Annual Florida Conference

At this point in evolution, we live in a world of increasing separation, hardening, disconnection from each other and ourselves.

We long for wholeness, healing, connection, human relationship that nourishes and inspires, but how do we get there?

The adversarial forces would have us imprisoned entirely in that disconnection, either reacting out of fear and self-doubt and criticism and need for power; or wafting away in self-absorption and inflated personal ego.

What if we seek the balance between the two poles, the middle between the two extremes, the free space between me and the Other?

Out of the realm of the dramatic arts comes one way of working – what if we identify and change the quality of movement with which we meet the world? What if we shift our tone or our inner gesture to allow us to better listen to / receive the Other, or to the world around us, or to ourselves?

This conference proposes, through biography exercises and the embodied dramatic arts tools of movement and drama and speech, to work on the story and image of that space between.

Laurie Portocarrero is an actor, storyteller, drama teacher and director. She has trainings in Chekhov acting and Spacial Dynamics and speech, having studied and taught movement, drama and speech, touring widely in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Australia and China. A long-time associate member of The Actors' Ensemble, Walking the dog Theater, and Threefold Mystery Drama Group, she has been seen in many productions ranging from Shakespeare to Thornton Wilder to Kahlil Gibran, as well as playing Maria in Rudolf Steiner's four mystery dramas.

You can watch an interview with Laurie here:

https://vimeopro.com/user125921268/front-range-anthroposophical-cafe-1/video/826467141

And... as a special treat, Laurie will perform a short segment from the Mystery plays on Saturday night at the beginning of our community sharing time.