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Part 3: Teachers and Lessons

From Decroux, Avital acquired the grammar of movement. He learned to analyze minutely, the complex maneuvers of corporeal mime and then to reconstitute the analysis in movements of elegance and simplicity. Decroux’s approach was scientific, detail-oriented, and supremely focused, emphasizing…

Art, Testimonials

Part 2: Early Life

Avital was born to a Sephardic family in the village of Sefrou near the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. He was the son of loving and hardworking parents and had a particularly close relationship with his grandfather, a respected spiritual leader…

Art, Testimonials

Part 1: About Bodyspeak

BodySpeak™ – Samuel Avital’s unique approach to the art of movement – is difficult to place in any category. To attempt to describe it is to enter the realm Avital calls “The Elusive Obvious.” In its precise analysis of physical movement…