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The Musical Body Winter Retreat12-14 July 2024
Friday 1130am-4.30pm
Saturday 11am-8.30pm
Sunday 11.30am-4.30pm
Akari Yoga Studio 59 Mollison st. Kyneton
Body, Voice, Presence & Co-creation
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"Delightfully fun, deeply touching and highly recommended even if you don’t know where your vocal cords are" (Bec)
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A gathering of people to
~Move
~Sing
~Co-create
~Meditate
~Explore
~Improvise
~Play
~Rest
~Revitalise, reinvigorate & follow our pleasure
~Cultivate the spirit of play and curiosity
~Laugh and cry as needed!
~Listen
~Emerge as a bespoke community of sound
We will explore a combination of the following;
~Musical structures; such as rhythm, song-form, harmony, melody, intervals and improvisation through the dancing voice and singing body
~Your voice; ways of connecting with, expressing with; colours/shades/textures/text/tone/pitch
~Movement rituals/scores/structures and improvisation
~Structured meditations and somatic practices to connect with body, voice, breath, sound, silence, stillness and movement
~Responding to who and what comes with us on the day, imagination, nature and emergent scores/structures for play and inquiry
~Responses, song-versations, song-poems and creative conversation
Who
Numbers strictly limited.
All abilities welcome. Come as you are; whether a shower yodeller, non-singer or professional musician. *Possibly of interest to educators, workers in the community sector, artists, therapists, choristers and anyone curious about connecting to their body and voice in creative and nourishing ways.
Details
Cost
$350 early bird (paid before June 12th) and Akari Members
$400 latebird (after June 12th)
*Payment plans available.
*Please be in touch if you are experiencing financial hardship.
Accomodation
*Simple camping
Or shared room accomodation available in Newham for $20-40 per night. And train pick ups by arrangement.
*Kyneton Bushland Resort is 4km out of town
*Bring- Water bottle, lunch/dinner and note book. Snacks and tea provided all three days (please notify by July 1st with any dietary requirements)
Contact/Registration
Humanitix link coming soon…!
Charlotte Roberts
0432550460
[email protected]
More info
The Musical Body has been in-development since 2003 and is an embodied, musical, co-creative, emergent and meditative group process for people who want to develop their awareness and/or artistry of/with their body, voice and music. The Musical Body Process supports the reduction of the fear of making mistakes, developing physical, mental and emotional resilience, deep musical, collaborative and creative singing/voice orientation, learning of the fundamental building blocks of music through body and voice, developing of your capacity to improvise in any style of music, presence and states of flow, developing skill at sitting in not knowing or chaos, developing skills to song-write, speak and sing and co-create with others in creative ways.
Facilitator
Charlotte is a specialist in the areas of body, movement, voice and rhythm. She is a facilitator of experiential education, creative midwifery and mentorship and is the creator of The Musical Body Process, leading groups nationally and internationally since 2003.. Charlotte is a registered Taketina Rhythm Process™️ Facilitator, ISMETA registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist, Qigong facilitator, VIT registered school teacher and a Tamalpa Life/Art Process® Practitioner .
As a vocal improvisational artist, musician and composer; Charlotte co-composed and co-created projects such as ‘Murmuring Walk’ (an audio-guided walk at Sanatorium Lake Mt. Macedon) and ‘In Your Arms’ (a guided experience for carers and their pre-crawling babies). Along with this, she has released two albums and is currently completing a third. Charlotte has performed in vocal improvisational ensembles, has led ‘United Women’s Voices’ (supported by Creative Victoria) and performed seasons such as ‘Vocal Digs’ at La Mama Theatre.
https://linktr.ee/CharlotteRobertsMusic
"We explored voice, improvisation, feeling and relationships. I was inspired, guided and encouraged by Charlotte to express myself in a way I didn’t know I could. We had fun as we played with our voices and connected with each other" (Jill)
"Charlotte created a very safe and supportive environment allowing us to express ourselves without judgement" (Jess)
"The Musical Body is a supportive environment, we learn fun and playful techniques for singing, listening and creating together. Lottie’s facilitation style encourages everyone to participate and grow. Come play!" (Karenina)
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Akari Yoga, 59 Mollison Street,Kyneton,VIC,Australia
