CAMILLE MAURINE has taught movement, meditation, and expression since 1975. She is the creator of Moving Theater (established in 1990) and the director of CoMMiT (Camille Maurine's Moving Theater). Camille's sola performances include Tiger, Tiger, Losing It, In the Meantime, and Plexus: LA. She has been creatively involved with Continuum for over 20 years. Camille teaches at the Continuum Studio in Santa Monica, California, offering private sessions, workshops for women, and Moving Theater performance classes for men and women. She also travels worldwide to give performances and workshops.
In addition to writing and performing her own work, Camille helps create and direct performance pieces for others, including Continuum founder Emilie Conrad in Anima/Animus (2003) and a peacemaking project by Jungian analyst David Gerbi, Making Peace with Qaddafi (in progress). Lorin and Camille are also working on a book and documentary film about a United States Marine who in 1948 led the first mission of the Israel Air Force.
Coming up!
Santa Fe, NM - "Moving Theater of the Soul" - Workshop with Camille Maurine - Saturday, July 12th, 2008. Full day intensive, Saturday, 12 to 6 pm at Puerta de la Luna - $95. Optional follow-up, Sunday, July 13th. All levels. Visa/MC accepted. For more info and to register: email Camille or call 310 821-0620. See Flyer.
In L.A. - "Moving Theater of the Soul" - Weekend Workshop with Camille, August 16–17th, 2008 - at Continuum in Santa Monica - Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 6 pm. All levels. Early Registration: $175 before August 1st ($195 thereafter). Saturday only: $100. Visa/MC accepted. For more info and to register: email Camille or call 310 821-0620. See Flyer.
~ Moving Theater Classes in LA - New series starting in September!
~ Moving Theater of the Soul Retreat at Esalen, Nov 2008
"I have taken many
workshops [at Esalen]. This was THE
BEST!
Took me to my edge, and
helped me move, hop, dance to the other side.
Camille is a master at keeping the pulse of the group
together and supportive.
We laughed and cried, were touched deeply and lovingly.
She is a passionate, creative MASTER!" - Workshop
Participant, Moving 'Theater of the
Soul
Mobilize your mojo!
Our bodies and psyches are
rich with stories aching to be told, life force waiting to
be released into vitality and creativity. MOVING THEATER
classes are a safe, invigorating environment to delve into
your inner world and to dare fuller outer expression. You
will work with imagery arising from body meditations, life
stories, dreams, and fantasy. Through movement, theater
improv, breath and voicework, you:
*strengthen your ability to be present
*open perception and liberate energy
*give artistic form to your imagination
All levels of experience are welcome and can benefit from
this work. It is an especially powerful tool for
PERFORMERS, ARTISTS, WRITERS and anyone else who wants to
free up and flesh out your creative
expression.
"Camille Maurine is pure,
unadulterated magic in motion. She leads you with
movement, vocalizing and writing into the back roads of
your psyche and along the way you find delightful pieces of
your SELF you never realized existed. Moving Theater
is a step into a new realm: it's a trip!"
-Sand Brim, Gallery
Owner and Activist
What
Is Moving Theater?
A catalyst for creativity in all its forms
A dynamic performance training
A healing journey
A path of awakening
A hell of a lot of fun
"There are
many skills that I have learned (and am still
learning) to practice from my experience with Moving
Theater: listening (both to my own soul and to the
souls of those around me), feeling, voicing, being
curious and taking risks. But I
think the most important thing I have learned to
practice is the practice of compassion and of seeing
the multi-faceted jewel in everyone and everything at every
moment." - Steve Chu, Los
Angeles
Click here for more impressions
from advanced Moving Theater students.
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Register
Now
Next series starts soon. Please note changes!
MOVING
THEATER
All
Levels
7
Wednesday Evenings, 7 - 9:30 pm
March 26th thru May 7th, 2008
Men,
we want your male energy, too!
An
7-week series with Camille Maurine
LOCATION:
Continuum Studio at the 18th
Streets Arts Center, 1629 18th St. Studio #7 in Santa
Monica, CA.
WHEN:
Note new day and time! 7 Wednesday Nights - 7 to 9:30
PM.
Email cm@camillemaurine.com or call Camille at 310
821-0620.
TUITION:
$ 300.
TO
REGISTER: Send full
amount of $300 (or $100 non-refundable deposit) to
Camille Maurine at PO Box 9325, Marina del Rey, CA
90295. (Balance
of $200 due before
the first class; you must arrange other options
in advance). You
may also pay with Visa or Mastercard by calling Camille at
310 821-0620.
Small
print: All fees are non-refundable. If you must cancel
at the last moment for a catastrophic reason, credit, less
a $100 fee, will be extended for another workshop. No cash
refunds.
"The
journey with Camille is like climbing Everest while soaking
in a hot spring. Camille's patience and skill at holding an
authentic container steadied me during some long strides.
The Buddha's last words were "Be a light unto yourself," a
promise he held out to everyone. As the dream of Moving
Theater has unfolded, a deeper relaxation is arriving,
allowing the natural light to come through more freely.
