Edith Podesta

Edith Podesta Theatre Maker, Actor and Performance Lecturer

Wild Moves: Transformative Tools: Ritual, Practice, and Creative Flow
27 October – 8 December 2025
Led by Edith PodestaA...
14/10/2025

Wild Moves: Transformative Tools: Ritual, Practice, and Creative Flow
27 October – 8 December 2025
Led by Edith Podesta

A seven-week journey into ritual, creativity, and transformation through movement. Participants will:
✨ Develop embodied practices for creative flow
✨ Explore the choreographic legacies of Deborah Hay, Anna Halprin, Gabrielle Roth, and Maija Hirvanen
✨ Work with the Eight Classic Centers of Motivation — archetypes and mythic energies that fuel performance
✨ Learn from guest lecturer Zarina Muhammad, who shares how myth and ritual can resist, reframe, and renew
Open to all levels. No prior experience required.

📍 Wild Rice @ Funan

📝 Apply by 17 October
Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Questions? Contact Ben at [email protected]

Join artist, educator, and researcher Zarina Muhammad for a session on Antidotes for Surviving Eclipses: Myth, Magic and...
14/10/2025

Join artist, educator, and researcher Zarina Muhammad for a session on Antidotes for Surviving Eclipses: Myth, Magic and Ritual as Resistance.

Her practice re-examines Southeast Asian oral histories, myth-making, and eco-cultural landscapes, blending sound, performance, and installation. A recipient of the 2022 IMPART Art Prize, Zarina has presented internationally at biennales in Singapore, Lahore, Saudi Arabia, and the USA.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of Singapore’s most thought-provoking artists.

📍 Wild Rice @ Funan

📝 Apply by 17 October
Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Questions? Contact Ben at [email protected]

Explore the ritual-like “recipes and spills” of performance magic with Maija Hirvanen, whose work invites performers to ...
13/10/2025

Explore the ritual-like “recipes and spills” of performance magic with Maija Hirvanen, whose work invites performers to conjure presence and sensory richness through embodied ritual.

Programme Details:
📅 27 Oct – 8 Dec 2025
🕖 Mondays, 7–10pm (one Sunday, 23 Nov)
📍 Wild Rice @ Funan
🎟 $525

📝 Application Deadline: 17 Oct
Limited spots available — apply now to secure your place.

Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Questions? Contact Ben at [email protected]

Who is Wild Moves: Transformative Tools for?- Actors expanding their physical vocabulary- Artists curious about ritual a...
12/10/2025

Who is Wild Moves: Transformative Tools for?
- Actors expanding their physical vocabulary
- Artists curious about ritual and movement practices
- Creatives seeking new pathways for performance-making
- Movers of all levels wanting to connect body, story, and myth

Through hands-on exploration, you’ll discover how Anna Halprin pioneered community dance works like The Planetary Dance, weaving healing, social action, and personal myth into shared ritual.

No prior dance or theatre experience required — just curiosity and openness.

Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

This term, Wild Moves explores the work of Gabrielle Roth, whose Five Rhythms — Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and S...
08/10/2025

This term, Wild Moves explores the work of Gabrielle Roth, whose Five Rhythms — Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness — form a movement meditation that maps a journey through physical and emotional states.

Participants will experiment with ritual structures, archetypes, and mythic energies to generate their own creative studies. The programme culminates in a sharing of these works in a supportive environment.

Programme Fees (before GST): $525

Deadline: Friday, 17 October

Apply now: wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops

Wild Moves: Transformative Tools - Ritual, Practice, and Creative Flow27 October – 8 December 2025Led by Edith PodestaUn...
06/10/2025

Wild Moves: Transformative Tools - Ritual, Practice, and Creative Flow
27 October – 8 December 2025
Led by Edith Podesta

Unlock your creative potential through movement. This seven-week programme explores how ritual, attention, and practice can transform performance. Drawing on the methods of visionary artists, you’ll uncover new ways to sense, feel, and move with purpose.

