[e-drive][WORKSHOP: EQUITY DISCOUNT, STRATFORD]

[Kaethe Yanovsky]

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PATTERNS OF BEING

A weekend workshop for Performers and performance teachers in Stratford,
Ontario, April 12 and 13th, 2003

with DAVID GORMAN
founder of the LearningMethods work, author of "The Body Moveable" and
"Looking At Ourselves"

Discover how wholeness, ease and coordination are built-in and yours for
the asking !  
We need look no further than ourselves to see a miracle every day !

This revolutionary look at how we are built, how we move, breathe and
train new skills 
will change the way you think of yourself and the way you use yourself
!!

Many have said that David's discoveries and his presentation are the
first time 
their own system has made sense to them.

Come and find out for yourself.

This work has been taught at many performance schools around the world,
including the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, the Conservatoire de
Theatre, Avignon, the Australian National University, The Citadel
Theatre, Edmonton, etc.

More information about David's work can be found at
www.learningmethods.com 

COURSE DETAILS:

Bring paper and coloured pens (if you wish to make notes).

Date and Time: Saturday and Sunday, April 12 - 13, 2003 from 10am - 5pm 

Location: 66 Bay Street, Stratford, Ontario, N5A 4K6

Cost:  Fee is $300 Can. for the 2 days.  Part-time: If you cannot attend
the full 2-day workshop, the per-day fee is $175 Can. (NOTE: If you are
new to this approach, it is best to not miss the 1st day of the weekend
(12 April)

Concessions:  A $25 Discount For Equity Members. Reduced fee is
available for full-time students and unemployed (full-time attendance
only). 

You must pay the total fee at the time of registration to be accepted on
the workshop. All fees are non-refundable.

For more information and booking, 

David Gorman <deegee at learningmethods.com>
Tel: +1 519-271-7874
66 Bay Street, Stratford, Ontario, N5A 4K6

 

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE

What is it about?

We want to be whole, yet we still find ourselves in parts: "my aching
back, releasing my shoulder tension, strengthening  my abdominal
support"... 

What we need is an understanding of ourselves that is more accurate to
our nature as whole and present creatures: 

-- one that reveals our design as inherently integrated creatures
securely grounded and fully organised for free, effortless movement; 

-- one that liberates us from the mechanistic model where muscles 'hold
us up' and 'contract' to move us; but rather one where muscles act as
sensitive detectors of instability and respond by suspending us in an
elastic web of adjustable support that follows us around, springing us
into activity; 

-- one which shows that when we interfere with this natural integration,
we become divided into parts (creating separate mind and body) and
inevitably end up with strain, conflict and tension, or chronic pain,
joint damage, and other organic problems. 

What will it cover?

The workshop will explore this new model of our human system using a
lively blend of information, practical activities and discussion while
going through as many of these major structural areas and functional
systems as we have time for:

-- posture and support- - how gravity is not an enemy but rather
activates you into a spring-loaded whole;

-- the response of breathing and the voice, expression and emotion - how
we interfere by making it an 'activity';

-- the spine as a flexible lengthening device - why back problems are so
common;

-- the built-in primate nature of the legs that can be accessed to
reduce effort and eliminate back problems;

-- why many kinds of sports training and fitness exercising don't really
give you what you are after;

-- our incredibly sensitive inheritance of awareness and perception; and
how to make sure it is reliable;

-- and how our experience, beliefs and consciousness all interact to
either bind us more deeply into unconstructive habits of stress, tension
and conflict, or liberate us to a wholeness where we are not even
separate from the world around us let alone from ourselves;

-- and wherever else your questions and interests lead us!

Who is it for?

The course presumes no special knowledge of the body, though for those
who already know a lot, you'll find a whole new point of view to deepen
your understanding. 

It is designed for anyone who is already exploring themselves and their
function through any method or technique, for performers (musicians,
actors and dancers), teachers (voice, movement, coaching, singing, etc.,
as well as body-workers, and teachers of yoga, martial arts, etc.. In
fact, anyone with a willingness to learn that your system is more
amazing and more whole than you ever thought!

Who is the teacher? 

David Gorman has become widely known for his innovative and unique
approach to making our human functioning understandable, relevant and
fascinating. In 1980 he published a 600-page illustrated text on human
structure and function called "The Body Moveable", now in its 5th
edition. 

David has been helping people make sense out how they function since the
mid-70s. He taught the Alexander Technique for 17 years and trained
Alexander teachers until 1997 when he began developing his new
LearningMethods work. In 1998 he published another book, "Looking At
Ourselves", and he is now writing a book on this Patterns material,
teaching in Europe and North America and training teachers in the
LearningMethods work.

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