Ferus Animi // Terra Nova

presents

-Movement for Film-
5-day Intensive w/ Alexandra Reynolds & Tom Afiyan-English
-London, UK-
4th to 8th January 2023
-10am to 5pm-

*Limited Spaces*

Led by the acclaimed movement director Alexandra Reynolds and Ferus Animi // Terra Nova founder Tom Afiyan-English, join us this coming January for 5-day intensive workshop diving into the medium of movement performance for the film and television industries.

-Where-
Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George's Road, London SE1 6ER

-Open to-
This intensive is primarily designed for Actors, Dancers, Movement Artists and Movement Directors, and will explore the varied and rich world of movement specialism for film and television, equipping participants with the understanding of the reality of working as a movement specialist/movement artist in the industry today. This will involve exploring aspects of physicality and characterisation, creature work, animal-studies, ensemble work and movement case-studies. Participants from performance backgrounds such as circus, stuntwork and physical theatre are also encouraged to sign up. We also welcome participants who are currently studying at dance, drama or circus conservatoires.

-Intensive Content-
Immerse yourself in the creative process of accessing physical transformation through animal and creature work, catalysing new movement vocabulary for character, exploring what it means to work as part of a movement ensemble, and refining complex and improvised movement choreography for the medium of film, all under the guidance and tutelage of two leading specialists in the field of movement direction. Participants will work through daily sessions in physical conditioning, animal studies, ensemble creature work and movement case-studies, while also receiving provision for 1-on-1 time with the intensive leaders on aspects of personal movement development that are most relevant to their own craft, whether that is acting, movement performance or movement direction. Over five days of intensive research we will explore the specialist areas of the workshop leaders, in addition to cultivating the detailed and consistent approach to devising and performance required in the often high-pressure environment of shooting for film.

Participants will also have a chance to be directed and shot performing a movement case-study they have been working on during the week, with direction, guidance and feedback from the workshop leaders, with footage then be processed, edited and sent to them for their own future use.

"Alexandra is a master movement director, who has coached the best-of-the-best regarding both acting and movement performance on film. We are truly privileged to be working with her on this intensive and can't wait for our students to experience the depth of her work, within the framework of our own rigorous research." - Tom Afiyan-English

-Intensive Leaders-

Alexandra Reynolds is a world-leading movement director, choreographer and performance coach renowned for her prolific movement direction on award-winning projects such as 'The Theory of Everything' (2014), 'Colette' (2018), 'The Good Nurse' (2022), 'The Danish Girl' (2015), on feature films such as Warner Bros' 'Fantastic Beasts' franchise (2016-2022), Marvel Studios' 'Morbius' (2022), DC Films' 'Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom' (2023), on series such as Disney Plus' 'Star Wars: Andor' (2022), the BBC's 'His Dark Materials' (2019-2022), Netflix's 'The Sandman' (2022) and on cult classics such as 'World War Z' (2013) and 'The Mummy' (2017). She has coached actors during Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning performances and regularly works one-on-one with some of the most established performers in film and television.
www.alexandrareynolds.co.uk

Tom Afiyan-English is an established lecturer, academic, performance specialist and dance scientist (MSc) with expertise in performance psychology, evolutionary physiology, neuroscience and functional biomechanics, and is the founder of Ferus Animi // Terra Nova. During a varied multidisciplinary career he has worked as a movement consultant for Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures and Working Title Films, with Virtual Reality (VR) pioneers AΦE, and as an Associate Director for immersive theatre giants Punchdrunk and Augmented Reality (AR) gaming company Niantic. He is the designer and course leader of a new MA in Dance Performance at London Contemporary Dance School/University of the Arts London, and a member of faculty at Oxford School of Drama, where he lectures on Movement and has built curriculum on Animal Studies and Performance Psychology.

Ferus Animi // Terra Nova is a movement and performance collective based in Europe, whose aim is to share the most up-to-date research and methodologies from a host of scientific and artistic approaches, in order to enrich the practices of our students and collaborators.
www.ferus-animi-terra-nova.org

-Intensive Price-
Regular Ticket - £520
Student & Recent Graduate Concession* - £390
(*available to students currently in full-time higher education & 2022 graduates from higher education)

For any additional enquiries or information please contact us via email on info@ferus-animi-terra-nova.org

---