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Entering into Emptiness in Jan is now full

If you would like to be contacted about future classes, please email
melanya@brooklynbay.com

Entering into Emptiness-a 4 week class in mindfulness-based improvisation

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.

Scott Kelman (1936-2007)

Scott Kelman, creator of 'kelmanworks' and founder of the Brooklyn Bay died Thursday, February 22, 2007. His approach to life, performance, and this moment has and continues to inspire thousands. Peace.

Scott Kelman

--the conjurer, the dreamer, the one who loved to pull the rug out from under you and watch you find your form before you hit the ground. He wasn't easy, but he was real. He spoke his mind, he followed his vision. We have all benefited from his relentless pursuit of a way to live and create, being mindfully present moment after moment after moment. Allowing yourself to be informed--without reaching; giving up creative responsibility, yielding with energy, always asking yourself: "What haven't I checked out lately?", always seeking the space that needs you most- moment to moment. Practicing the process that he was continually developing has changed so many lives. His work took place in the realm of "Performance," but it was about so much more than theater. It was about the REAL performance, the one we all do every day.

Thank you Scott