Workshops

Draw the moving body

Dance and drawing provide a common freeing of the spirit in space and time. Drawing workshops are inspired by the dance teachings of Johanna Exiner and Barbara Cuckson, where movement is an aesthetic experience related to all forms of art and promotes balance between mind and body. Inspiration comes also from my experience as an animator of human movement within a dynamic natural world.

Exercises in body placement, strengthening, flexibility, dynamics and improvisation lead you to the practice and creation of movement patterns. Taking turns to dance and draw allows you to recognise relationships between patterns that you experience in three dimensions and marks that you make in two dimensions that combine your experience and observation of dance. A range of drawing materials is explored.

Workshops offer a supportive, non-competitive environment for students of dance, drawing and animation. Beginners in all mediums are welcome.

ROZELLE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, 57 Nelson Street, Rozelle, Sydney.
Mondays 6.30-8pm. Drawing materials supplied.

Email for further information about term dates and how to enrol.

Daniela Giorgi explores Drawing Movement with Lisa Roberts at the Rozelle School of Visual Arts, Sydney, 2011. Photos: Geoffrey Robertson

Yoris Everaerts and Christine McMillan move and draw. Dickson Street Hall, Sydney, 2007. Photos: Christine McMillan & Lisa Roberts