Day 2 Schedule for Freedom & Focus 2025


FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

THE TEACHER/COACH/MENTOR IN ACTION

9.00am-9.30am Warm Up

Destructure/restructure - in two groups - experienced and beginner

9:30am-10:30am Wānanga led by Tanea Heke, kaumātua and kuia

Discussion focus: The Teacher/Coach/Mentor in Action, Room D1

11.00am-12.30pm MORNING Workshop Session:

Room D1 Ballz to the Wallz with Rachelle Dart & Lilian Wouters - Activating joy, presence and connection through play!

Room D2 A Vocal Mumuration Experience with Heather Lyle and Nora Leonhardt - A Vocal Murmuration. using all your sounds, primal, tribal, environmental imitations, to spontaneous syllables and breath sounds to create a jazz improvisation.

Room D3 Mother Tongue: seeking sounds of care & taking with Brianne Taylor and Dory Sibly - Applications of Destructuring and play will be used to access the sounds of first memory, identify linguistic patterns of caretakers, and to structure sounds for individual practice in taking of care.

12:30pm-1.30pm Lunch Break

1.30pm-3.00pm Learning from Catherine Fitzmaurice & Michael Morgan (Book), Room D1

3.00pm-4.30pm Workshops Sessions:

Room D1 Voice, Action, and Stanislavski with Michael Shipley - This workshop uses elements of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and techniques from Konstantin Stanislavski to support the actor in presence and responsiveness.

Room D2 Feel, color, see and experience the anatomy of the voice! with Rachelle Dart - Trauma informed experiential learning pedagogy for teaching anatomy to young artists (14 and under).

Room D3 Power Dynamics

4.30pm-5.00pm Rest and digest together, karakia and waiata, Room D1

5.00pm-6.30pm Dinner Break

6:30pm-8:30pm Performance Festival: Te Whaea Theatre


 

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