PRACTICA
Voice, Movement & Performance Lab
with Kate Conklin

Introducing PRACTICA

A new way to work with the most exciting and effective modalities I have discovered and developed in 30+ years of singing and coaching.

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PRACTICA is a voice, movement, and performance lab dedicated to deepening your coordination, skill, artistry, creativity, and self-trust.

I believe that music, movement, and life itself are dance – on a subatomic, neurobiological, and universal level.

Shiva Nataraja, one of the principal deities in Hinduism, is regarded as the divine cosmic dancer. His functions include creation, destruction, and preservation. Nataraja is a Sanskrit term from Nata, meaning “act, drama, dance,” and raja, meaning “king” or “lord”; the name reflects Shiva’s renown as the “King of Actors” or “Lord of Dancers.”

Shiva’s dance is the universe.

The word practica originates in Ancient Greek, meaning “to do” or “to act,” and in this context also refers to práctica in Argentine tango – an informal, relaxed practice session designed to improve technique and experiment with new movements in a supportive environment.

So, in PRACTICA, we move, act, sing, and play together in the cosmic dance.

The work is rigorous, playful, and transformational.

And you are invited.

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ELEMENTS OF PRACTICA

TEACHING

I will bring principles and concepts to challenge and inspire you in each weekly meeting. These ideas will move you into new ways to perceive, build skills, and help you be at the growing edge of your work.

Specific Areas of Focus Will Include:
Coordination & Ease in All Movement
Breathing
Resonance
Agility, Articulation, Ornamentation
Navigating Registers: Head, Chest, Passaggi
Emotion in Performing
Pre-Performance Energy / Heightened States
Consistency in Quality

We will work with these in synthesized practices, for example:
A warm-up that integrates coordination, breathing, resonance, and pre-performance energy.

PHYSICAL PRACTICES

The physical practices in PRACTICA facilitate the support, dynamic stability, uprighting, joint centration, synergy, coordination, and timing that are present and required for healthy development, as well as high-level artistry and athleticism.

We will work with verifiable, accurate, and relevant anatomy and functioning in the context of whole-self performance. In doing so, we may interface with and revise outdated, incorrect, or incomplete ideas about movement, breathing, singing, and performing.

ARTISTIC PRACTICES

In the teaching and coaching process, we will work with text, character, rehearsal processes, and performance readiness- thriving in heightened performance states.

In PRACTICA, we will do the physical, technical, and artistic practices together in real time. You get everything in the session itself, so the demands of life do not prevent you from getting the benefits. You will also have access to recordings of each session for review.

COACHING

You are invited to be coached on anything you are currently doing or working on from a physical/artistic/vocal/ coordination/biopsychosocial standpoint. You will be coached at the level of your skill and experience- if you are new to this work, you will be given the information you need to create the foundation you need. If you are fluent in this work, you will be coached accordingly and lovingly challenged as desired.

The magic of an integrated, trans-disciplinary group is that you get the benefits of others’ work as well as your own.

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PRACTICA is for you if…

You want to improve your movement, health, and artistry in a multi-faceted, integrated process.

You want to have a deeply integrated creative and performance process.

You want to release antiquated or non-constructive pedagogies, attitudes, and habits.

You want to move beyond your current limitations.

You want to incorporate the most potent science into your movement and performance.

You want to develop your own work to benefit your art, your career, your students, and the world.

You are truly open to being lovingly challenged to improve your art and your craft to see what is truly possible for you.

You want to be deeply connected with your art and your life.

You want to work intimately with principles and practices in the field of human performance.

You want to belong to an intimate community of artists who are committed to living as fully as possible.

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JOIN PRACTICA

STRUCTURE

PRACTICA is a 3-month course of study to provide time for learning and application.

Spring term will be 3 months, April, May, and July (with June off.)

We meet weekly for the first 3 weeks of each month.
Day and time will be determined by the availability of the participants.

FEE

Full price for PRACTICA is $995 per month/ $2985 total

As an introductory special, Spring 2026 is offered for half price
$495 per month / $1485
{less than the cost of one private session with Kate}

Wondering if PRACTICA is right for you?
Book a consultation call to discuss your situation with Kate.

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“Working with Kate is like synthesizing ten different practitioners into one incredibly precise, enthusiastic, effective, and radiant master teacher who won’t let you squirm away from improvements just because they feel strange or unfamiliar.

Every time I take an issue to Kate, it gets solved in a way that gives me more than I’d thought to ask for.”

Rainelle Krause, Soprano

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Your Instructor

Kate Conklin

Kate Conklin’s work as a vocal artist and extraordinary performance coach is to discover and distill the most potent and essential movement and artistic principles and processes to reveal the greatest integrity, creativity, and truth.

Steeped in many ways of knowing, from ancient traditions to current scientific discovery, Kate has spent decades performing professionally and coaching the best performers in the world. Kate’s process has emerged from deep study in the fields of optimal performance, optimal acoustics, flow state, stress physiology, neurobiology, systems theory, Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, anthropology, philosophy, creativity, and neuro- and bio-plasticity.

Kate was the vocalist for Cirque du Soleil’s “O” and a vocal faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts, where she founded and directed the Bulgarian Vocal Ensembles.

Kate is a certified Integrative Alexander Technique teacher, holds two degrees in Vocal Performance, and was a Fulbright Scholar to Bulgaria for singing, pedagogy, and conducting. She is also triple certified in pranic energetic healing practices and working with the subconscious.