Experience
1983 – Ongoing
MOVING IMAGE
San Francisco, Los Angeles
Senegal Song, 6min
The Last Vaquero on Tassajara Road, 15 min. an experimental short
Falling for the Mountain, a poetic documentary, 26 min., premiered at Wild and Scenic Film Festival.
The legacy: tales of life after death, Short, premiered at San Francisco Film Festival.
Bohemian Grove, documentary segments broadcast nationally, (PBS)
Freebase, (Channel 7, San Francisco)
Homeless, (CAMNET)
Jack’s Song, filmed during the Jack Kerouac Conference at Naropa. Assisted Robert Frank
Beat Poets, a photo portrait series
Feature articles with photos from Central America and the United States for Swiss magazines
Video documentation of World Children’s Congress
1990 – 2008
PERFORMANCE
Santa Barbara, Zurich, Los Angeles
Out of the river, She, performance piece. at/for Los Angeles River, Fringe Festival, 1990
Breathing Time, a group action on State Street, Christmas, Santa Barbara, 1997
Isis and Osiris, a moving story, Big Pink, Los Angeles, 1997
Earth is my Body, a photographic exploration, Santa Barbara, 1998
Ewala trek, movement, Site specific, for Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles, 1998
Los Angeles Women, Performance Festival, Women’s Caucus for Art, 1999
Improvisation, Choreographic Theater, Santa Barbara, 2000
Uncovering the Tracks, social action-performance, Birkenau, Poland, 2001
Welcoming the Eye of Light, Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles 2004.
Matrilineage Project, Conception/ direction, a work in progress, Los Angeles 2008
Improvisation / Performance, Theater of One, International Theatre Festival Tangier and Tetuan, Morocco, 2008
BACKGROUND
ACTION THEATER, Ruth Zaporah, Berkeley
DBD, Rachel Rosenthal, Los Angeles
NEW PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES, Scott Kelman, Los Angeles
ROY HART VOICE WORK, Chateau de Malerague, France
DANCE THERAPY UC Ext, Berkeley
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT, J. Sieber, Los Angeles
PLAYWRITING ON YOUR FEET, Jean- Claude van Italie
DIRECTOR’S SYMPOSIUM, La MaMa Umbria
Designer Los Angeles
1984 – 1988
Designer
Desing, patent, manufacturing and distribution Kocoona baby carrier, licensed nationally, sold internationally
TEACHING
Tetuan / Tangier, Morocco
2008
Los Angeles, Zurich
2003 – 2018
Israel, Poland, Italy, Switzerland
2000 – 2003
Paris, France
2000 - 2002
Camarillo, California
2003
Santa Barbara
1998 - 2000
Santa Barbara
1997 – 1999
Santa Barbara and France
1992 – 1997
Leysin, Switzerland
1994
Calabasas, Los Angeles
1992 – 1994
Château de Malérargues, France,
1992 – 2001
Workshop facilitator
Improvisation based on Theater of One
Somatic Educator
Private practice, movement classes, development of Theater of One, integrating Continuum Movement, body-based improvisation and Council
European Coordinator, Council Trainer
Initiated and coordinated the Center for Council Training in Europe Led tours, giving 3-day trainings in four different languages Developed ‘Living Council’ an integrated practice. Principle Council trainer for the International Peacemaker Community Facilitated and supervised Council teams during 5-day retreats in Auschwitz
Educational Consultant. Set up and supervised a pilot Council program in multicultural Middle School
Artist in Residence
Principal Artist in Letters to the World project with adolescent wards Theater/Council and Mask Making with young women training as firefighters, California Youth Authority.
Coordinator, Strengthening Families
Built collaborative, county wide, bilingual program for high risk youth and families based on empowerment model, using active listening and strength based approach, supervised outreach workers in four communities, trained staff and community in council, built effective collaborations and referral network, advocated for youth/families. Lead youth and family Councils Member of Pro Youth Coalition, participation in national pilot project to reduce gang violence.
Sangha Leader
Initiated and led ‘Full Blossom Sangha’, a Buddhist mindfulness community, inspired by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Facilitator/ Workshop leader
Summer retreats in the wild, with adults, children and horses Adult Education Instructor and workshop leader, active listening, ecopsychology and women’s issues, dream work Conference facilitator ‘A Matter of Life and Death’, initiated first ‘Council of Sages’
Program Director
Directed multilingual/multicultural program for one hundred children Responsible for set-up, establishment and implementation of entire program for children’s village, including staff supervision and guidance, interface with teachers, parent council and budget management
Facilitator Youth
Taught Human Development ‘Mysteries’ program to junior high and high school students based on new paradigm values, using council and expressive arts Palms Middle School, Crossroads School and Meadow Oaks.
Movement Teacher
Taught movement expression, theater improvisation and Continuum based movement classes and weeklong sessions, to children and adults
CONFERENCES / RETREATS
2020 Omega Writer’s Retreat, Chiricahua Mountains
2017 Somatic Summit, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck NY
2017 Flaherty Film Seminar
2007 Consciousness in Action, Palm Springs
2003, 2005 Bioneers Conference, Sausalito
2000, 2001 Auschwitz, Birkenau, Zen Peacemaker Retreat, Poland
1998, 2002 Continuum Depth Retreats, Los Angeles
2000 The Future of Archetypal Psychology, Santa Barbara
1997 Laura Simms Story Retreat, Russian River, California
1997, 1999 New Visions of Education, Calabasas
1996 Children, Our Ultimate Investment, Los Angeles
1995 A Matter of Life and Death, Santa Barbara
1994 World Children’s Congress Neverland, Santa Barbara
1992 Teaching of the Shields, Ojai
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Publications
Lecture
From the Marrow of the Mountain, Psychological Perspectives, 2020 Chasing Ice, Grantmakers in the Arts, 2013
Africa, Eros and the Body, Jung Institute Los Angeles, 2018
Languages
Fluent in English, French, German, Spanish; Italian understanding
Professional Associations
Analytical Psychology Club, Member; C.G. Jung Institute, Los Angeles
Training
Continuum Movement Teacher Training, Los Angeles, California
Wilderness Vision Quest with Stephen Foster and Meredith Little Advanced Council Trainings, Trainer, Ojai foundation, Ojai, California
Coaching for Excellence, Santa Barbara, California
Meditation, Plum Village, France and Tassajara, Zen Center of Los Angeles, California.
EDUCATION
1969 - 1973
1975 - 1977​
1980 - 1982​
1990 - 1992
Diploma in Child Psychology from Institute of Applied Psychology and University of Zurich
Jungian Training Analysis, Zurich
Dance Therapy courses, University Extension, Berkeley, California
Film Studies, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, California
Certification Program with the Ojai Foundation, Ojai, California
GRANTS
Threshold Foundation, 2002
For Council Trainings in Italy
Support from Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in Morocco for teaching and performance, 2008.