This article (“Learning to see through the body and voice”) presents Cecilia Hopkin’s experience on the teachings of theatre anthropology in her activities: journalism, acting and teaching. The wide field that constitutes the terrain of the pre-expressive taught her to observe the body of the performers in search of the poetic aspects of the performance. Cecilia Hopkins learned to watch the performances she had to review as a journalist from the parameters of pre-expressiveness. In training she found different ways of developing her acting, directing and teaching, always taking into account the various levels of the drama- turgy that come together in the body and in the voice.