Want to bring more freedom, vitality and truth to your performance? This is where your body becomes your creative instrument.
Building on the principles of embodied presence explored in Workshop One of this series (but also suitable as a standalone experience), this session focuses on how to express through the body. You’ll explore how character, impulse, emotion and imagination move through your body and being—revealing a deeper range and a more authentic connection to your instincts and unique expression as an actor.
Through guided movement, creative improvisation and dynamic physical theatre tools, we’ll open up your expressive range. You’ll leave feeling freer, more connected, and with new tools to explore embodying story, text and emotion with more confidence and power.
What will I get out of it?
• Greater physical and emotional range in performance
• Tools to express instinctively and truthfully from the body
• More presence, boldness and nuance in character work
• A deeper connection between breath, movement and feeling
• Playful ways to tap into spontaneity, creativity and joy
• Movement practices to unlock stuck energy and access deeper truths
Who is this workshop for?
Suitable for all levels of experience. Whether you’re just starting out or have years of performance behind you, this workshop offers something fresh and valuable.
You might be:
• Curious about how bodily awareness can deepen your acting
• Looking to reconnect with your creativity and confidence
• Feeling stuck in your head and wanting more physical freedom
• Craving more honesty, spontaneity and connection in your work
No previous movement or acting experience is required—just a willingness to explore. If you have any access
needs, injuries or movement restrictions you’d like the teacher to be
aware of, feel free to get in touch in advance so we can best support
you.
Who teaches this course?
Nathalie Joel-Smith is a movement practitioner, coach and theatre-maker with over 20 years’ experience spanning performance, actor training and embodied practice. She has taught at ArtsEd, London College of Music, The BRIT School, and currently leads the Body in Performance module for the student company at Questors Theatre.
Nathalie is a certified Integral Development Coach, Somatic Coach and Movement Teacher, with further experience in trauma-sensitive yoga, Feldenkrais, Fitzmaurice Voicework and more.
With a background as a musical theatre performer, actor, voice-over artist and cabaret performer, she has also worked as a movement director and physical theatre maker, including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
