Movement from the Inside Out
Performance Lab
05 March 2010 - 08 March 2010
"Movement is life. When we move with consciousness and intention to express who we are, and invest ourselves in our movement then we are celebrating life and the life forces that flow through us."
In the Performance Lab, Soto provides a space to explore, improvise, express and create in movement, voice and spoken word. Movement awareness practices will anchor and centre us in our bodies in the present moment. From this embodied state we can begin to shape and change ourselves and our material both as artists and as human beings. We will work solo, in duets and in ensembles to give form to our personal stories and myths. Working together in this way will provide insight and creative resources to take back to our everyday lives. The workshop is open to all levels of experience.
Soto is a master teacher of improvised movement theatre and somatic therapies, based at the Tamalpa Institute in San Francisco. He has over 40 years of teaching, performing and studying the movement arts, including several martial arts and their application to movement, dance and daily life. He has taught internationally since 1979 throughout Europe, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong. His influences include Anna Halprin, Min Tanaka, Bira Almeida, Ruth Zaporah, Tito Sampos and Andre Bernard. He brings strong elements of physicality, awareness and sensitivity to his work.
For more background on Soto see www.sotomotion.com and www.tamalpa.org.
When: Fri 5 March - Mon 8 March 10am-5pm each day
Where: Dancehouse, 150 Princes St North Carlton
Cost: F $395 C $345
For information and to register: Phone or email: Viv (03) 9531 3125 vivneale@optusnet.com.au
Soto will also present Moving Outdoors, a residential weekend in Sorrento
When: evening of Fri 12 March - Sun 14 March
Cost: $350, including accommodation and meals
For information and to register: Phone or email: Viv (03) 9531 3125 vivneale@optusnet.com.au
