This workshop is a rare opportunity to explore the organic
intersection of song, movement and action.

Each session begins with the discovery of active silence, as the group
follows its leader through elementary movement explorations in search
of the playful, the rigorous, the dynamic, and the subtle. We then
move into singing, using fragments of traditional and original
vibratory songs to unlock the freedom and vitality of the body-and-
song, the body-in-song, the body-of-song...

This workshop touches on all aspects of performance and is designed to
serve the inner and outer lives of dancers, actors, singers, martial
artists, yoga practitioners, and anyone with an interest in embodied
practice. Every participant receives personal attention and guidance,
and is invited to encounter the present moment in a safe and open
space. Beginners and advanced participants are welcome.

NEXT WORKSHOPS:

Saturday, April 26, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008

All workshops take place from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Locations TBA.
There is a $20 participation fee.

Details and registration:
b...@urbanresearchtheater.com

Participant testimony and other information:
http://www.UrbanResearchTheater.com/

Ben Spatz has has over ten years of experience as a director,
performer, and leader of theatrical research. He lived in Poland from
2003-2005, first as an ensemble performer with the Gardzienice Theater
Company and then as a Fulbright Fellow at the Grotowski Institute. Ben
has trained with Song of the Goat Theater, Rena Mirecka, Odin Teatret,
and the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards. In addition
to leading the practice-based performance research of Urban Research
Theater, Ben is a doctoral student in theater at the City University
of New York.

Michele Farbman is a sixteen-year practitioner of chanting,
meditation, and other forms of internal yoga. She has lived and worked
in New York City for sixteen years as a writer, editor and teacher,
and has been a full-time member of Urban Research Theater for one
year.