Announcement! New York workshop 10-11 June 2025
A weekend workshop with Gabrielle Moleta in her detailed method to discovering character through working in animal.
“To act is to transform” and this approach gives the actor/performer a physical method of work, with an animal or bird as the source.
You will develop new habits, come to new discoveries for character creation – both physical and imaginative- through an intensive and nurturing process.
Who is it for: It’s for actors, performers, makers, writers, dancers, artists. All bodies are good bodies.
What we will cover:
Physical preparatory exercises
Approaches to animal observation
A step by step approach to working in an animal in order to discover character.
** Note – you will need to do some observation of an animal in advance. Once you are signed up I will give you some guidance which will be non- onerous and exciting!
Where: Lucid Body House
When 10-11 June 2025
Tues 10am to 3pm
Wed 10am to 3pm
Cost $299 -Early Bird price $249 by 1st May 25
“The knowledge I have learned from Gabrielle has proved invaluable in my own work as both an actor and a writer/director. Her methods of character development form the bedrock of my understanding of character and she remains to this day the most influential and inspiring of my teachers in the dramatic arts.” – David Cumming- Operation Mincemeat- creator, writer, actor
Working with Gabrielle, a ‘master of her craft’, you will discover this detailed, imaginative approach to enabling transformation through her specific approach in animal. You can read about Gabrielle’s approach, ‘Transformation and Imaginative Improvisation’, here
About Gabrielle
Gabrielle works as a movement coach and director and has been helping develop actors and performers for more than two decades. She gives masterclasses internationally and has taught at leading conservatoires in the UK and Ireland. She teaches regularly at RADA , London and Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin and is part of the movement faculty at Shakespeare’s Globe (The Globe, London). In her Transformation work she carries a unique legacy passed down from teacher to assistant, from Jacques Copeau through Michel Saint Denis, John Blatchley and Catherine Clouzot. You can read more about her coaching work here.
You can listen to her in conversation with Fay Simpson on the LUCID BODY House podcast here.
“Gabrielle has an uncanny and astute knowledge of the body (and body-mind relationship) as a performance tool and is a master at guiding actors in how to access new ranges in their own work. Her work in (Animal) Transformation is unlike any I have come across.” - Fay Simpson, Lucid Body founder
“[An] incredibly freeing and invigorating experience… being in animal gave me a deep sense of uniqueness and individuality, which I’m sure will enrich and enhance my future work. Gabrielle’s guidance opened up a profound new layer of expression for me, and it’s something I’ll carry forward with excitement and confidence.” - Tracy Coogan, actress
“Gabrielle’s work is a tonic against inertness and easy answers on the stage. It is a guiding rod for staying alive in any character.” - Dex Grodner, Playwright