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Beautiful moments of movement and connection, captured through the wonderful eye of Ellie Kurttz
📸 @elliekurttzphoto

Exploring trust, listening, shared weight, support and discovery and the endless creative possibilities that emerge when we move together.

We love collaborating with Ellie and can’t wait for our next Shapes in Motion Troupe photography session in January.

Thank you, Ellie, for capturing these moments so beautifully. ❤️

📷 SIM Troupe Members

#shapesinmotion #SIMTroupe #MovementPhotography #DancePhotography #CreativeCollaboration by @shapesinmotion

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What does it mean to keep curiosity at the heart of a lifelong movement practice?

Movement, Choreography & Education with Struan Leslie

In this episode of The Shapes in Motion Podcast Stephen Moynihan @stmoynihan is joined by Movement Director, Choreographer and Educator Struan Leslie @struanleslie for a conversation spanning movement, dance, theatre, opera, education and performance.

Struan shares his journey from Dundee to working internationally, including his time as Head of Movement at the Royal Shakespeare Company @thersc and the development of the new MFA in Movement Direction at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. @royalwelshmt

Together, Stephen and Struan explore the influences and experiences that have shaped his practice, approaches to movement training and education, interdisciplinary exploration, preparation and the importance of continuing to learn throughout a creative career.

“I talk about preparation all the time in my practice… you prepare for performance, you prepare for rehearsals, so prepare for class, and what does that mean?” Struan Leslie

A rich conversation about where a curiosity for movement can take us and the value of staying open to what we might discover along the way.

🎧 New episode Wednesday 7 October
The Shapes in Motion Podcast

Listen wherever you get your podcasts @shapesinmotion

Happy Listening!

Sarah x

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#movementdirection
#choreography
#movementtraining by @shapesinmotion

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12 days ago

October in the Troupe

A new month, more opportunities to move, connect, explore and keep developing your creative practice.

Coming up in October:

8 October - Wellbeing with Ed Wood, online
17 October - Where Shall We Move Next? at Chisenhale Dance Space

Alongside our live sessions, Troupe members have access to our growing video library, conversations and Q&As, and a community of movers and makers to stay connected with between events.

Move. Play. Connect. Develop. Discover. Belong.

Troupe membership is currently open and doors close this Friday 2 October.

Find out more and join via the link in bio. @shapesinmotion

If you have any questions about the Troupe, just reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

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#community by @shapesinmotion

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20 days ago

Creative work can be wonderfully varied; different rooms, different people, different projects.

But that can also mean continually starting again.

The Troupe grew from a desire to create something with more continuity: a space for movers, performers and curious creative people to come back to. To train, play, exchange ideas, encounter different practices and build relationships over time.

Sometimes we meet in the studio. Sometimes online. Sometimes through a workshop, conversation or shared resource.

The programme changes. The community continues.

Move. Play. Connect. Develop. Discover. Belong.

Troupe membership is currently open and doors close 2 October.

If you’re curious about the Troupe or wondering whether it’s right for you, you’re very welcome to get in touch; message us here, or Sarah directly at @sarah_perry_movement

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📷 @elliekurttzphoto
Featuring various Troupe members

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21 days ago

What happens when Shakespeare gets out of your head and into your body?

Text. Voice. Movement. Character.

Join Hannah Miller, Anna McSweeney and Sarah Perry for a day in the studio exploring how these practices meet and what they can reveal about character.

Finding Character: Shakespeare through Text, Voice & Movement
Sunday 25 October
Sadler’s Wells, London
Early bird ends Friday 25 September

Book via link in bio @shapesinmotion

📷 @elliekurttzphoto
Featuring Shapes in Motion Troupe members:
@clarissue
@danielchrisostomou @laure.bachelot_

#ShapesInMotion #ShakespeareWorkshop #ActorTraining by @shapesinmotion

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25 days ago

What happens when we stop thinking of movement, fight and intimacy as separate practices and begin to see them as part of the same physical language?

