Children take to art naturally. Combine this with the fact that the medium lends itself well to numerous avenues of self-expression, and Singapore is witnessing the field of art therapy gaining popularity. As Ho Soo Fung, an alumna of LASALLE’s MA Art Therapy programme who is presently a principal occupational therapist at the Institute of Mental Health noted, art therapy is a safe outlet for a child to communicate difficult feelings without actually having to verbally discuss it.
This research looks at the effects of Kalaripayattu and Fitzmaurice Voicework techniques as a training methodology for the contemporary actor, redefining the fundamental principles that already exist within the two forms and placing its emphasis on the articulation of the imagination through their combination. Fitzmaurice Voicework was inspired by yoga, shiatsu, and bioenergetic psychotherapy, and its methods include releasing patterns of habitual holding within the viscera causing an autonomic response known as a tremor.
