BODY VOICE CENTRE

the latest

CLOWN PLAY led by the audience with Pedro Fabião. 2019 February, Sat 23 and Sun 24, 10am to 5pm. $150 (early bird price available for 48 hours)
Info: Kimberley Twiner E: ktwiner@gmail.com or M: 0468664466. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1987148421579198/
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/BAMIT
Just a few places left for this weekend!

Please welcome Pedro Fabião!!
This wonderful Portuguese clown and teacher is currently touring the globe running clown workshops and his next stop is Melbourne! Pedro is the lead teacher and trainer of Portugal's Clown Doctors and is excited to meet us Melbourne clowns!
We've devised a delightful weekend of Clown Play and it's all about the audience! Come and brush up on your listening skills!

The clown workshops I produce are safe and generous working environments. The teachers I present are screened by me in order to ensure they have a wealth of experience and overflowing knowledge to share with us. Teachers are briefed fully on Australian standards of professionalism and student/teacher appropriateness.

In theatre, clown and play,
Kimberley

ISTA 1994 Ralf and Eugenio Barba

MEYERHOLD'S BIOMECHANICS - psycho-physical actors training. Introductory Workshop by Dr Ralf Raeuker. 2019 Thursday February 28 and Friday March 1, 7-10pm. Full $45 Concession $30 per 3 hour session.
This workshop will introduce participants to some of the basic principles of Meyerhold’s psycho/physical training known as Theatrical Biomechanics. For example the principle of totality: If you move the tip of your nose, the whole body will move. Moving the most insignificant part of your body involves the movement of the whole body.
Experiential and highly physical, we will explore those principles that are foundational within acting practice whilst generating a profound awareness in participants of their own body in preparation for performance, as well as ‘putting oneself in a state of readiness’.
The workshop will also clarify the particular background and the specific terminology of Meyerhold’s psycho-physical actors training and give a practical as well as a theoretical understanding of how he communicated with his actors on stage.
Terminology in Biomechanics:
Otkas = preparation
Posyl = execution,
Stoika = fixation,
Tormos = break - the ability to control your movements during the execution in order to achieve a precise fixation.

Dr Ralf Rauker is an internationally renowned specialist on Meyerhold’s Biomechanics, with 30 years of research & teaching experience in this field.
He studied acting in Berlin (1981-’85), worked with Jerzy Grotowski in Italy 1985 and in France 1987, took part in the International School of Theatre Anthropology (ISTA 86, 95, 96) and the Actors Laboratory 1988 at the Odin Teatret, directed by Eugenio Barba.
Ralf received a two years postgraduate scholarship to research Meyerhold's Biomechanics (1988-90) at the University of Arts Berlin. He worked from 1991-96 in close collaboration with Gennadi Bogdanov from Moscow on a long-term research project, teaching and documenting Biomechanics at the Mime Centre Berlin. In the 1970's Bogdanov was trained by Nikolai Kustov, who was an actor and instructor for Biomechanics at the Meyerhold Theatre in Moscow, from 1928 until the theatre was closed in 1938.
1995 Ralf started his career as a theatre maker/director and has directed/devised more than 20 theatre/performance projects since then.
2003 - moved to Perth in Western Australia to work as a full time lecturer (later also course-coordinator), first in Theatre Arts at WAAPA and later in Contemporary Performance at the School of Communications and Art, Edith Cowan University.
2005 - enrolled in a PhD in Performing Arts at WAAPA and successfully graduated in 2011.
2013 - started his international teaching program Workshops on the Move.
2015 - 2017 he was a Senior Guest Lecturer in Drama at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur.
He is currently working as a freelance coach/trainer in theatre/performance and film in Australia, South East Asia and Europe.

JOHN BOLTON THEATRE SCHOOL.
2019 July 29 to November 8.
Info and bookings.

the regulars

THE MUSICAL BODY. Wednesdays 7 to 9pm from January 30 with Charlotte Roberts.
Info and bookings.

THE THINKING BODY with Shona Innes. Alexander Technique lessons, Experiential Anatomy and Todd Alignment are Shona's areas of expertise.
2019 Wednesdays by appointment. Shona's website. Shona 0421285338 or shona.alextech@gmail.com

FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY CHOIR. Term 1 2019: Monday evenings 7-9pm from February 4 to April 1 (no session on March 11) in the Large Studio. With Chris Nankervis
on piano and John Howard conducting.
Singing for fun, well-being and inclusion.
8 sessions, $120/72 or pay $20/15 cash on the night.
See the choir's website and the Facebook page. Book here.

SUN YOGA with Lisa Worley.
Tuesdays 6.30 to 7.45pm.
Term 1 starts January 29.
General Hatha yoga classes for adults.
They are gentle and slow paced, developing a deep meditative focus that nourishes your body, heart and mind.You will strengthen and stretch, relax and focus, slow down and breathe...
Casual attendance welcome. First class FREE :-) Join anytime.
Info and bookings call Lisa 0411111794

GREAT WESTERN YOGA with Fiona Garlick. Sunday 8.30am, Tuesday 6.30am,
Wednesday 5.30pm.
You don't need to fit, flexible or female to take our classes. Our classes are suitable for beginners and can be modified for more experienced yoga practitioners. The 60 minute sessions include a series of postures (asanas), breathwork (pranayamas) and relaxation (savasana) and will improve your mental and physical health.
$15 casual, $110 for a 10 week term (unlimited classes),
$95 early bird.
Info and bookings. Fiona's website

BINDU CREATIVE DANCE AND YOGA with Lisa Sommerlad. 2019 school terms starting February 4.
Expressive and imaginative creative dance and yoga for all boys and girls- Parent/child (18 month-2 years), Preschooler (3-5 years), Preppie/Grade 2 & Primary/ Grade 2+. Creative Dance and Yoga provides opportunities for children's confidence and self-awareness to expand through the joy of individual creativity, strengthening the mind, spirit and physical body. Each class is a balance of dynamic movement, stillness, relaxation and play. Creative Dance has its foundations in yoga. A culturally diverse and rich variation in music genres and styles inspire our artistic responses and imagination. Friendly, non-competitive and non-gender specific with gentle guidance from Lisa. Innovative room set-ups, evocative music and engaging props make for an exciting and fresh creative experience every time! Info and bookings. Call Lisa 0431590109

A YOGA SEED with Tess Healy.
Sundays 6 to 7.15pm. Term 1 starts from February 3.
Restorative and slow flow yoga classes for beginners and beyond. By learning how to attune to our breath, quiet the mind and rest our body deeply, we can begin to move more mindfully and gracefully through life; both on and off the mat.
$15 casual, $12 concession/senior.
Info and bookings. Tess 0488774088. Tess' website

BLAKE MUSIC SCHOOL Professional tuition in guitar, bass, singing, keyboards, violin, drums, harmonica, sax, clarinet and even yodelling. You can contact individual teachers directly to arrange lessons.
Singing: Belinda Foster belindasofra@gmail.com 0418502095.
Guitar, ukulele, bass, drums, theory and composition: jake.d.donohue@gmail.com 0411384112.
Piano: Frank Zhang frankzhangxh@hotmail.com 0467093902

EDV SUPPORT GROUP. 7 to 8.30pm. First Tuesday of each month from February to December.
EDV support groups give people affected by an eating disorder the opportunity to come together with others facing similar issues. Recovery support groups are for people 18 years and older, with any type of eating disorder who have taken the first steps to recovery and want to meet others with a similar experience. Info and bookings.

MAX TINKLE MUSIC SCHOOL
jazz@ozonline.com.au 0418587687.