In this episode of The Shapes in Motion Podcast, @stmoynihan is joined by Fight Director, Movement Director and Intimacy Director @yaritdor for a wide-ranging conversation about her interdisciplinary practice across dance, martial arts, movement, stage combat and intimacy @movingbodyarts

“I believe in the movement umbrella, I believe that fights, intimacy, movement are exactly the same. It’s just the technique, it’s just the safety consideration, it’s just the style is different, but we’re all moving and it’s all a physical script.” - Yarit Dor

Together, Stephen and Yarit explore how these disciplines can inform one another; the importance of communication, trust and boundaries in creating safe and collaborative working environments; and the infrastructure needed to support safer practice.

They also discuss something very close to our hearts at Shapes in Motion: visibility and recognition for movement practitioners.

As Yarit puts it:

“I wanna see the people, I wanna hear the voices, I wanna know the names, because they’re a collaborator just like everyone else. And if we don’t talk about it, if we don’t credit, then we hurt the practice.”

A thoughtful conversation about movement, collaboration, recognition and what becomes possible when we allow our disciplines to connect.

The Shapes in Motion Podcast with Yarit Dor
Available to listen to now @shapesinmotion

Listen via the link in bio and visit The Shapes in Motion Podcast page for full show notes, Yarit’s bio and credits, and more from the episode.

Happy Listening!

Sarah x

#ShapesInMotionPodcast #YaritDor #MovementDirection #FightDirection #IntimacyDirection by @shapesinmotion

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a month ago

50 episodes of The Shapes in Motion Podcast 🎉

A little moment to celebrate.

Swipe through 50 episodes …

When we started The Shapes in Motion Podcast, we wanted to create a space for conversations about movement, creativity and the people and practices behind the work.

Fifty episodes later, we’ve had the privilege of talking with an extraordinary collection of artists and practitioners, sharing experiences, ideas, questions, challenges and discoveries, and plenty of laughter along the way.

From movement and performance to choreography, directing, teaching, making and creative practice, every conversation has taken us somewhere different, and we’ve loved discovering where they lead.

A huge thank you to every one of our guests for so generously sharing their time, work and stories with us, and to everyone who has listened, shared an episode, sent us a message or joined the conversation. You are all part of it.

And a very special thank you to my brilliant co-host @stmoynihan for 50 episodes of conversations, questions, ideas and laughter and to our wonderful sound producers @cherylburniston & @smccormacksound who work their magic behind the scenes and bring each episode together.

There are so many more conversations still to come.

Here’s to the next 50!

Have a great weekend!

Sarah & Stephen
and
The Shapes in Motion Podcast team x

#theshapesinmotionpodcast @shapesinmotion by @shapesinmotion

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What does a Casting Director really want you to know?

Next Tuesday, we’re delighted to welcome Hannah Miller, former Head of Casting at the Royal Shakespeare Company, for a live online conversation exploring casting, performance, character and the realities of the industry.

Hannah spent 14 years as Head of Casting at the @thersc and now works as a freelance Casting Director, alongside advising actors on professional development and helping to demystify the casting process.

This is your opportunity to come along, listen, learn and bring your own questions to the conversation.

AUDITION SECRETS: THE A–Z OF CASTING
with Hannah Miller

Tuesday 22nd of September
7–8pm
Online via Zoom
£10
FREE for Troupe members

Can’t make it live? A replay will be available for 7 days.

And for those wanting to continue exploring character and performance more deeply, our Shakespeare workshop on the 25th of October offers the opportunity to take that exploration into the studio.

Join us next Tuesday, book your place via the link in bio @shapesinmotion

Sarah x

#ShapesInMotion #Casting #Actors #Performers #Movement by @shapesinmotion

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a month ago

TROUPE ON THE MOVE
Where shall we move next?

Our Troupe meets in the studio around once a month, a time to play, move, create, develop, discover and belong.

This weekend we’ll be at Fourth Monkey Studios, @fourthmonkey and from October we’re taking the Troupe on a little studio tour around London...

Where shall we move next?

Each month, a new space. A new place to meet, move and explore together.

A huge thank you to Fourth Monkey for hosting us this September. We can’t wait to get into the studio with you this weekend , and we’ll see you again soon!

Our studio days are a chance for the Troupe to share, explore and devise together. Actors, dancers, movers and makers from different disciplines coming together to play, exchange ideas and help one another thrive.

