Anna Yen

Anna Yen is a Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner, performer, theatre maker / director, circus skills tutor and movement teacher for performers. Anna works in theatres, communities, universities, companies, streets and schools. A highlight of her work is her one woman show 'Chinese Take Away', which was adapted into a film, which she has toured to Asia, Europe and the USA. Anna regularly teaches PlayMoves Movement Workshops for performance, which is for performers, directors, movement and drama teachers. The workshops focus on playfulness, presence, physical awareness, and ‘complicity’ with other performers. It is inspired by the work of Monika Pagneux, a renowned European theatre teacher (who studied with Moshe Feldenkrais at one time), inviting the attentive and joyful performing physical presence that marries risk with vulnerability and self-confidence with authenticity. It combines the Awareness Through Movement work of the Feldenkrais Method with ensemble exercises and games in innovative ways to assist the performer expand their creative and physical possibilities, playfulness, presence and ensemble skills. See www.playmoves.org for upcoming workshop dates.