PRESENCE WORKSHOP

with John Beale

February 3, 4 and 5, 2017
Friday 6pm-9pm
Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm
Artscape Youngplace
180 Shaw Street, Toronto, ON

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

The study of showing up, being open, sensitive, vulnerable, human and ridiculous. Discover your special quality that connects you to others, being present and engaging to an audience, connecting and opening a channel between you and them.

This work helps us get unstuck. It teaches us to listen, to re-discover play, not to push too much or shy away but to let go and be attuned to the moment. It's a rudimentary practice for anyone.

This form is studied to discover one's clown. For actors it's an essential workout to become more sensitive, open and connected to yourself and your audience. For non-actors it's a practice of facing fears, showing up and finding a powerful connection with others.  

"With this work people have to find a way of being beautiful and surprising... and by beautiful I mean being in the grip of pleasure or freedom".
Philippe Gaulier 

PAST PARTICIPANTS

Actors, dancers, filmmakers, painters, musicians, writers, stand-up comics, poets, teachers, acrobats, lawyers, clowns, doctors, public speakers, life coaches, facilitators, administrators, toy-makers, Gestalt therapists, HR, fine artists, surfers, rocket-scientists, computer programmers, inventors, Feldenkrais practitioners, massage therapists, chefs, event planners, mindfulness practitioners, psychotherapists, social workers, university professors and many others.

ABOUT JOHN BEALE

John Beale is a Toronto-based actor, teacher and director. A graduate of the Philippe Gaulier International Theatre School in Paris, John also trained, performed and taught extensively with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. He is an artistic associate with reWork Productions in Toronto. He has been holding publicly offered performance workshops since 2005. More at www.johnbeale.net.

Cost: $300 + HST
50% discount for returning students
20% discount for Equity and ACTRA 
Pre-registration and payment is required
Space will be limited to 14 people.

REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION
john@johnbeale.net 
416-892-4322 
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Guardian article on Gaulier