Workshop: 5 Elements Movement

Date:

13 September 2025

Artists: 

Elisabeth Gunawan

www.kisswitness.art

Tang Sook Kuan

www.tang-dance-projects.webnode.co.uk

2025

Prayers for a Hungry Ghost: 5 Elements Movement Practice Workshop is a movement-based session exploring physical performance through the lens of the Chinese philosophy of the Five Elements—Earth, Wood, Fire, Water and Metal. Through breath work, somatic exercises and guided improvisation, participants develop a responsive and expressive performing body.

Drawing on practices from physical theatre, contemporary dance and embodied training, the workshop encourages participants to tune into sensation, impulse and connection with others.

The session forms part of the creative research behind the stage production Prayers for a Hungry Ghost, exploring how elemental movement can shape storytelling and performance.