunes and choreographies many times.







As expected it is an advanced lesson, beautiful appearance and behavior.






Crotch breaking is perfect.


This time, we put the bar behind the rehearsal area and the lesson which widely used the hall began.











YouTube - Ballet lessons for advanced users using the bar


Even when it was not my turn, some people practicing practicing aside were also seen. These steady accumulations may be living on the stage.


YouTube - Ballet lesson scenery for experts full of dynamism


Everyone was struggling with freedom and lesson, with a light piano melody.








YouTube - A state of ballet lesson with impressive tiptoe steps and wiggly steps


After the lesson, we clean up the mop on ourselves and clean it up for the people we use next time.


The next time I will show you is Aperture Voice Training. It is a lesson to acquire a method to clearly speak lines in the stage.


First of all, I will lie down and come out like a yawn.



I am checking if my throat is open enough with yawning.
YouTube - Aperture and Voice Training 1


Under the direction of the teacher, I will train to rhythm and give out a voice.



Lying down and making a voice is difficult if you do not use your stomach firmly. In the movie, you can clearly see the abdomen that goes up and down each time you speak. I am doing it while checking whether everyone is using my stomach well.
YouTube - Aperture and Voice Training 2


People who received ballet lessons earlier were also scattered. A little story to Mr. Reiko Nishimura who played the role of Bomballerina of CATS in the center of the photo was a unique training that is the basis of the performance of the four seasons, so it is indispensable in the four seasons the foundation of which is considered the first It is said to be something.


Standing hands on the bar and vocalizing the vowel repeatedly.
YouTube - Aperture and Voice Training 3


There were people who uttered hands on the wall rather than bars. By supporting your body with something, you can be more aware of your stomach.


Finally, training to sing songs with only vowels was done. In the movie, I recorded only the part of the vowel, but after this I put a consonant on it and sang it in the state of a normal song and it ended.
YouTube - vowel training


When the lesson was over, the people in the place cooperated to lift the bar and put it in the corner of the rehearsal area.


I talked to Mr. Maeda Sadahiro who was a teacher of the opening vocalization method about the training of the theater company Shiki. In the recent role, he plays the role of pharaoh of "Aida" and the role of Professor Diramond of "Wicked".


GIGAZINE (G):Although I was practicing the utterance that I was taught earlier, I got the impression that the series flow was different from the way the vocalization of a general theater was spoken, but please tell me the characteristics of this exercise.

Mr. Maeda Sayuichiro (hereinafter, before):
In the four seasons I have a clear methodology called breathing method and vowel method, and phasing. Among them, what we have done now is what we call the time of breathing method of opening vocalization and we are mainly training about breathing method and vowel method.

Anyway, in this theater company, as the work of the actor is to clearly convey the sound to the lighter (Mei-sense) aiming at the upper side, it is required to clearly read aloud after understanding the structure of Japanese firmly I will. Mr. Asari always tells us (the theater company Shiki representative), but Japanese is shaped by vowels, consonants are only a mouth shape. Therefore, as you saw earlier, we train everyday every day to see if we can grasp "AIUEO" as a form, centered on vowels, so that we can link it to the dialogue. I also practice dialogs with only vowels.

Another breathing method takes time to master though it takes time to interlace vowels and breathing. There is a thing that breathing should make a loud voice using abdominal breathing rather than an ordinary person. Using the abdominal dorsi muscles, I will train to speech long in one flow. For that, I train to take a big breath anyway.

G:
When I listened to the experienced theater, I heard that in the practice of a university theater I placed an emphasis on the long tones (how much you can extend the voice without breathing), but what other patterns of practice do you have Is it?

Before:
I always practice such as long brace which was also in the current story or continuing exhaling all the time to train the abdominal muscles with nature. It is a system that you can practice with vowel and breathing always engaging well.

G:
I was surprised to hear that the coach of the training was doing the actors, but is this role a candidacy system, or is it doing around with the circulation system?

Before:
First of all, Professor Asari teaches to new students. As we learn by doing that kind of thing, everyone has a common awareness by listening to the opinions of our seniors with various experiences. We teach this common recognition by circling actors as well as studying themselves. Because teaching is also a matter of study, it is a feeling that it turns among actors who have common recognition, regardless of career in particular.

G:
Please tell me the average weekly lesson schedule.

Before:
In the morning there are ballet lessons and jazz lessons, and then we will train the opening vocalizations we saw earlier. In the afternoon we go to practice of each program. Time varies depending on each program, but I feel like I will practice the entire exercise to about 17 o'clock in general, then clear the subject by individual practice and face the next day.

G:
Personal practice is a thing to practice by remaining very late?

Before:
It is already endless. Especially, who lives nearby. I will not return until I can clear my assignment.


G:
How do you take the day off?

Before:
Basically, there are not many days off. During the performance, there is of course a stage on Saturdays and Sundays and on Monday it is a lesson at this Azamino practice area. Basically I can not do the idea of ​​a holiday ... ....

G:How to refresh?

Before:
I think that it is 10 people, but I go to see other theaters, watch a movie, or just that kind of thing (laugh) I can not afford much time, so it is difficult to travel abroad. I am doing the Egyptian aid (Aida) so I want to go to Egypt, or something like that, but in fact it is quite difficult, so supplement it with the imaginary world, that is, a movie.

G:
Does the content of the training change depending on the performance being performed?

Before:
I think that you can understand the opening vocal training, but this becomes the base and you will live in any program. Everything will face each other on a theater based on this methodology. It will be deepening the part of how to understand the dialogue in the script. All the lessons are free in the four seasons, and everyone can participate freely. I feel that I am in a very privileged environment.

G:
Do you have anything you are conscious about ingesting for your body making?

Before:
I think that what the body needs is what I need, so I try to eat what I want to eat at that time. I do not calculate calories very much, but among women, eating good things while doing calorie calculations, or not to eat after 21 o'clock to avoid getting fat, Or take a good stuff for your muscles, you are truly people.

G:Please tell Mr. Maeda who has enough physical strength to survive the long run performance, if there is something that even general people can incorporate.

Before:
First of all, it is basic not to injure. Sleeping and nutrition are often said not to get sick, but if you are concentrating on practice you may forget sleep, so it is to take proper nutrition accordingly. Also important is always positive feelings.

G:
GIGAZINE Please give a message to the reader.

Before:
If you have not seen theater, I'd like you to visit once. Unlike other media such as movies, it may be the real pleasure of theater that actors and customers can share the same time. Our actors are also on the same stage every day, but there is nothing the same, they are always fresh. I'd like you to spend impressive time at the theater.

G:
Thank you very much.


Throughout the interview, a senior who had played that role in the past had attached guidance to a newly-appointed junior. Mr. Maeda's saying "common recognition" may be something that spreads out of these places.


After having me show the lesson, I had the inside of the facility circle around the round.

· Continued
A practicing place where you can say it as a base for the creation of Shiki Theater Company, a tour report on the "Four Seasons Arts Center" - Part 1 - - GIGAZINE