Meet the FACILITATORS of the 2023 Lessac U.S. Intensive Workshop
Marth Munro, PhD
Lessac Master Teacher
Pretoria, South Africa
Crystal Robbins
Lessac Master Teacher
Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Lessac Training and Research Institute is pleased to announce that its 2023 U.S. Intensive is taking place in-person at Hendrix College in Conway, AR from June 11-July 7 with a new format. Modeling its structure after the recent South Africa Lessac Intensive which took place in Pretoria in January, our U.S. Intensive will offer tiered options enabling participants flexibility to join for 1-Week, 2-Weeks or the full 4-Week experience. Each week will build upon the previous week’s explorations, culminating in advanced work for self and performance contexts.
1-Week (June 11-17): Intro to Lessac and self-discovery
2-Week (June 11-24): Digging deeper into self and performance contexts
4-Week (June 11-July 7): Advanced self and performance applications
The workshops will be by Master Teachers Marth Munro (Pretoria, South Africa) and Crystal Robbins (Los Angeles, CA USA). Both facilitators bring years of experience, passion, a dedication to somatic learning and the authentic expression of self through Kinesensic bodyvoice training.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Marth Munro
Marth Munro explores body dynamics with students in Croatia.
Marth Munro, PhD, serves as a Professor Extraordinaire in the School of the Arts: Drama at the University of Pretoria, South Africa where she is committed to contributing to decolonising Performing Arts Pedagogies and Praxis. She facilitates workshops for Wits Business School: Executive Education, for example, Emotionally Competent Communication; Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity & Belonging; and Stress pro/resilience. In addition to being a Master Teacher of Lessac Kinesensics, Marth is a certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, and a Certified Sound Therapist, a qualified Hatha Yoga teacher, an Emotional Body Apprentice, and a certified NLP practitioner. She also has expertise in Bio-and-Neurofeedback. She is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator (ISMETA) and a Registered Life Coach (ICR). Marth specializes in bodymind and voice in behavior and performance. She has published extensively in the field of Embodied Performance Pedagogy and has taught in South Africa, the USA, and Croatia. With a childlike curiosity, Marth plays with purpose and joy.
CRYSTAL ROBBINS
Crystal Robbins participating in movement exploration at the S.A. Intensive
A Master Teacher since 2017, Crystal Robbins just returned from participating and researching at the 2023 South African workshop at the University of Pretoria, South, gleaning much from her colleagues there, not the least of which is how important it is to continually refresh, relearn and challenge one's ways of approaching any work. These echo her 13 years of working with founder Arthur Lessac, who always taught her to explore anew, but this time with a 'just noticeable difference'. With over two decades facilitating the work at university, (Santa Monica College and UCLA-extension), workshops, our intensives, private coaching and in Kinder-12th grade theatre programming, Crystal is excited to partner again with Master Teacher Marth Munro in the application of new formatting for our workshops that feature equity-minded and culturally-relevant practices that meets today's bodyvoice needs while embracing tomorrow's expectations. Crystal considers herself an Abolitionist-Mindset Educator with a focus in disrupting inequities and injustices in facilitation. In addition to her teaching duties at SMC, she was invited to participate in a grant subsidized 2+ year training program focused on equitizing gateway courses, where she is the liaison to her theatre department. Crystal is active in the LTRI on the Master Teacher Team, serving in many capacities, the most exciting of which for her is in mentoring new soon-to-be Certified Trainers. Crystal is based out of Los Angeles.
ABOUT ThE ON-SITE COORDINATOR
Antonio Horne
On-Site Coordinator
Lessac Certification Candidate
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Hendrix College
Antonio Horne, a proud native of Memphis, TN, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Hendrix College. He holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Memphis, an MBA in Arts Management from UCLA and a BFA in Musical Theatre Dance from the United States International University (now Alliant International). He completed his high school studies at the North Carolina School of the Arts with a focus in Dance. Antonio currently serves as an At-Large member of the Executive Committee for the Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance.
Antonio is an award-winning stage director whose professional directing credits include Gem of the Ocean; The Color Purple; The Mountaintop; The Legend of Georgia McBride; The Wiz; and The House That Will Not Stand. In addition to teaching and directing, his work encompasses arts management, community arts education, performance, and choreography. Professor Horne has a deep passion for using theatre to provoke, educate, and entertain by giving voice to marginalized and underrepresented populations. His research, teaching, and service are rooted in his strong belief that theatre can affect great change in the world.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? Join us for a Live Q&A on March 11.
Please us on Mach 11, 2023 at 2:30PM EST (New York) for a live Q&A session. Marth, Crystal and Antonio will be live on Zoom to answer any questions you have about about about the format, the application process, financial assistance possibilities, the training, Hendrix college, and anything else you’d like to ask about our workshop offerings.