dimensions of marisa michelson
Sara Vatore
In this episode of Multidimensional Transmissions, I had a captivating conversation with the gifted Marisa Michelson, a singer, composer, and somatic singing teacher. We discussed her inspiring journey from childhood theater to professional composition and the healing Vocal DeArmoring work she does today.
Together, we unveil the complexities of embracing our multi-dimensional nature, and how it has allowed Marisa to flourish creatively in her life and career.
Marisa is a singer and singing teacher, an award-winning composer at the nexus of theatre, experimental music, opera, new music, and improvisation, and the founding director of the embodied vocal-performance ensemble, Constellation Chor || an immersion in voice, movement, and spirit - which seeks wild embodiment through voice and body and has made a name for itself performing at such venues as Lincoln Center, The Kitchen, National Sawdust, Pioneer Works, and in Greece and Iceland.
With Constellation Chor, Marisa has developed a practice for connecting to Self and Other via group voice and movement improvisation, a practice that she teaches to all humans (not just professional artists) and calls Core Sounding™.
As a somatic singing teacher, Marisa has taught Broadway stars, opera singers, and people who have never sung before but who know that singing is their birthright. She teaches virtually and in person. Her perspective is grounded in the Libero Canto© Approach which was first developed by Lajos Szamosi in Budapest before World War II and is her primary pedagogical lineage.
She has also completed a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Healing from the Embody Lab which is part of what has inspired her to be in direct conversation with therapists and somatic healers. Marisa is working on her first book, currently entitled “Free: The Embodied Metaphysics of Singing”.
In today’s episode we discuss:
Marisa’s journey as an artist
The moment that changed the trajectory of her life and career as a singer and performer
How Marisa works with people who want to find more aliveness through voice
Why Marisa decided to explore integrative somatic therapy
The magic of art and aliveness
Why healing is not an “endpoint”
The ancestral wounds we all have
What multidimensionality means to Marisa and the tension that makes up life itself
How breaking free from limiting beliefs can open up new possibilities for growth and self-expression
Identity and why sometimes we need to put ourselves in a box in order to really see ourselves
I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Marisa and learning about the somatic healing power of the human voice! If you want to learn more from her, please visit her website and follow her on Instagram.
Thanks again for creating the space to listen to this episode of Multidimensional Transmissions. If there was something here for you that really resonated, please share this episode with the people in your world and leave a rating and review.
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Quotes:
“I work somewhere at this intersection of healing, music, and aliveness.” -Marisa
“Jumping off the path and into something else can generate a lot of fear.” -Sara