Spotlight Success Session - Laban Technique: Advanced Movement Workshop

Ticket Limitations: Members may attend as many Zoom Webinars as they wish.

Age: 18+

Format: Seminar style, attendees' mics, and cameras will be turned off. You will be able to submit questions during the session, however just to manage expectations we won't be able to answer them all. Questions must be generic, we cannot give advice about personal circumstances.

This webinar is an advanced workshop on Laban, we also recommend watching it in a space where you can easily move around.

About the session:

In this class we will be building on all of the core elements of Laban technique and applying this technique to scenes, monologues and personal character prep work, so you feel confident to go into the industry and make the most out of this intensive class.

We will be focussing on layering the efforts and looking at internal and external tempo rhythms that we can apply to characters. We will also look at plotting the efforts throughout a scene, to help create detailed scenes that have a clear journey, sharing with the audience different facets of a character.

This is a purely practical class, where you will learn through practising and honing Laban's efforts.

Skye’s practice focuses on two main aims: for her students to gain huge confidence and independence in Laban's work and crucially, a full understanding of how and where to apply it.

Rudolf von Laban was an extremely popular and prestigious practitioner of acting throughout the 20th century. For decades his work has inspired performers all over the world and his technique’s are as strongly present in the worlds of dance and drama as ever before.

Within this work actors are given a unique structure in which they are free to explore the full range of their characters' physicality and the never ending possibilities of their own.

Skye was trained by Katya Benjamin who has a wealth of experience teaching Laban. Katya has worked at many of the major drama schools and music colleges in London since 1986. She is the main tutor for Alexander Technique and LABAN at RADA and her work has inspired Skye to create her own teaching methods and approach to training actors in Laban's efforts.

"Skye runs things with such warmth and generosity. It's wonderful to see and be a part of."

"I really came out of my comfort zone and you made the space so safe (I find the term ‘safe space’ so pretentious but it actually rang true for once) and relaxed and it felt like I could truly experiment and play."

"Be ready to completely lose control and challenge yourself, but don’t worry with Skye’s guidance you’re completely safe. I especially liked applying it to a written text and seeing how it came alive."

About the Facilitator:

Skye Hallam is an Anglo-Indian actress from Kingston Upon-Thames. Skye trained at RADA, graduating in 2016 and making her stage debut with TARA Theatre in ‘Paradise of the Assassins'. Her credits include ‘The Crown’ (Netflix) ‘The Alienist’ (TNT/Netflix) and Daniel Alfredson’s film trilogy ‘Intrigo’. Skye’s debut one woman show ‘Heads or Tails’ was Offie Nominated at the Brighton Fringe Online in 2021 and a live theatre version of the show is in development. In 2024 Skye played Olive Lashbrooke in John Van Druten’s ‘The Voice of the Turtle’ at Jermyn Street Theatre for which she was Offie finalist 2025 in the performance category. Skye is an associate acting teacher at LAMDA, RADA and Arts Ed specialising in Meisner and Laban technique, her drop in classes run monthly at the Old Diorama. Skye is also freelance director; her credits include ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Hamlet’ at LAMDA & Kali theatre’s ‘Phantasmagoria’. Skye is currently appearing in 'Alice in Wonderland' at the Marylebone theatre until August 31st.

Skye's personal website is www.skyehallam.com

Skye's 1-1 coaching link is https://calendly.com/actorskyhal

Before booking:

You will need to enter your link to your Spotlight Profile and your Spotlight registered email address to book this session. You can find your link by clicking on 'Link to my profile' from the menu within your account.

The Zoom Webinar:

Those who book a ticket will be able to access the link under the location section of the event page on the day of the workshop or by going to your ticket in My Account. If you have any issues on the day please email performer.success@spotlight.com

During these sessions, your camera and mic will be muted automatically.

If you have any accessibility requirements please email performer.success@spotlight.com