This is a part of a research project I am undertaking to explore how we can explore emotions through movement.

We are looking for participants to take part in a 4 hour movement project/workshop Via zoom. We wanted to prove that you can still make interesting work even with the restrictions and limitations we have, the project/workshop will be recorded and edited into a short film. The workshop is split into two sections and has a 20 minute break in the middle.

Section one is all about trusting your instinct and letting the movement tell the story. This section is inspired by the work and practice of Frantic Assembly. Frantic’s aim is to develop a language that feels honest and accessible, that takes you past your perceived limitations. In this section we explore simple movement tasks that empower our instinct. We start small then add, subtract, multiple and divide. Free writing, movement exercises, story telling, improv, sharings and guided meditations.

In section two we ask ourselves the following question: How can we discover our mindly freedom within the current physical restrictions?

Inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre’s concept of ‘bad faith’, which tells us that individuals act inauthentically by yielding to the external pressure of society to adopt false values, we redirect our sense of freedom in artistic ways. Bad faith closes down on the options of freedom. Changing the way we act within or look at our environment provides us with new opportunities to feel freedom within ourselves. Through the tasks in this section we will develop fresh views by making art with writing, movement and film. Guided meditation, creative communication and movement based exercises will be our prominent points of attention.