Sunday, July 21st, 5:30-8:30pm
SolArt Center, 6 Byers St, Staunton, Virginia
Cover: Pay What You Can, Suggested: $20
Instagram: @perform_lab_workshop
Welcome to you -- performers of "other" ilks + to ALL performers looking to hone your skills -- to the Performance Lab + Workshop to be held at Sol Art Center, 6 Byers St, Staunton, on Sunday July 21st, 5:30-8:30pm, a monthly series for performers looking to both hone their work and add skills to their toolbox. The Lab + Workshops was conceptualized in response to a lack of spaces for non-traditional performers to show works in progress & sharpen their performances in the Shenandoah Valley.
Each gathering will feature a 60 minute performance workshop followed by 90 minutes of performance works-in-progress presented by folks who reserved a space beforehand through this form. Your patience and email addresses are a wonderful way to stay connected. The Lab is open to performers making new and/or innovative work in performance art, dance, choreography, sound, music, film, drag, performance poetry, and experimental theater. Please sign up to perform for the Lab by Tuesday, July 16th. If we have "too many" performers (how glorious!!), you'll be put on a wait list and prioritized for the next Lab + Workshop. The Workshop offers a space to drop into a practice brought by an experienced teacher or trained performer in the areas of dance, movement, voice, public speaking, comedy, and other skills in order to nurture and strengthen performance presence and awareness. The Workshop will last roughly 60 minutes. We encourage all workshop participants to engage by observing and, if invited, providing feedback on the pieces shared. Your input helps inspire performers to keep refining and nurturing their work. Participation in the Workshop is Pay What You Can via Venmo or in cash dollaz. We suggest you offer $5-$40. 70% of the donations go to the facilitator, 10% for administration of the event, and 20% to SolArt. Performance Lab + Workshop is offered with input from Rachel Austin, Bonner Odell, Steven's Home Services, and SolArt Center. |
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An Introduction to Feldenkrais
for Performers with Cynthia Dunafon For performers, musicians and other artists, the Feldenkrais Method provides a movement vocabulary for discovering individual habits and learning to move beyond them. Creativity, imagination and play are built into the structure of the lessons. Also, students are encouraged to "turn off the camera", meaning they have the opportunity to focus on their own lived experience and not what it looks like from the outside. Many find this a conduit for more creativity when they are in front of an audience.
We can improve our own neuromuscular system, by filling in movement possibilities we've forgotten or have yet to explore. This involves honing our capacity to perceive, respond, and determine what is possible - for us - in each situation. Feldenkrais summed it up nicely: "Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself." As a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner Cynthia enjoys bringing her love of teaching and life-long learning to enhancing each moment with better body awareness. https://www.feldenkrais-shenandoah.org/ |