Awareness Through Movement

Autumn 2014

Four Friday workshops
in Central London

with Fiona Wright

10.15am - 11.45am
12.15pm-1.45pm 

Fridays: 
17th October
31st October
21st November
5th December
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Studio G10
43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, WC1H OPD.
Birkbeck, University of London, Dept. English & Humanities.
Enquiries, information and booking -   CONTACT  info@fionawright.org

PLEASE NOTE:
Each date will have a morning and lunchtime class with a half hour break between.
The intention is to offer a slightly longer practice for those who want this opportunity and the benefits this can bring. 
So each session adds up to a short workshop - 2 classes, each 90 minutes !
Also fine to come to just one class.
Just let me know in advance your plans.

In these Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) sessions we will work in guided lessons with the emphasis on independent process, always finding our own pace.  No particular training is necessary, just an interest in discovering through your own movement experience - whether your focus is to inform your own work or to find more ease and spontaneity in everyday actions.
Bring a mat and/or blanket and warm clothes for floor work.

WYLAM, near Newcastle upon Tyne

 
Awareness Through Movement
WORKSHOP

 
Dynamic Stability in Movement

 
Saturday 4th October 2014
11am - 4.00pm

with Fiona Wright

Wylam Institute, Wylam, Church Road, NE41 8AP, Tyne & Wear, UK

Fee the day: £30 standard / £25 concession.
Early booking: £10 discount if booked and fully paid one week before.
CONTACT  info@fionawright.org               

With a focus Awareness Through Movement we will work in gentle guided lessons with the emphasis on independent process, always finding our own pace.             
The workshop aims to offer an accessible opportunity to take some time and space to explore easier movement and somatic awareness. No particular training is necessary, just an interest in discovering through your own experience.
Bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work and warmth.
[There are regular trains, two stops from Newcastle Central to Wylam. The village is West along the River Tyne, a short walk across the bridge and up the hill. On street parking available.]

ALSO!
d.i.n.e. [dance improvisation north east]
Sunday 5th October, 12-4pm. At Wylam Institute.
Fiona will also be leading this session which will have a focus on process and observations with Awareness Through Movement lessons followed by some short improvisation scores, using movement and writing and drawing as response.
If you plan to come to this please find contact: 
http://danceimprovnortheast.wordpress.com/future-workshops/
Suggested donation for d.i.n.e. sessions is usually £7/£4.

Fiona Wright has a workshop approach that is influenced by many somatic practices and experiential anatomy, especially Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) in which she is now an authorised teacher.  
thepresent-fionawright.blogspot.co.uk

Feldenkrais Guild UK website:   http://www.feldenkrais.co.uk/awareness/

Finding Balance - dynamic stability in movement
Awareness Through Movement - Feldenkrais Method

Autumn 2014

three afternoon workshops with Fiona Wright

BRISTOL
 
Thursdays 3.30-5.30pm
2nd October
30th October
27th November

• bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work

[NOTE THE SLIGHTLY EARLIER START TIME THAN PREVIOUSLY]

126 Hampton Road, Bristol, BS6 6JE
Redland Meeting House
(Corner of Leyton Villas. Hampton Rd is parallel to Whiteladies Rd. Buses: 9 or 509)

Fee for each 2 hour workshop: £16 (£12 concession).
Early booking discount if paid at least one week in advance:  £12 (£9 concession)

CONTACT  info@fionawright.org 

In Awareness Through Movement we work in guided lessons with the emphasis on independent process, always finding our own pace.             
The workshops aim to be as accessible and inclusive as possible - an opportunity to take some time and space to explore. No particular training is necessary, just an interest in discovering through your own movement experience - whether your focus is to inform your own work or to find more ease and spontaneity in everyday actions. 

• Bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work and warm clothes.

thepresent-fionawright.blogspot.co.uk

Fiona Wright has a workshop approach that is influenced by many somatic practices and experiential anatomy, especially Feldenkrais Method and the process of learning found in Awareness Through Movement, of which she is now an authorised practitioner.
One of her main teachers for many years has been Shelagh O'Neill:
http://www.nicefeldenkrais.co.uk/classesinBristol.html

easier movement through somatic awareness

2 hour workshop

in

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Thursday 12th June 2014

4.00-6.00pm

Summerhill Bowling Club,
Winchester Terrace
Summerhill
Newcastle upon Tyne
http://www.friendsofsummerhill.org.uk/get-in-touch/

CONTACT & BOOKING:   info@fionawright.org   

£12 standard / £8 low income 

With a focus Awareness Through Movement we will work in guided lessons with the emphasis on independent process, always finding our own pace.             
The workshops aim to offer an accessible opportunity to take some time and space to explore dynamic stability in movement. No particular training is necessary, just an interest in discovering through your own movement experience - whether your focus is to inform your own work or to find more ease and spontaneity in everyday actions.
Bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work and warmth.
Fiona Wright has a workshop approach that is influenced by many somatic practices and experiential anatomy, especially Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) in which she is now an authorised teacher.  
thepresent-fionawright.blogspot.co.uk

Also - recently it was 'Feldenkrais Awareness week' - here's the link to the Feldenkrais Guild UK website...  http://www.feldenkrais.co.uk/awareness/

Walking with Awareness II

 a 4-day short intensive

with Simone Kenyon and Fiona Wright

Monday 16th - Thursday 19th June 2014
 
Manorbier, Pembrokeshire

After the success of last year's workshop we are returning to South Wales for a 4-day gentle intensive - offering space for enjoyment in a sense of movement, through exploration on foot and connection to environment.

Workshop fee: £150 / £90 unwaged
Arriving Monday afternoon and leaving Friday morning
Plus Accommodation. £7 pp pn low cost camping at Manorbier Youth Hostel
Food will be arranged as shared self-catering together (estimated £10 each per day)

Email booking and enquiries as soon as possible: info@fionawright.org
A short paragraph about why you'd like to come along at this time would be most welcome.
Please be in touch by 9th May.  
Early booking 10% discount only available before this date.

Simone Kenyon and Fiona Wright are independent artists with shared backgrounds in performance and visual arts. They both have many years of experience between them in facilitating groups and collaborative work and are influenced by many somatic practices such as Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method).

The main focus will be on walking within the surrounding area and along the local Pembrokeshire coast. This will be combined with sessions about finding easier movement and increased awareness of how we sense ourselves and our dynamic stability in gravity - whether this is in our everyday movement, performance work or general exercise.

We will meet each day as a group of up to ten people participating together on led walks and scheduled workshop time. Sessions on movement and awareness will take place in the nearby Manorbier community centre which will also be available as an indoor base.
No particular training or level of fitness is necessary, just a real interest in being outdoors and  walking. Each person can find their own way in terms of balancing energy and resting as they most need as the weekend unfolds.
Things to bring will include a mat, blanket, materials for writing/drawing and of course a range of clothes for outdoors and indoors for the variety of weather that might accompany us!

There will also be time for individual space to relax, drift and explore. The coast offers some amazing beaches for swimming and relaxing with Skrinkle Haven and Church Doors beaches just minutes away from the camp site.

Participants feedback from last year:

Your friendly, calm and supportive leadership style greatly contributed to really enjoyable and
informative weekend.

I felt everything was working together and the whole experience became the workshop (Manorbier,
eating talking, lying etc).
You just gave everything space to be and that really worked for me and I will really cherish that and
take that with me in the future things I do.

There was a good mix of movement, walking, beach activity for the weekend and it was a beautiful
place to do it in.
Simone has been a performer, artist and producer for the past fifteen years working within a variety of contexts between dance and performance. Her work explores walking and our relationship to environments, particularly through her interest in Body Weather training. She has spent much time in Manorbier and explored the coastal pathways of Pembrokeshire. 
www.neilandsimone.co.uk

Fiona has been making performances for over twenty years, working through choreography, writing and installation. Her solo work has included a series of close-up performances made for an audience of one at a time She regularly leads research workshops for artists and has long experience teaching in higher education, especially improvisation, experiential anatomy and Awareness Through Movement. 
thepresent-fionawright.blogspot.co.uk

Creative Solutions

Inclusive Movement Workshop

open to disabled and non-disabled participants
with a focus on Awareness Through Movement

Louise Coleman & Fiona Wright

Saturday 31st May 2014
12.30 - 4.30pm
*suggested donation £20*

Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, 
85 St Georges Rd, London, SE1 6ER
Elephant & Castle / Waterloo
http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/about/location.html

Contact:  loucoleman@yahoo.co.uk
Advance booking recommended.
Please contact Louise with any questions and to let us know any thoughts on access requirements for the workshop.

