Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # PlayMoves Performance Through Movement Workshops with Anna Yen ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://playmoves.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [2026 - December 5-9 for professionals & teachers](https://playmoves.org/2026-december-5-9-for-professionals-teachers/) - The next PlayMoves Workshop for Performers will be 5-9 December 2026, in Brisbane! Please download info - [Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award 2025](https://playmoves.org/alan-edwards-lifetime-achievement-award-2025/) - 2025 Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award Anna Yen was awarded the 2025 Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Performing Arts in Queensland by the Actors and Entertainers Benevolent Fund of Qld (ABFQLD). “ABF QLD’s Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award (AELAA) is an annual event for our charity. This year, we are - [Grandma at Woodford Festival 2025](https://playmoves.org/grandma-at-woodford-festival-2025/) - Grandma Clown will be roving at Woodford Folk Festival Dec 27 2025 – Jan 1 2026. GRANDMA claims she’s over 250 years old and modestly tells one and all that she still has all her teeth. Grandma wields common kitchen objects with a deft touch while regaling the audience with tales from her long life - [2025 - December 15-19 for professionals & teachers](https://playmoves.org/workshop-dec2025/) - The next PlayMoves Workshop for Performers will be 15-19 December 2025, in Brisbane! Please download pdf file. - [2024-Nov 2, Moving Lightly - open to all](https://playmoves.org/2024-nov-2-moving-lightly-open-to-all/) - Moving Lightly is an introduction to Feldenkrais®Method Awareness Through Movement. It will be held on 2 Nov 2024, from 2 to 4pm in West End. Please download pdf file. - [2024 - December 16-20 for professionals & teachers](https://playmoves.org/2024-december-16-20-playmoves-for-professionals-teachers/) - The next PlayMoves Workshop for Performers will be 16-20 December 2024, in Brisbane! Please download pdf file. - [2024 - August 17-18, Wake Up! in Brisbane](https://playmoves.org/wake-up/) - https://playmoves.org/wake-up/ Wake Up! is a Feldenkrais Method inspired SEQUENCE to help you ‘wake up’ at any time of day. Please download pdf file. 2024 – August 17-18, Wake Up! in Brisbane Feldenkrais Method 2024 Wake Up! is a Feldenkrais Method inspired SEQUENCE to help you ‘wake up’ at any time of day. Please download pdf file. - [2022 - Anna Yen interview on ABC Radio National](https://playmoves.org/2022-anna-yen-interview-abc-radio-national/) - Anna Yen interview on ABC Radio National click here to listen - [2018 - Creative Development with Compagnie Lumière Fugitive](https://playmoves.org/2018-creative-development-with-compagnie-lumiere-fugitive/) - I recently had the pleasure and privilege to participate in a creative development on new show “Vertigo” with Compagnie Lumière Fugitive in Vila Nova de Cerveira, northern Portugal. It was inspiring, fun and productive. http://bienaldecerveira.org/vertigo-une-lumiere-fugitive-residencia-artistica-na-fundacao-bienal-de-arte-de-cerveira-16-a-28-de-abril/ - [2021 - A Red Thread That Connects - Bundaberg](https://playmoves.org/2021-a-red-thread-that-connects-bundaberg/) - Just finished a beautiful project directing a Lunar New Year community show ” A Red Thread That Connects” at the Moncrieff Entertainment Centre in Bundaberg, invited by the Bundaberg Regional Council. The show was commissioned by the Moncrieff. It was a wonderful collaboration with local creatives and community members, including the Norville State School Taiko - [2022 - Slow Boat - the publication](https://playmoves.org/2022-slow-boat-the-publication/) - Slow Boat by Anna Yen published by Playlab Press more info about the publication here - [2023-December, PlayMoves for professionals & teachers](https://playmoves.org/playshop-december-2023-brisbane/) - The next PlayMoves Workshop for Performers and Teachers will be 11-15 December 2023, in Brisbane! Please download pdf file. - [2023 - The Poison of Polygamy - Actor](https://playmoves.org/2023-the-poison-of-polygamy-actor/) - Anna was an ensemble member and Dance Captain for The Poison of Polygamy by Anchuli Felicia King, produced by La Boite Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company. More info here - [2024-May25, Moving Lightly - open to all](https://playmoves.org/may-2024-moving-lightly/) - Moving Lightly is an introduction to Feldenkrais®Method Awareness Through Movement. It will be held on 25 May 2024, from 2 to 4pm in West End. Please download pdf file. - [2024-June 14-16, PlayMoves in Meerschaum Vale, NSW](https://playmoves.org/june2024-playmoves-nsw/) - The next PlayMoves Workshop for Performers will be 14-16 June 2024, in Meerschaum Vale, NSW! Please download info. - [2020 – PlayMoves for Performance](https://playmoves.org/2020-playmoves-workshop-for-performance/) - Why not celebrate the opening of the Queensland border to NSW and Victoria by being at PlayMoves December 14-18, in Brisbane! Please download pdf file. - [2022 - December PlayMoves for Performers](https://playmoves.org/2022-next-playmoves-workshop-for-performers/) - The next PlayMoves Workshop for Performers will be 12-16 December 2022, in Brisbane! Please download pdf file. - [2022 - Slow Boat by Anna Yen](https://playmoves.org/2022-slow-boat-by-anna-yen/) - Anna Yen’s play SLOW BOAT was presented by Brisbane Festival, Playlab Theatre and Brisbane Powerhouse. Anna was also the show’s Movement Director. - [2010 - Performers for Peace](https://playmoves.org/2010-performers-for-peace/) - Anna has been working as director / dramaturg with Performers for Peace (P4P) http://www.wilpf.org.au/performers-for-peace to develop short pieces of street theatre to support the activism of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Over the past eight years P4P, with Anna’s support, have developed and presented 8 pieces: Votes for Women, Margaret Thorpe and - [2011 - Phoenix Rising - Woodford Folk Festival](https://playmoves.org/2011-phoenix-rising-woodford-folk-festival/) - In December 2011, James Cunningham, Suzon Fuks, Skye Nicholls, Jeff Turpin, Anna Yen, created ‘Phoenix Rising’ for the Folkloric Stage at Woodford Folk