Gabrielle Moleta
Photo by Natalya Chagrin
I am a movement DIrector and acting coach working nationally and internationally in theatre, film/TV, commercials.
“I brought Gabrielle on board my short film BLOOD RITES to work with our three main cast to find the right physical language to portray their characters. For the film we needed the cast to show hints of animalistic behaviour as they developed and she was able to draw this out of them in a really powerful way. She achieved a huge amount with little time and in a high pressured environment. Gabrielle works in really exciting, unique and interactive ways and it was a such a fascinating and rewarding experience to work with her.” - HELENA COAN,
Recent MD and direction and intimacy / boundaries/ consent work on St Hildegard and Sacrifice for Vaults Festival 2023.
“The three actors have a clear connection, helped by fantastic movement direction by Gabrielle Moleta. There is nothing surface-level about the choreography; each movement has a purpose and adds depth.” - ReviewsHub on Saint Hildegard
Recent work includes movement and intimacy Co- ordination on Bold Girls, Director Ola Ince and Friendsical, Director Miranda Larson (specifically intimate and consensual moments)
Movement direction for Cartier Global Conference - The Power of Myths - Marrakech 2023, director Simon Scardifield
Movement director on motion shoot for Sainsburys Tu campaign autumn 2023, director Mel Bles, Rosco Production London
Other movement direction includes
Shakespeare Within the Abbey (Globe Theatre) with Claire van Kampen and Mark Rylance. I am the Animal Transformation coach for choreographer Lea Tirabasso’s The Ephemeral Life of an Octopus and Starving Dingoes Movement Director for Tom Kelsey’s one man show, Tiger under the Skin.
I have worked on shows for The Rose Theatre Kingston, Theatre Royal Margate, The Watermill Theatre, The Unicorn, and for companies including WildChild Productions, Chalkfoot Theatre Arts, CreACTive, (Milan), The National Youth Music Theatre, Vienna's English Theatre and The World Famous (pyrotechnics). I worked on Cultural Olympiad 2012 events both in London and Dover. For the artistic team at Theatre Royal Margate I was Movement Director on their actor-musician Christmas shows between 2007 and 2012. For more information about Movement Coaching click here.
I was a featured zombie movement artist on the 2013 release of major motion picture World War Z(Paramount/Plan B Entertainment, feat. Brad Pitt)
I was movement director for Captivate Action Ltd, training artists in Performance and Motion Capture between 2013 and 2018 and since the late 90’s have worked regularly in artistic collaboration with Fay Simpson, (USA), Founder of “The Lucid Body ". With Fay I developed my first piece as Company Gabrielle Moleta.
I am an Academy Associate at RADA, For more information about my actor training work click here.
collaborations
Sacrifice, dir. Gabrielle Moleta, writer and performer Tina Tieno, Vaults Festival 2023
Origins Award WinneR, Vaults Festival 2023
A true story of a woman battling to save her disabled daughter from the devastating tradition of child marriage in rural Africa.
Hildegard von bingen, Bound By Theatre, dir. Kristin Winters, Vaults Festival 2023
A show about the saint, composer, poet and visionary.
Shakespeare within the Abbey, dir. Claire Van Kampen, Shakespeare’s Globe 2019
movement director - gabrielle Moleta
Mark Rylance and Shakespeare’s Globe brought a company of 22 actors to Westminster Abbey for a unique event to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday.
This unseated production invited audiences to roam the Abbey, where a beautiful and unexpected world unfolded in the sacred space.
Audiences experienced fleeting, contemplative and intimate encounters with Shakespeare’s drama, poetry, dance and song beneath the soaring ribs of the magnificent Westminster Abbey.
“What had begun with a brawl ended with a reconciliation as the entire ensemble joined forces to sing [...]It made a unifying end to one of the most moving celebrations of Shakespeare I’ve experienced”
Video by Bohumil Kostohryz
STARVING DINGOES & The Ephemeral Life of an Octopus, choreographer Léa Tirabasso
animal transformation Coach - gabrielle Moleta
“Starving Dingoes portrays the urgency to live, furiously and passionately. It is a race for five dancers who, through the body and its language, explore the vital necessity, albeit brutal, to stay together.
Facing us, a cohort of grandiose and obsessive beings, primitive and bestial like the music that supports them.” Tour dates from February in the UK. Click here for review
Based on the choreographer's personal experience of ovarian cancer, The Ephemeral Life of an Octopus the piece is inspired by studies of the evolution of cancer cells and the lived experience of illness. At once scientific, philosophical and visceral, the piece looks at the dysfunction, chaos and vibrant life force of the body from within and without. I worked as Animal Transformation Coach on the project working with the dancers to expand their physical language.
The Ephemeral life of an Octopus is one of the Twenty20 projects, selected by the Aerowaves partners. It has been been presented in the UK, at The Place London as well as in numerous destinations in mainland Europe.
For more details of Léa Tirabasso’s work, click here.
“At once original in its statement, remarkable in its choreographic language and extremely well performed.”
Gabrielle Moleta in rehearsals with Tom Kelsey, Tiger Under The Skin 2019.
tiger Under the Skin, Tom Kelsey (WoLab)
movement direction - gabrielle Moeta
Tiger Under The Skin is a show about mental health.
It tells the story of a night out gone wrong, taking the audience on a hilarious and heartbreaking journey through the jungle of panic attacks, anxiety and poor mental health.
The show bounces between an absurd stream of consciousness, physical theatre, animal transformation work and uses a unique sound design.
The show was first performed at Bloomsbury Festival.
“It is refreshing to see a play so honest about such an important subject...”