Thank Camille for this world of possibility."
- Doug
Farren, musician, artist, builder
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Next
series starts soon!
MOVING
THEATER
Advanced
Class
6
Sunday Evenings, 7 - 9:30 pm
March 30th thru May 4th, 2008
The Sunday Night
Advanced Class is open
to experienced Moving Theater players. A core of this group
has been working together for some time in an intensive
creative process, occasionally performing as in the
ensemble,
CoMMiT
- Camille Maurine's Moving
Theater. Classes are taught by Camille and held at the
Continuum Studio, Santa Monica, California.
TUITION: $ 270. Please contact Camille to REGISTER.
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MOVING
THEATER
Weekend
Workshops
With
Camille Maurine
Continuum Studio, Santa
Monica
Camille occasionally offers a special
two-day immersion into the creative process of Moving
Theater at the Continuum Studio in Santa Monica. All levels
of experience are welcome and can benefit from this work.
TIME:
Saturday, 1-5, 7-10 p.m.
(with theater lights!); Sunday, 12-5 p.m.
LOCATION:
Continuum Studio at the 18th
Streets Arts Center, 1629 18th St. Studio #7 in Santa
Monica, CA
NOTE:
This workshop is a
prerequisite for new people wanting to join the Tuesday
classes. For more information on the next weekend, contact
Camille: cm@camillemaurine.com
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More
about Moving Theater
Camille has been developing the breath,
blood and bones of Moving Theater since the early 80's,
bringing in new inspirations as they occur. These energy
practices, expressive modalities, and perceptual
experiments build a powerful foundation for your
performance, whether in the art of your life or a specific
project.
In these trainings, you learn to refine the skills of
attention and presence. This in turn allows you to LET GO
more in both directions, inner awareness and outer
expression. To open and deepen perception, we cultivate
subtle energy awareness - the "dreamingbody" as well as the
physical and emotional bodies (just to use words for our
seamless whole being) - through movement, sound, and breath
experiments. Then we bring impressions and images from that
inner connection out into creative expression through
intuitive writing and various kinds of stage work.
Participants experience liberation
of personal material,
exaltation
of interacting with others in
new, honest, creative ways, and inspiration
arising from body-centered
meditations, stories, dreams, and fantasy.
Beauty and Beast, Fury and Tenderness, Spirit and Sensuality, Light and Shadow, Sorrow and Mirth, Madness and Magic - what other pairings can you name? All these expressions provide keys to being a full and vibrant human being. Those we shun tend to turn against us; those we accept give us unexpected gifts. This is the theater of the soul.
How can such disparate elements coexist in one little person? How can you honestly embrace the rich spectrum of these qualities without numbing out, going crazy, or destroying everything around you? How can you ride these currents of life force into deeper connection with yourself and others?
Surprising answers to these questions lie deep within your body and psyche, the source of profound wisdom, intelligence, and healing. The awareness practices of Moving Theater help to give ground and space for those revelations to come forth - consciously and artfully. These classes provide a safe, invigorating environment to delve deeper into your inner world and dare new forms of expression.
Created and taught by Camille Maurine, the Moving Theater process is a tremendous catalyst for creativity, transformation, and inspiration. Through a unique blend of movement, theater improv, writing, breath and voicework, you will strengthen your ability to be present in performance and in life. Exploring body meditations, life stories, dreams, and fantasy, you will open perception, free up energy, and give artistic form to your imagination.
What characters are in the wings of your inner world, itching to come onto stage? What stories are living in your flesh, waiting to be creatively revealed? What ways are you longing to let go? You don't have to know in advance - just come and explore!
All levels of experience are welcome and can benefit from this work.
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JUICY ROOTS
Moving
Theater for Women
With Camille Maurine
As
women, we realize that our authentic contribution to life
arises out of our deep feminine nature. We suspect that
unless we are rooted in that fertile inner ground, and in
our connection to each other, we will succumb to
resignation and despair.
Camille will offer liberating meditative and expressive practices from the Moving Theater process andMeditation Secrets for Women, including her dance yoga warmup. We will ride the creative rhythm between inner tuning and outer expression. Through sensuous movement, theater improv, writing, drawing, voicing, and other imaginative meanderings, we will excavate the world within and bring those revelations into form. With infinite tenderness and joyous celebration, we will witness the unique gifts that each woman brings forth.
LOCATION: Continuum Studio at the 18th Streets Arts Center, just north of Olympic in Santa Monica, CA
Eight weeks - Wednesdays from 1 to 4 PM (NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED. CONTACT CAMILLE FOR NEXT SERIES.)
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It''s about plumbing new depths, going to the next level, opening up and letting more love gush through.
This is a place to spread out, to give yourself space, to breathe in a nourishing and supportive atmosphere.
It's a sanctuary for deep listening, for allowing life to speak to you and through you.
It's a community of women gestating and birthing the quality of life we desire.
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Camille Maurine
kinAesthetics
P.O. Box 9325
Marina del Rey, CA
USA 90295
310 821-0620
cm@camillemaurine.com
Photo: René Armenta