SACRED PERFORMANCE

There is a real art to teaching, sharing and inspiring people. To know the timing of getting out of the way and allowing yourself to learn from your students is also a very fine art. I was a rebel for most part of my education until I rediscovered the ‘Art of Learning’.

Being brought up in a Christian Boys' College I wasn’t exactly open to learning or being educated. I was very rebellious that’s why I dived deeply into the Arts of Kung Fu and Yoga. I threw myself into years of physical training to get my body to a state of well being that empowered me to be able to start to understand the deeper aspects of my mind, I had like many of us some fears that were lurking somewhere in my unconsciousness.

Then when I finally arrived at University at 28 I had a deep understanding of who I was and what my body was capable of. The world of performance was a very exciting and mysterious world for me. I was very frightened of this art, whenever I saw a movie or theatrical performer, I was fascinated and I wanted to understand the mystery surrounding this art.

Inevitably this fear led me to study at the most amazing course in Australia – Performance Studies at Victorian University. This was an amazing breakthrough for I had finally entered the world of the University and WoW I can honestly say University life was exactly the experience I had always dreamed of.

I was introduced to the most amazing team of lecturers who were all just the most amazing Performing Arts Masters. They really had a deep understanding and I was extremely stimulated as I began to explore multiple ways in which I could alter my states of mind via dance, sound, emotion, multimedia and movement.

Everything I explored in the magical course was an extension of the Universal Energy and I wanted to see how a performance could invite the watching audience to go into a trance like state, thus altering their consciousness for a moment in time. I wanted to seduce the watching into being the watched. I explored it in a thousand different ways and each day I was revealed to the most stimulating subtle techniques from the Mystical Realms of Illusion.

I was being exposed to about 20 or 30 other students who were around the age of 20 and everyday I was in a feast of the senses. I was being exposed to some of the best performers in the country. There is a real magical moment when you see someone with very little performance experience burst forth with such energy that can only be described as a burst of light... what an amazing moment to witness.

On top of this self exploration I was also taking note of the ability the teachers had to be able to walk in between worlds, they totally stepped out of the way when we were all starting to explore the techniques by ourselves and yet they intuitively sensed the right moments to step in and share their wealth of knowledge.

This was perhaps the truly amazing to watch, most people I had worked with before could not let go of their control of the class or as one of my friends put it ‘You must Hold the Space’. I later discovered how to have a command of the class without demanding anything from anyone.

The Arts of Performance has dramatically changed the way I share this knowledge now and I have been empowered with thousands of ways to share this Sacred Performance Art to individuals. I am eternally grateful for these Arts and I suggest to go to as much live performance as possible.

Finally I learned a way in which I could open my mind and I was taught the Art of Thinking and the ability to learn from everyone in my world. I was gently seduced to bring out the very best of what I had inside of me and finally my respect for authority has came into full power. What I feared the most could also be the most empowering tool if it comes from a space of Authenticity.