Waiata In The Dark - Te Rina Keogh - 9.30am, Friday 23 July
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About this Workshop
The revival of an ancient Māori method of teaching in the dark has had spectacular results for Dr Karyn Paringatai and her students and she shares this with us in this workshop. Paringatai felt that the same technique might help her students to focus on what they were hearing, rather than what they were seeing, when they were learning the lyrics and tune or beat to various waiata and haka. Inhibitions were lost, listening skills and pronunciation were enhanced, and songs that previously took most of the students several weeks to learn from words projected on a wall were mastered in a couple of hours. Paringatai says that there were other benefits too. “The students gained confidence and there was more time to spend on their performance skills and on understanding and emotionally connecting with the items, which led to higher grades.” Biography Unfortunately Dr Karyn Paringatai is now unable to attend conference, so this workshop will be taken by her colleague Te Rina Keogh |
HOW TO Haka AND STILL HAVE A SINGING VOICE - HINEKOIA TOMLINSON - 4.00pm, Saturday 24 July
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About this Workshop
Me haka tātou! (We should all Haka) Debunking the myth that Haka is bad for your voice, Hinekoia explores vocal techniques for an effective and efficient Haka. Utilising examples from some of Aotearoa's top Kapahaka groups, Hinekoia invites you on a journey of discovery and learning. Kua takoto te mānuka! Biography Hinekoia Tomlinson is a highly trained and experienced vocal coach with 20 years of coaching experience. After graduating from Auckland University with an Honours Degree in Music Hinekoia went on to become Head Vocal Coach at EXCEL School of Performing Arts. During her 15 years at EXCEL, Hinekoia trained vocalists performing in a wide variety of genres including; pop, rock, folk, gospel, jazz, RnB, reggae and music theatre. With a passion for Kapahaka, Hinekoia is part of Te Taha Tu, a Tāmaki Makaurau based rōpū. Providing both group and individual vocal training for Te Matatini 2017 and 2019 campaigns. Hinekoia has been trained in voice physiology and has completed the Estill Figure Proficiency qualification. She is currently working towards, and well into training to become an Estill Master Teacher. Hinekoia has also been responsible for developing vocal training curricula/programs at various Tertiary levels and training vocal coaches to deliver this content. |
Alexander Technique In the Studio - Suryagita Cox - 9.30am, Sunday 25 July
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About this workshop
Suryagita will share her experience with Alexander Technique through her multidisciplinary lense, and how it can be useful to singing teachers in their studios, not just for their students, but for the teachers themselves. Biography Suryagita is an experienced teacher of the Alexander Technique, voice coach and psychosynthesis counsellor. She offers individual lessons in the Alexander Technique for help with posture, breathing, easing back and neck pain, repetitive strain injury, stress reduction and mindfulness. Suryagita also gives voice coaching sessions - for singing, speaking and presentation skills, and runs an all-levels choir, Libero Singers, in central Wellington. She is a certified Alexander Technique teacher, has a Diploma in Counselling, and a Diploma in Psychotherapy with the Institute of Psychosynthesis NZ. www.alexandervoiceworks.co.nz
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Performance Pilates - Ellena Conland - 10.00aM, SATURDAY 24 JULY
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Ellena is a pilates teacher with extensive experience in movement and rehabilitation, together with a dance performance background. She has worked for the past 25 years as a studio owner, teacher and movement educator, in both New Zealand and London. A pioneer of the pilates scene here in Wellington, in 2002 Ellena opened one of the first commercial studios, Performance Pilates, on Featherston Street. She has a Bachelor of Dance form Melbourne University (Victorian College of the Arts) and is currently completing her Master’s in Health Science, Sport and Exercise, through Massey University, with a thesis looking at lower extremity biomechanics.
Ellena’s professional associations include having presented and taught for Body Control Pilates (UK) and Polestar Pilates Education (USA) in roles of educator, examiner and mentor, as well as twice hosting Polestar Pilates Education teacher training courses in Wellington. She has twice run year long, in-house teacher training courses, under Performance Pilates Teacher Training and The Pilates Studio, (Alison Townsend) and has taught at the New Zealand School of Dance, in Wellington. While in London Ellena was a teacher at well known author Gordon Thomson's Pilates and Rehabilitation Studio. Ellena’s love of teaching pilates includes many areas, such as general fitness, pregnancy and post-natal, injury rehabilitation and dance. She has a passion for mentoring others to be pilates teachers and continues to regularly attend many conferences and courses, some of which include Neuro-Muscular Rehabilitation, Advanced Spine, Scoliosis, Women’s Health, Exercise and the Pelvic Floor, Pilates for Rotational Sports, Pilates for Dancers and the Buteyko Method breathing. |
Ellena creates an atmosphere within her classes that is inclusive and fun, where people can have a safe and effective workout, working to their own ability and at their own pace, in order to be strong and flexible. This is a collaborative process, and one of teaching and learning, on both sides.
In 2020 Ellena combined forces with Alison Townsend, (originally The Pilates Studio) to form The Pilates Space, a spacious new studio on Customhouse Quay. Together, their years of pilates experience and business acumen is giving the Wellington public a range of classes offering the highest standard of movement education and pilates possible.
She is Mum to Luke (17), Liam (12) and Holly (11), and somehow manages to balance being a Mum with running a busy pilates studio.
In 2020 Ellena combined forces with Alison Townsend, (originally The Pilates Studio) to form The Pilates Space, a spacious new studio on Customhouse Quay. Together, their years of pilates experience and business acumen is giving the Wellington public a range of classes offering the highest standard of movement education and pilates possible.
She is Mum to Luke (17), Liam (12) and Holly (11), and somehow manages to balance being a Mum with running a busy pilates studio.
