Cecil Street Studio

Welcome to Cecil Street Studio Cecil Street Studio is Melbourne's home for independent improvisation and movement practices! Now in its 13th year, Cecil Street has a vibrant community and history, and is currently managed by Cecil's Moving Body Inc. What's coming up soon at Cecil Street Studio? What regular classes and performances happen at Cecil Street Studio? Interested in hiring Cecil Street Studio for your rehearsal or class? Where is Cecil Street Studio? Who are we? About CMBinc. Learn more about the history of Cecil Street Studio here. Sign up for our mailing list! You'll receive updates about workshops, classes and performances happening at the studio... Email

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Upcoming at Cecil Street Studio ALCHEMY Spring Weekend Workshop with Anne O’Keeffe This WEEKEND WORKSHOP is for dancers and movers seeking to explore thefreedom and beauty of the present moment. With a focus on DANCE IMPROVISATION, we will develop TRUST in our inner world, embracing the unique qualities that make us who we are and allowing them toactivate and inspire the dance. We will explore our sensations, feelings, memories and imagination, with our awareness expanding to hold the entire self. Together, we will explore improvisation as conversation - as a dynamic, constantly evolving dialogue with ourselves, each other and our environment. Using dance, drawing, writing and sharing, this workshop is designed for those wishing to honour the unique qualities of their moving body, embrace authenticity and expand understanding of the creative process. Alchemy engages the heart and enriches the spirit in a joyful celebration of the moving moment. The workshop will culminate in an informal sharing of improvised performance. Beginners and experienced movers warmly welcomed. Dates: Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September Times: 10am – 5pm both days Cost: $180 full / $150 conc. (one day only: $95 / $80) Places are strictly limited. To reserve your place, an $80 non-refundable deposit is due by Monday 30 August. For bookings and enquiries: Ring Anne on 0411 218 101 Email: aok(at)alchemydance.com.au Website: www.alchemydance.com.au * * * momentum...listening...phrasing...stillness Two days of improvising and performing with Alice Cummins This workshop is for the experienced performer and is intended to encourage a practice of self-inquiry within a community of learning. Beginning the day with a practice of attunement – somatic investigation will be used to encourage and facilitate original ways of moving, refine technique and develop sensitivity, awareness and relationship to space. We will practice composing our performances as we create them in the immediacy of improvisation, recognizing moments of serendipity, those ‘split seconds of paradise’ as we create meaning that suggests itself through the dancing and spatiality of the composition in group and solo work. Dates: Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 November, 2010 Times: 10am - 5pm each day Cost: $250. $200 earlybird by 18 October. For bookings please email Alice: info(at)footfall.com.au Website: www.alicecummins.com To view workshop flyer click here