1. Pia Kiviaho-Kallio, MA, Dance Teacher
From Silence to Speech
Pia Kiviaho-Kallio, MA, Dance Teacher

2. Beam me up – articulate presence https://www. youtube. com/watch

3. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken (Oscar Wilde) – a call for authenticity

4. Presence – Eyes on Skin

5. Attitude: Originally 17c
Attitude: Originally 17c. a technical term in art for the posture of a figure in a statue or painting; later generalized to "a posture of the body supposed to imply some mental state"

6. Gestures start from the shoulderblades

7. Aristotle (384-322 BC): Ethos – Pathos - Logos
Your character, personality and attitude towards the world
ETHOS
The feeling you evoke in your audience
PATHOS
The spoken word - you refer to logic and reason
LOGOS

8. Winston Churchill
If I have all day, I can start speaking straight away. For a one-hour speech I need a day of preparation. For a five- minute speech I need two days.

9. Master the Art of Silence
Feet well-rooted to the floor – soft knees
Breathing body – support from the spine
Gaze: See the audience (don’t only look at the audience)
TAKE YOUR TIME, DON’T RUSH INTO SPEECH
Darren Tay, Singaporean Lawyer, World Champion of Public Speaking 2016
(2nd place)

10. Open Gaze
The trick is to see, not only look.

11. Body in Space Mikhail Chekhov ( 1891-1955)
Psychological gesture - physical manifestation of inner state
"What is the psychological gesture of a business professional?“
Body in space - choreutic units
Spatial projection, Spatial progression
Spatial tension, Body design

12. Suspended Silence!
The business professional's presence starts from posture and attitude.
According to legendary acting teacher Ken Rea, an outstanding actor has seven keys to success. The same apply to an outstanding speaker:
Warmth, generosity, enthusiasm, danger, presence, grit and charisma.

13. Classical Rhetorics - Disposition
The Greek regarded rhetorics as a technique (tekhne) that could be learned.
INVENTIO
DISPOSITIO
ELOCUTIO
MEMORIA
ACTIO/ PRONUNTIATIO

14. Inventio You have to decide what you are going to say.
You have to find the essential points.
You have to find proof for the arguments presented.
In addition to claiming something, you have to evoke feelings in the listener ETHOS - PATHOS

15. Dispositio INTRODUCTION: evokes the interest in the topic
BODY: The speaker presents his/her point of view and defends his argument.
CONCLUSION: should evoke emotional response in the listener.
N.B. Finns tend to focus on the disposition.
The PowerPoint is not the presentation!

16. Elocutio The spoken language. Style and metaphors
EX. from Romeo and Juliet: ”Night’s candles are burnt out” ,
night’s candles = stars
RHYTHM: Challenge for Finns in particular – the TROCHEE. The stress in Finnish language is on the first syllable.

17. Memoria The presentation has to be memorized.
In classical Greece and Rome public speeches were memorized (no notes used)
Technique for memorizing: Walking from one room to the other, placing different parts of the speech into different spots.
N.B! Give room to surprise – surpise yourself
You need to so something is you are bored with your presentation

18. Action - Pronuntiatio Performance
Articulation – both speech and body have to be articulate
Gestures and body language
N.B. Heightened awareness of what you are doing
”The poetry of the articulate body!”

19. Amy Cuddy, Harvard: Expansive body language
High Power Pose
Low Power Pose

20. Message to Aliens (Carl Sagan 1972)

21. 2B + C = poor presence
Body Guard, Butler, Crutch
Strong Presence

22. Lack of Presence in the Trump Ladies

23. Amy Cuddy on how body language shapes the speaker – testosterone/ cortisol levels

24. Ritualized Power in the Court of Louis XIV
Le Roi Dance – Le Ballet de la Nuit (1653)
Two minutes of Power Posing to music by Jean-Baptiste Lully

25. Voice
The organs of speech are mostly concentrated in the head: the mouth, nose and throat.
The organs of speech also include the lungs and diaphragm in the trunk of the body.
The primary role of these organs is that of eating, tasting, smelling and breathing.
The production of speech is only a secondary role.
NOTE! ”Safety area”: the area around your neck – don’t force your voice.

26. The Five Cavities Cavity 1: the lungs Cavity 2: the stomach
Cavity 3: the pharynx
Cavity 4: the nasal cavity
Cavity 5: the oral cavity
The air is set in motion by the lungs and its flow is controlled or regulated by the muscles of the diaphragm (pallea) and chest.

27. Rules for Speaking
A clear auditory image of the sound you aim to produce: pitch, intensity, vowel and rhythm.
2. Coordination between the setting of the vocal cords and breath pressure.
3. An immediate, spontaneous, direct and confident attack without hesitation or judgement.
4. An open, unrestricted pharynx.
5. Release of external neck, jaw, shoulder and upper rib tension

28. Note!
Continual focus on the image of what you want to express. Do not listen to the sound actually being produced.
Microphones are a challenge as you hear yourself from the outside.
EXPERIMENT: How do I sound to others? Put your hands in ”Dumbo the Elephant” style right behind your ears. Speak a line. This is how you sound to others!
Joyce di Donato:

29. Simkin and the City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsKXoW3hLkQ
As performer, be bold and look for opportunities to speak in places where you are out of your comfort zone.
Develop your own personal qualities into perfection!
Be a Simkin in the city!

30. Dancing English Teacher, Haaga-Helia