Los problemas vocales del actor en formación. Evaluación de un programa de intervención para la prevención y el tratamiento de voces patológicas en el Departamento de Artes Escénicas de la Universidad de Antioquia

Abstract

n the theatre formation field exists an expressive instrument that requires a specific training: the voice. We can say that the vocal instrument isn’t just the physical context of the actor, because with a training process and with an adequate technique it can become an effective and organic way of expression. This research has the objective to evaluate the importance of the “Evoca” course, which was created to prevent, diagnose and treat vocal problems of the actors that are in training processes. This course will be taught in the Scenic Art Department of the Antioquia University (Medellin-Colombia). Along this essay the effects of the “Evoca” course are being exposed, analyzing the acoustic parameters of the vocal auto perception and vocal efficiency before and after an intervention. An evaluation will determine if the target is close to the normal parameters of their voice use, if there any changes in the vocal difficulty diagnosis, if changes are perceived in the theatric voice or if any changes are perceived in body balance and respiratory gestures. To achieve with success the analysis, the results of two groups of students, GI- (group with the intervention) and GC (control group), are going to be compared. The structure of this thesis is conformed by three big steps: theoretical framework, methodological framework and the analysis of results and conclusions. In the theoretical framework, some necessary inputs are going to be exposed in order to organize and set how emphatic should the fieldwork be on specific aspects of the “Evoca” course. Opinions of several experts, thoughts and reflections of the acting voice, the perception of the training process and the voice teaching in Colombia, are topics that are going to be included as well. The methodological framework exposes a clear context of the course target, the processes used to apply the intervention, the evaluation models and the data collection. Also, the objectives and the design of the investigation are exposed, describing the process of elaboration, confection and validation of the tools and methods used to data collection. In the analysis of results and conclusions chapter, the results of each step are going to be presented: vocal efficiency and auto perception, acoustic parameters, changes in body balance, respiratory gestures and the opinions on how satisfied are the students with the coursed program. Finally, conclusions and reflections developed along the investigation are going to be exposed. These conclusions, lead to new studies approaches that helps to move along and improve the vocal education processes in the different schools that forms and trains actors in Colombia.

Date of Award	17 Nov 2015
Original language	Spanish
Supervisor	Cecilia Gassull Bustamante (Director)