This one-day workshop is for people who want to explore movement, creativity, awareness, presence and the pleasure to play, with other people.

will include:

•   movement sequences from the Feldenkrais Method designed to heighten the perception of one’s body and rediscover an organic sense of movement with more ease and less tension
•   games to invite our playfulness
•   group exercises to explore what it means “to be present” and in “complicity” with others
•   rhythm as a foundation for creative play
•   a wonderful writing exercise that begins from the physical

  Awareness Through Movement Playfulness Creativity Connection

  Anna Yen is a performer, theatre maker and Certified Feldenkrais Method ® practitioner. Anna’s work spans theatre, contemporary circus, physical theatre, and film. A highlight of Anna’s work is her acclaimed one-woman show Chinese Take Away and its film adaptation commissioned by SBS, which she toured as a performance excerpt and film to festivals around the world. Anna has taught for communities, companies, universities, schools and festivals. She teaches Awareness Through Movement at the Qld Conservatorium of Music, is a trainer at Vulcana Women’s Circus and was movement trainer for Circus Oz’s Strong Women Project, 2015 & 2016. Anna has taught PlayMoves in Perth, Townsville, Cairns, Melbourne, Maleny, Magnetic Island, Wollongong and Brisbane. She is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship, a Matilda Award Commendation, and a Creative Partnerships Art and Health (Qld) Award in collaboration with WMB / Griffith University on the “Playful Engagement” project.

  Dates: Saturday June 24, 2017
  Time: 10am–4pm
  Venue: BrisWest Centre, 132 La Trobe Tce, Paddington, Brisbane. Australia. Cost: $100 / $80 Early Bird if Paid by May 30, 2017.

  Australian Feldenkrais Guild Members $90 /$70 Early Bird

  Bookings: Pre-booking and prepayment are required for this workshop. Please email Anna – anna@playmoves.org or phone 0417 623 886 to register to book. Numbers are limited.
  Payments: Payment can be made by direct transfer: Account Name: Anna Yen BSB: 06 4131 Account Number: 00655275. Commonwealth. Please include your Name with your payment.

  What to bring /wear:

  Comfortable clothes to move freely in, your lunch (there are shops nearby too), and curiosity.