Workshop bundle - The Kinesphere and Attention to the Heart

Join Laban Practitioner Natalie Diggins for two workshops that will dive into the beauty of moving with intention, and attention. The Kinesphere - The possibilities of your movement are endless; your options are like a sky full of stars. In this workshop we will be exploring the concept of the kinesphere and how having an awareness of it can open up new movement opportunities, ideas, and actions. The kinesphere becomes both a mirror and a laboratory - a site for discovery, transformation and embodied understanding. Please bring; Comfortable clothing that allows for a range of movement, a pen, note pad, and water. No hip scarves please. Attention to the Heart - with live music - Join Laban Practitioner Natalie Diggins and musician Tony Hole for Attention to the Heart - a nourishing and immersive embodied experience exploring the heart as a living centre of rhythm, connection, and vitality. Through breath, sensory awareness and experiential movement we invite you to slow down and tune in to your inner compass and most trusted friend. Reconnect with the body’s natural rhythms and awaken a deeper sense of presence, ease, balance, and joy. With Tony’s live music creating a rich and responsive landscape for embodied listening, we follow the pulse; turning inward and expanding outward, following the heart’s own rhythm and allowing sound, breath, movement, and sensation to guide us. This is your invitation to soften, move, expand, and reconnect with the innate intelligence and vitality of your heart. Both workshops run for 2 hours each and are suitable for beginners to advanced dancers. About Natalie Natalie Diggins is a movement practitioner based in Perth, Western Australia, with a longstanding engagement in Laban and embodied movement practices. Over the past twenty-four years, her expertise, professionalism, and dynamic teaching style have earned her an outstanding reputation. Committed to keeping her practice evolving and current, Natalie continues to explore new perspectives and deepen her understanding of movement. She has had the privilege of studying with distinguished performing artists and movement practitioners, including CMA & Master Somatic Movement Therapist Janet Kaylo (USA/UK), Expressive Movement Facilitator Amanda Peñaloza-Banks (UK/USA), RSME/RSMT Amy Voris (UK), Laban/Bartenieff & Somatic Practitioner Caitlin Coflin (CAN), Dr Lynne Bradley of Zen Zen Zo (AUS), Body-Mind Centering® developer Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (USA), Antonio Fava at the Scuola Internazionale di Commedia dell’Arte (ITA), puppeteer Richard Bradshaw (AUS), puppeteer and director Philip Mitchell (AUS), choreographer Alexandra Beller (USA), director and biomechanics expert Ralf Rauker (DEU), professional clown Philippe Thibaudeau of Cirque du Soleil (CAN), and stage combat master Andy Fraser (AUS). Natalie is a devoted student of Rudolf Laban’s theories and practices and is a member of the International Council of Kinetography Laban. She has presented her peer-reviewed and published research about how Effort and Motif Notation connect across cultures and disciplines at Beijing Normal University (2017), and the Hungarian Dance University in Budapest (2022). A sought-after facilitator, Natalie is known for her warmth, clarity, and depth of practice. Her workshops have sold out at festivals and studios across Australia and the UK, and her work has found a home in classrooms across some of Perth’s most vibrant schools. During her five-year tenure as Co-Director and Production Manager of WAMED Festival (Australia), she was widely credited with elevating the production quality and professional practice of the staged programmes. Natalie is a certified Language of Dance® Master Practitioner, holds a Bachelor of Communications (Drama and Media double major), Graduate Diploma of Education, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and a Certificate II in Creative Industries: Live Production. She is currently completing her CMA in Laban Movement Analysis.