Come and join us in research explorations with a focus on:

• Awareness Through Movement lessons from the Feldenkrais Method - using gentle and slow movement
• each working at our own pace with ease and enjoyment
• no particular training or background necessary
• a welcome to anyone interested in exploring their own movement potential
• strategies for finding creative solutions in physical exploration
• some short improvisations as further individual explorations

Louise Coleman is a Performance Maker and Inclusive Facilitator. Working across the boundaries between theatre and dance her work uses movement and autobiographical stories to look at different understandings of the body, including (dis)ability. The Feldenkrais Method influences all of Louise’s work. http://louisecoleman.yolasite.com

Fiona Wright has been making performances and teaching for over twenty years, working through choreography, writing and installation, using many somatic practices. Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) has been her main route and influence towards experiential anatomy and teaching a wide range of public classes. thepresent-fionawright.blogspot.co.uk

Awareness Through Movement

three morning classes in May
in Central London

with Fiona Wright

11.15am - 12.30am 

Fridays: 2nd & 16th & 30th May (alternate weeks)

________________________________________________

Studio G10
43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, WC1H OPD.
Birkbeck, University of London, Dept. English & Humanities.

Enquiries and booking -   CONTACT  info@fionawright.org

In these Awareness Through Movement sessions we will work in guided lessons with the emphasis on independent process, always finding our own pace.  No particular training is necessary, just an interest in discovering through your own movement experience - whether your focus is to inform your own work or to find more ease and spontaneity in everyday actions.
Bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work.

Fiona Wright has a workshop approach that is influenced by many somatic practices and experiential anatomy, especially Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) in which she is now an authorised teacher. She is an independent artist and performer and an Honorary Research Associate in the Centre for Contemporary Theatre (School of Arts).
thepresent-fionawright.blogspot.co.uk

Finding Balance - dynamic stability in movement  

 
2014

three afternoon workshops 

with Fiona Wright

BRISTOL

 
Thursday 4.30-6.30pm
13th February
13th March
3rd April

bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work

126 Hampton Road, Bristol, BS6 6JE
Redland Meeting House
(Corner of Leyton Villas. Hampton Rd is parallel to Whiteladies Rd. Buses: 9 or 509)

Fee for each 2 hour workshop: £15 standard / £12 low income.
Early booking discounts available (£10 / £7 low income)

CONTACT  info@fionawright.org 

Drawing on ideas found in Awareness Through Movement we will work in guided lessons with the emphasis on independent process, always finding our own pace.             
The workshops aim to be as accessible and inclusive as possible - an opportunity to take some time and space to explore. No particular training is necessary, just an interest in discovering through your own movement experience - whether your focus is to inform your own work or to find more ease and spontaneity in everyday actions. Bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work and warm clothes.

thepresent-fionawright.blogspot.co.uk

Fiona Wright has a workshop approach that is influenced by many somatic practices and experiential anatomy, especially Feldenkrais Method and the process of learning found in Awareness Through Movement, of which she is now an authorised practitioner.
One of her main teachers for many years has been Shelagh O'Neill: 
http://www.nicefeldenkrais.co.uk/classesinBristol.html

easier movement and somatic awareness

 
two Friday morning classes in February 2014

 in Central London

with
Fiona Wright

10.15am - 11.30am
 
DATES:
Friday 7th February
Friday 14th February

________________________________________________

Studio G10
43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, WC1H OPD.
Birkbeck, University of London, Dept. English & Humanities.

Enquiries  CONTACT  info@fionawright.org

Drawing on ideas found in Awareness Through Movement we will work in guided lessons with the emphasis on independent process, always finding our own pace.             
The workshops aim to offer an accessible opportunity to take some time and space to explore dynamic stability in movement. No particular training is necessary, just an interest in discovering through your own movement experience - whether your focus is to inform your own work or to find more ease and spontaneity in everyday actions.
Bring a mat and/or blanket for floor work.

FREE or donation.

Fiona Wright has a workshop approach that is influenced by many somatic practices and experiential anatomy, especially Awareness Through Movement (Feldenkrais Method) in which she is now an authorised teacher. She is an independent artist and performer and an Honorary Research Associate in the Centre for Contemporary Theatre (School of Arts).