ENTERING INTO EMPTINESS
a 4 week class in mindfulness-based improvisation
led by Melanya Helene
4 Thursdays in January 6:30-8:30 pm
at The Brooklyn Bay Performance Space
(see directions below)
The creative process is an act of entering into emptiness and discovering what emerges from moment to moment.
Through deliberation, a mindfulness-based improvisation practice developed by the late Scott Kelman, we begin with things as they are, discovering a deepened awareness of ourselves - our bodies, sensations, emotions and thoughts - along with a heightened sense of other - our relationship to other players and our environment. We interact through awareness, movement, sound and words.
In this improvisational form, we yield to our natural empathy - moving between self and other, body and space - and through empathy the group discovers connection, meaning, narrative, and story; a collective dream.
For over 40 years, the practice of deliberation has been found invaluable by people from all walks of life - performers, parents, teachers, counselors, and artists of all types. This 4 week class is open to anyone wishing to bring more presence and creativity to their life and work. No previous experience is needed.
ENTERING INTO EMPTINESS
Thursdays Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29
6:30 - 8:30pm
at The Brooklyn Bay (directions at left)
cost: $60
To register call
503.772.4005
email melanya@brooklynbay.org
Melanya Helene received the teaching of this practice from Scott Kelman, who developed and shared it for the last 45 years of his life in New York, Los Angeles and Portland. Melanya is the sole teacher of kelmanworks in the US. She is the artistic director of The Brooklyn Bay and the creator (with Marc Otto) of the Play after Play children's program. She brings years of experience in many mindfulness practices including meditation, Body-Mind Centering, Original Play, contact improv, authentic movement, aikido, and improvisational voice to the practice and teaching of deliberation - the basis of kelmanworks.
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