Class details
Join us for a NEW creative writing series of workshops led by poet, writer, performer and educator Serena Braida. Writing and The Body is for writers, poets and makers. Anyone interested in exploring the relationship between the physical body, voice and language, from composition to performance, is also welcome.
Thursdays
16, 23 & 30 May
6.30 – 8.30pm
Course Fee : £90 (£65 Concessions)
Pay As You Go rates available
The course comprises three workshops which you can either attend individually, or join all three at a discounted rate.
1 – My Senses / the Senses of the World
2 – Writing the Body
3 – Writing Aloud
Through practical exercises and discussions, we will explore writing as an embodied, whole-body or ‘incarnated’ activity. We’ll practice techniques focusing on the materiality of language and on reading aloud as editorial and generative practice. Drawing from performance techniques and experimental practices, we will consider modes of writing that are imbued with physicality and in resonance with the outside world and with the reader.
Are you a writer or poet? Are you interested in exploring the relationship between physical body, voice and language, from composition to performance? These workshops are for you.
About the Tutor
Serena Braida is a writer, performer and academic, currently teaching at the University of West London.
She works in voice, text and performance, with a focus on the materiality of language and on reading aloud as editorial and generative practice.
Serena holds an MFA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and an MA in Cultural and Critical Studies from Birkbeck. She has published poetry and prose in magazines, journals and anthologies, both in English and Italian, and has given solo and collaborative performances internationally, most notably at Bold Tendencies, Christie’s Lates and FILL Festival of Italian Literature in London, among others. She sings with Musarc, one of the UK’s foremost experimental choirs, where she also co-facilitates a writing group, exploring collective writing practices. Her poetry pamphlet Blue Sheila came out with Dancing Girl Press in 2018.