This term features the work of Deborah Hay, whose dances treat all movement as sacred — fusing body and consciousness through spontaneous, invented rituals that cultivate attention, presence, and transformation.

📍 Venue: Wild Rice @ Funan
🗓 Mondays, 7–10pm (one Sunday session on 23 Nov)
📝 Apply by 17 October

Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Questions? Contact Ben at [email protected]

WILD MOVES: Choreographic Lineages and Creative Tools25 August – 6 October 2025Led by Edith PodestaWild Moves is a seven...
07/08/2025

WILD MOVES: Choreographic Lineages and Creative Tools
25 August – 6 October 2025
Led by Edith Podesta

Wild Moves is a seven-week series of movement classes and workshops that invites participants to explore movement as a tool for creative expression and self-discovery. Open to all levels, the course offers a supportive environment to build your own toolkit of physical theatre and choreographic skills.
You’ll explore the methods of:
* Jonathan Burrows – repetition and reduction in choreography
* Mary Overlie – the Six Viewpoints
* Doris Humphrey – design, contrast, and motivation
* Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker – music, mathematics, and geometry

Includes a guest lecture by Dr. Stephanie Burridge on The Choreographic Notebook — a hands-on method for generating and refining movement ideas.

Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Join Dr. Stephanie Burridge for a special Wild Moves session exploring The Choreographic Notebook — a hands-on, reflecti...
06/08/2025

Join Dr. Stephanie Burridge for a special Wild Moves session exploring The Choreographic Notebook — a hands-on, reflective tool for generating movement ideas, applying choreographic techniques, and bridging thought with action.

Learn how to document, experiment, and shape your creative process in this one-of-a-kind workshop. A must-attend for movers, performers, and devisers of all backgrounds.

Guest Lecturer Bio
Dr. Stephanie Burridge trained at the Laban Centre (UK) and holds a BA in Anthropology/Art History and a PhD in Contemporary Dance from the London Contemporary Dance School in association with the University of Kent.
As Artistic Director of Canberra Dance Theatre (1978–2001), she commissioned leading choreographers, composers, and visual artists across Australia. She was awarded both the inaugural Choreographic Fellowship and the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Australian Choreographic Centre.

A leading authority on Asian dance, Stephanie has edited several major anthologies, including:
* Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific
* The Routledge Companion to Dance in Asia and the Pacific
* Perspectives on Dance, Young People and Change
In 2022, she co-authored Routledge Choreography: The Basics.

Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Questions? Contact Ben at [email protected]

Explore how choreographer Jonathan Burrows uses scores, repetition, and reduction to navigate the overwhelming choices f...
05/08/2025

Explore how choreographer Jonathan Burrows uses scores, repetition, and reduction to navigate the overwhelming choices faced in making dance.

Ideal for:
* Actors looking to expand their physical vocabulary
* Creatives interested in movement-based performance
* Experienced performers revisiting choreographic tools
* Artists curious about how bodies communicate through space and time

Programme Fees (before GST):
* $450 – young&WILD Alumni
* $525 – General Public

Application Deadline: Friday, 15 August. Limited spots available.

Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Questions? Contact Ben at [email protected]

This term, you’ll explore the work of visionary choreographers who have reshaped how we understand performance — includi...
04/08/2025

This term, you’ll explore the work of visionary choreographers who have reshaped how we understand performance — including Doris Humphrey, who approached choreography as a process of shaping meaning through design, contrast, and motivation.

Through these choreographic lineages, you’ll experiment, devise, and develop your own short studies. The term culminates in a presentation of your work, shared in a supportive environment with feedback and guidance.

Programme Fees (before GST):
* $450 – young&WILD Alumni
* $525 – General Publi
Application Deadline: Friday, 15 August

Apply now: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/training-programmes-workshops/

Questions? Contact Ben at [email protected]

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