Inside/Outside - Monika Pagneux

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE
theatre/movement/being
by Monika Pagneux
a book and a film

“Monika does not just teach us to be better performers,
she teaches us to be better human beings.”
Xela Marx, performer

Monika Pagneux is one of Europe’s leading exponents of movement in contemporary theatre. She studied and worked with Mary Wigman, Jacques Lecoq, Moshé Feldenkrais, Peter Brook, Complicite and many more teachers, actors, dancers and directors.

Monika’s inspirational way of working allows actors to find a flow or unity between their inner psyche and its outer expression. Truth becomes the source of creativity; actions are a result of being, not thinking.

Monika’s questioning of her self, in her 86th year, ‘Who am I?’ and her answers, transforms her into a mentor for our troubled times.

This new book and film, INSIDE/OUTSIDE are based upon Monika’s scrapbook, a volume in which she summed up a major stream of her processes over many years. The book offers an insight into her work and in particular how she uses clay modelling to help the workshop members sense their physicality and their life force. This is transformed into movement, sounds, words, music, actions and interactions resulting in the creation of scenes involving first only an individual and then their interaction with other workshop members. Often these produce stunning moments of honesty and drama.

The 46-minute film offers a more precise description of her work in hers and others words. In the film Monika explains the entire process in detail along with her thoughts and feelings about movement, performance and theatre. The performer/directors Annabel Arden, Katherine Hunter and Marcello Magni speak in detail about how their work with Monika has influenced their own careers. Director/performer Olivia Yan, Feldenkrais teacher Fiona Battersby and performer Xela Marx also offer contributions.

The film and the book are relevant to actors, dancers, yoga, Feldenkrais, Pilates and other sports and movement systems and to people working with children.

The 70 page paperback book is available on Amazon.
The film and a less expensive PDF of the book are available as a download on www.robertgoldenpictures.com >see INSIDE/OUTSIDE.