Festival. Through Chinese wushu (broadsword, fans) and physical / visual images, Phoenix Rising evokes a woman’s quest for freedom and transformation. Phoenix Rising is inspired by inner journeys reflected in outer physical - [Brisbane Festival / WOW Festival](https://playmoves.org/brisbane-festival-wow-festival/) - Thanks WOW Festival and Vulcana Circus and for the opportunity to perform in the 2020 Brisbane Festival. DomestiCITY – A Roof Over Our Heads focused on Re-thinking Housing – Eliminating Homelessness. - [2018 - SLOW BOAT short-listed for Queensland Premier's Drama Award](https://playmoves.org/2018-slow-boat-short-listed-for-queensland-premiers-drama-award/) - Wonderful news. My play, SLOW BOAT, has been short-listed for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award. This means that I am having the opportunity to develop the script further. On March 18-21, this year 2018, the actors, co-director workshopped the current draft with the excellent dramaturge Hilary Beaton, who we welcomed into the creative team. SLOW - [2016 - Strong Women Project - Circus Oz](https://playmoves.org/2016-strong-women-project-circus-oz/) - I’ll be in Melbourne August 15-19, 2016 to work in the Strong Women Project at Circus Oz. I’ll be Movement Trainer, along with a great team of Maude Davey ( Lead Director) and Rudi Mineur (Group Acro balances). Here is a video from last year’s Circus Oz Strong Women project where I was also Movement Trainer. Looking - [2018 – Monsteria - BankSA Best Circus Physical Theatre Award](https://playmoves.org/monsteria-banksa-best-circus-physical-theatre-award/) - GUSH recently returned from presenting MONSTERIA at the RCC during the Adelaide Fringe 2018. We’re very excited to be awarded a BANKSA Best Circus and Physical Theatre Award for our last week in Adelaide. Thanks to Helen Clifford, Elyse Fitzpatrick, RCC, and Sugarbag Bees. - [2018 - Matilda Award Best Costume Design for Monsteria](https://playmoves.org/2018-matilda-award-best-costume-design-for-monsteria/) - I am delighted to announce that GUSH won the 2017 Matilda Award for Best Costume Design for MONSTERIA. We were also nominated for Best Circus Physical Theatre. – Photos by Katrina Garvey and Roderick Noendeng – - [2015 - Slow Boat - Creative Development](https://playmoves.org/2015-slow-boat/) - I am delighted to announce that Slow Boat , an ensemble physical theatre new work based on the story of my father and about 580 Chinese men who were evacuated to Australia during World War 2 from Nauru, sent to Central Australia to mine, and then worked for the US Army in Bulimba, has been - [2017 - Gush Circus & Monsteria](https://playmoves.org/2017-gush-circus-monsteria/) - A new creative project I am part of: GUSH is a new feminist circus ensemble made up of 4 highly experienced women of circus. We use the repertoire of circus and the theatricality of contemporary performance to explore the way the performing feminine body is read and misread. The circus is unconventional and the performance - [2020 – Chinese Take Away - film online](https://playmoves.org/chinese-take-away-film-online/) - The “Chinese Take Away” film adaptation by Looking Glass Pictures is available now online! ## Pages - [Home](https://playmoves.org/) - Performance Movement Workshops with Anna Yen - Innovative movement workshops tailored for actors, performers, dancers and artists. - [About](https://playmoves.org/about/) - Anna Yen's Journey in Theatre and Movement: renowned actor, theatre maker, and Feldenkrais Method® practitioner. - [Services](https://playmoves.org/services/) - Movement, Theatre Making & Feldenkrais - Workshops for Performers, Wake Up! 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You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. - [Sidebar Stack](https://playmoves.org/portfolio/sidebar-stack/) - We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an online stir, we know that Ooooh is going to be big. You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. - [Sidebar Slides Full-Width](https://playmoves.org/portfolio/sidebar-slides-full-width/) - We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an online stir, we know that Ooooh is going to be big. 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After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an online stir, we know that Ooooh is going to be big. You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. We also hope to win Startup Fictional Business of the Year this Year. You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. - [Sidebar Page Builder](https://playmoves.org/portfolio/sidebar-page-builder/) - We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an online stir, we know that Ooooh is going to be big. 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With the Dynamic Contents options, it's possible to create personalized and dynamic layouts by populating data from various sources. - [Sidebar Gallery](https://playmoves.org/portfolio/sidebar-gallery/) - We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an online stir, we know that Ooooh is going to be big. You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. We also hope to win Startup Fictional Business of the Year this Year. - [Centered Stack Full-Width](https://playmoves.org/portfolio/centered-stack-full-width/) - We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an online stir, we know that Ooooh is going to be big. You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. We also hope to win Startup Fictional Business of the Year this Year. You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. - [Centered Page Builder](https://playmoves.org/portfolio/centered-page-builder/) - We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an online stir, we know that Ooooh is going to be big. You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. We also hope to win Startup Fictional Business of the Year this Year. 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You may have seen us in the Dinosaurs’ Den where we were we told that we didn’t need them because we were already doing it so well ourselves, so that’s what we have continued to do. We also hope to win Startup Fictional Business of the Year this Year. 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