PERFORMANCE LAB
The Performance Lab is Aracnation’s specialist workshop series designed to help students and curious performers from all walks of life, to grow and develop as confident, creative performers.
Throughout the year, we invite guest artists from across the performing arts to share tools and approaches that deepen stage presence, creativity, musicality, storytelling, improvisation, and audience connection. These workshops are an opportunity to explore the wider world of performance in a supportive, playful, and welcoming environment. They are designed as independent workshops that can be booked individually, you can pick and choose, come to one, two, or come to all!
Whether you are interested in developing your artistic voice, building confidence, exploring character work, or simply trying something new, the Performance Lab offers a space to expand your creative toolkit beyond your movement repertoire.
Open to all levels of experience, ages 18+ and are led by experienced performers, directors, actors, and movement practitioners from Aotearoa’s wider performing and movement arts community.
Come curious. Come ready to play. Connect and explore.
Please note: a minimum of eight (8) participants is required for each workshop to go ahead. Terms and conditions apply.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
How do we move with music rather than simply move to it?
In this workshop, Jaine will guide us to deepen our connection with music without getting lost in the process. Through a series of creative exercises and playful explorations, we’ll work with our bodies, our peers, and the music to discover new ways of moving and creating.
Come with curiosity and be ready to experiment, create, and play—both individually and as a group.
You’ll explore:
Music, creative play and improvisation
Building dynamic aerial choreography
Musical movement as a group
Working with different musical styles in performance
Whether you're performing in a theatre, at a community event, or on the street, audience engagement is a skill that helps create connection, confidence, and memorable experiences. (Learn more about Jaine here)
PAST WORKSHOPS
