WINTER WORKSHOP for PERFORMERS

Facilitated by Anna Yen July 1 – 2, 2017

10am – 4.00 pm

This workshop is for performers, actors, singers, circus performers, clowns, musicians, dancers, performance devisors, directors and drama teachers.

The program includes:

•   games to invite our playfulness and the pleasure to be on stage
•   performance exercises to explore what it means “to be present” and in “complicity” with other

  performers

•   movement sequences from the Feldenkrais Method designed to heighten the perception of one’s self-

  use, rediscover an organic sense of movement with more ease and less tension, and discover options.

•   rhythm as a foundation for creative play
•   a beautiful writing exercise that begins from the physical

  is facilitated by performer and Feldenkrais Practitioner Anna Yen. Our quest is to awaken the performer, inviting the attentive and joyful performing physical presence that marries risk with vulnerability and self-confidence with authenticity.

  Dates: Saturday July 1 – Sunday July 2, 2017
  Time: 10 am – 4pm
  Venue: BrisWest Centre, La Trobe Tce, Paddington, Brisbane. Qld. Australia. Payment: $180 / $160 Early Bird payment by June 9 .

  Australian Feldenkrais Guild members $170 / $150 Early Bird by June 9

  Bookings: Pre-booking and prepayment are required for this workshop. Email anna@playmoves.org to book.
  If this is your first time at a PlayMoves workshop, please include a brief biog and a short statement on why you are keen to participate. Numbers are limited. Enquiries: Anna 0417 623 886, (07) 3846 1651.
  Payments: Payment can be made by Direct Deposit – Account Name: Anna Yen BSB: 06 4131 Account Number: 00655275. Commonwealth. Please include your last name and PlayMoves with payment.

  Comments from PlayMoves participants:
  “This has been the most awakening and inspiring workshop I have attended in a while. Really wonderful.” Actor

  “I feel as though I’ve been woken up – opened to new ways of being and reminded of others I’d forgotten.” Musician “Extremely valuable. Workshops like this one help to reaffirm one’s creativity.” Actor

  Anna Yen is a performer, writer, director and Feldenkrais Method ® practitioner. Her work spans theatre, contemporary circus, physical theatre, and film. Anna is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship and a Matilda Award Special Commendation. Anna’s acclaimed film / stage play “Chinese Take Away” has taken her to festivals around the world. She teaches Awareness Through Movement at the Qld Conservatorium and is a trainer at Vulcana Women’s Circus. Anna performed in “The Serpent’s Table” Sydney Festival 2014 and ‘It All Begins With Love” 2015. Anna has taught PlayMoves in Perth, Townsville, Cairns, Melbourne, Wollongong, Maleny

  Magnetic Island and Brisbane.www.playmoves.org