CONFERENCE OF CARE WRAP-UP!

Balancing Act's day-long Conference of Care was restorative and generative with inspiring conversations, fulfilling workshops, and a performance by Animacy Theatre Collective. The day was hosted by the wonderful Djennie Laguerre and capped off with a fun reception courtesy of TAPA. Thank you Pino Spano and the team at East End United for welcoming us in this remarkable venue. 

Special thanks to Theatre Direct's Creation Warehouse for the most excellent children's programming and to The Summerhill Club for taking care of the wee ones.

MORE THANK YOU’S TO OUR INCREDIBLE...

Panelists, Presenters, and Moderators:

Intisar Awisse, Maev Beaty, Monique Diabo, Nehal El-Hadi, Jose Miguel (Miggy) Esteban, Christine Friday, Neena Jayarajan, Shira Leucher, Jeanne LeSage, Rebecca Singh, Rebecca Thomas Kahn

Workshop Leaders:
Christine Friday, Rachel Spencer Hewitt and Victoria Mata

Animacy Theatre Collective Team:
Morgan Brie Johnson, Sabine Ndalamba, Peyton LeBarr and Alexandra Simpson

Active Listener:
Blessyl Buan

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Our On-Site RMT:
Ligaya Esguerra!

UPCOMING AT BALANCING ACT!

Restore and Resource with Roula Said
a self-care session

Monday December 12, 2022
1pm to 2:30pm EST

Online via Zoom

Dive into Seven Waves Movement with Roula and wash away some seasonal stress! Restore and resource yourself with soothing sequences that will invite you to spiral, circle, undulate and shake out the dusty places.  

What will you need? Just a bit of space to move your feet and a chair. The session may be done seated.

Let us know your questions or access needs by writing to balancingact@theatredirect.ca.

About Roula Said:
Roula Said is a singer, dancer, musician, actor and poet of Palestinian heritage based in Toronto, Canada. 

Roula has been studying, teaching and performing Arab music and dance for over 30 years. From within her tradition as practiced here in the west, she has created Seven Waves Movement and Embodied Voice, original and innovative methodologies rooted in the Arab Arts and open to the world. 

Deeply interested in ceremony and meaningful transitions, Roula also works as a wedding officiant and a death doula, supporting and empowering individuals and families to expand into areas of greater choice, agency and beauty. https://www.roulasaid.com/

NEWS FROM ONE OF OUR LEVEL UP! STRATEGY PARTNERS 
OUTSIDE THE MARCH

After 2.5 years of continuous mystery-solving--including the Playdate edition with Theatre Direct!--our friends at Outside the March are announcing the grand finale of the wildly-successful phone-based immersive theatre experience The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries with a 24-HOUR MYSTERY-FILLED BLOWOUT EXTRAVAGANZA.

Last Call: A Mundane Mysteries Maraton is happening TOMORROW. It runs from 7pm EST December 9 to 7pm EST December 10. And best part: tickets are only $10!

Don’t miss out on your last chance to experience the production’s signature blend of improvised, customized, family-friendly, one-on-one telephone storytelling.