Brain Body Connection Alex Hartshorn 2

These workshops would be specifically for physical performers/actors/dancers, and would focus on exploring the Effort Drive, a concept of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies (LBMS)

The Effort Drive encapsulates emotion (telling the story of it through the body, not necessarily feeling emotions), so exploring the different efforts in movement, dance, and choreography helps to bring authenticity, relatability, aliveness and more vitality and clarity to movements, characters, and/or storyline.

Workshop 2:

With an understanding of efforts, after a warm-up we will explore a simple piece of choreography (either something already known to some or most, or something simple that can be taught easily and quickly) using the different efforts. We will explore solo, in partnerships, and small groups, and this workshop will have a focus on curiosity, observation, and reflection. There will be time to give feedback and reflect together on the multitudes of narratives that can emerge from the same sequence of ‘steps’.