It’s one of the beautiful benefits of being part of the Troupe.

And if you’ve been wondering about joining us...

Troupe membership opens 14th of September – 2nd of October, for a limited time only.

Come and join us.

Visit the link in bio @shapesinmotion to discover more, or reach out if you have any questions.

See you in the studio
Sarah x

📷 @elliekurttzphoto
Troupe members @lisapilerud @clarissue @kellyhornemovement @danielchrisostomou @charlievmartin @max.keeble.animal.studies

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a month ago

What can the way we move teach us about the way we live?

EPISODE 50 | Acrodance & Movement Beyond Technique with Davide Bonetti

What happens when movement becomes less about what you can perform and more about what you can discover?

In this episode of The Shapes in Motion Podcast, I (@sarah_perry_movement ) am joined by movement practitioner and acrodancer Davide Bonetti @davide_bonez to explore a movement journey shaped by parkour, contemporary circus, breakdance, capoeira, acrodance and, more recently, general movement practice.

‘Parkour started in the streets and it has very beautiful principles behind it. One of them is reconsidering the city as a playground. Also all the relationships between the obstacles that you can find, like physical obstacles like a wall, and also obstacles in life that you want to find a way to overcome. In this sense, I found it very beautiful similarities in the practice and life.’ (Davide Bonetti)

We talk about the evolution from performer to practitioner and teacher; the value of curiosity, adaptability and lifelong learning; and what happens when we begin to look beyond individual disciplines and techniques.

Davide shares how his relationship with movement has shifted over time, from developing physical skill and performing, towards a broader practice centred on exploration, awareness and experience.

We also explore teaching: how we can give people the tools to become independent learners rather than simply asking them to reproduce movement, and how teaching can deepen our own understanding of what we practise. And underneath it all is a bigger conversation: What can the way we move teach us about the way we live?

A thoughtful conversation about movement, curiosity, vitality, learning and the joy of continuing to explore.

Episode 50 of The Shapes in Motion Podcast is now live: @shapesinmotion
Acrodance & Movement Beyond Technique with Davide Bonetti.

Listen now via the link in bio / wherever you get your podcasts.

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow.

Happy listening!
Sarah x

#theshapesinmotionpodcast #davidebonetti #Acrodance #MovementPractice #ContemporaryCircus by @shapesinmotion

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a month ago

WHERE DO YOU FIND YOUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY?

Creative careers don’t always fit neatly into one box.

We might be dancers, actors, physical performers, choreographers, movement directors, puppeteers, intimacy practitioners, movement teachers, makers, or work somewhere between several of those things.

Our practices may look very different.

But there is something that connects us:

Movement.

How we move.
How we communicate through the body.
How movement creates character.
How it tells stories.
How we use it to perform, make, explore, play and connect.

That’s at the heart of Troupe.

A creative community of Actors, Dancer, Movers & Makers brought together through movement, performance and storytelling.

A place to meet people beyond your usual discipline. To exchange ideas. Try things. Keep developing your practice. Discover other ways of working.

And sometimes simply to get into a room together to move and play.

Move. Play. Connect. Develop. Discover. Belong.

Troupe membership reopens 14th of September to the 2nd of October.

Click link in bio for further details.

More soon.
Sarah x

📷 @elliekurttzphoto
Troupe Members by @shapesinmotion

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a month ago

What can movement, Shakespeare and community teach us about connection?

New Podcast Episode - Episode 49

In this episode of The Shapes in Motion Podcast, Stephen Moynihan @stmoynihan is joined by choreographer, movement director and intimacy director Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster. @annielunnette

From her Hackney roots to working with the Royal Shakespeare Company and co-founding
C-12 Dance Theatre, Annie-Lunnette shares her journey through movement, theatre and community. Together they explore accessibility, community engagement and the importance of creating meaningful connections through the arts.

A thoughtful conversation about the role movement can play in bringing people, stories and communities together. Movement, Shakespeare and Community with Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster

Happy listening! 🎧

Listen now - link in bio @shapesinmotion

#ShapesInMotion #ShapesInMotionPodcast #Theatre #Shakespeare #CommunityArts by @shapesinmotion

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