Body & Song Workshops in NYC

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Urban Research Theater presents

--- BODY & SONG WORKSHOPS ---

This workshop is a rare opportunity to explore the organic intersection of song,

movement

and action.

Each session begins with the discovery of active silence, as the group follows

its leader

through elementary movement explorations in search of the playful, the rigorous,

the

dynamic, and the subtle. We then move into singing, using fragments of

traditional and

original vibratory songs to unlock the freedom and vitality of the

body-and-song, the

body-in-song, the body-of-song...

This workshop touches on all aspects of performance and is designed to serve the

inner

and outer lives of dancers, actors, singers, martial artists, yoga

practitioners, and anyone

with an interest in embodied practice. Every participant receives personal

attention and

guidance, and is invited to encounter the present moment in a safe and open

space.

Beginners and advanced participants are welcome.

NEXT WORKSHOPS:

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Saturday, May 24, 2008

All workshops take place from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

at Bill Young Studio, 100 Grand Street.

There is a $20 participation fee.

Details and registration:

ben@...

Participant testimony and other information:

http://www.UrbanResearchTheater.com/

BEN SPATZ has has over ten years of experience as a director, performer, and

leader of

theatrical research. He lived in Poland from 2003-2005, first as an ensemble

performer

with the Gardzienice Theater Company and then as a Fulbright Fellow at the

Grotowski

Institute. Ben has trained with Song of the Goat Theater, Rena Mirecka, Odin

Teatret, and

the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and s. In addition to leading

the

practice-based performance research of Urban Research Theater, Ben is a doctoral

student

in theater at the City University of New York.

MICHELE FARBMAN is a sixteen-year practitioner of chanting, meditation, and

other forms

of internal yoga. She has lived and worked in New York City for sixteen years as

a writer,

editor and teacher, and has been a full-time member of Urban Research Theater

for one

year.