Welcome to BodySpeak™

Using the art of movement as medium and metaphor, BodySpeak™ is an interactive and highly intensive program of training designed to integrate mind, body, and spirit. It is the culmination of my forty years' experience as a theatrical performer, author, and teacher.

Since only approximately 10% of communication is verbal, with 90% through movement and body language, BodySpeak™ teaches a powerful method of communication and self-understanding.

BodySpeak™ is, in its essence, a journey from thought to action. Along the way, we learn to focus the mind, discipline the body, and activate powerful creative energies. We discover new and subtle ways to communicate with one another. We also have a lot of fun.

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…

Essays

Hands

The Instruments of Formation and Creation In mime and in dance, hands design the space and sculpt the air. From one creative impulse, the air is given movement, the space takes shape, by simple movements. The Uniqueness of the Human…

Essays

Facing the Mask

When a person covers his face with a mask, he thinks his real face is hidden. He feels safe behind the facade , and he acts as though he were not seen. Faces customarily dominate expression. We are accustomed to…

Handpicked posts
Madness and Sanity on Broadway
Encountering America’s state of mind of the mid 60s by Samuel Avital The event of 30 years ago that gave me the first clue or sign of what America was all about remains vivid in my mind today. It was...
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