A movement-based workshop designed for professional and pre-professional actors, dancers, and physical theatre performers. This session invites you into an imaginative and somatic journey supported by live sound.

Rooted in the Chinese philosophy of the Five Elements (Wu Xing) — Earth, Wood, Fire, Water, and Metal — and their yin and yang qualities, this workshop explores how embodying elemental energies can nourish the performer’s imaginative and physical engine. Through breathwork and guided movement, we cultivate a body that is responsive, present, and expressive.

You will begin by grounding in the breath before moving into practices that tune your attention to every sensation and impulse-training the body to listen, respond, and connect with greater clarity and creativity.

The session is taught by Elisabeth Gunawan, with a live sound bath by Jacqueline Berces, featuring gongs, crystals and additional sound and music by LI YI LEI.

A restorative yet energising practice to welcome the winter, expand the imagination, and reconnect with your performing body.

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