WEEK ONE — GECKO STYLE, EMBODIMENT & DEVISING TOOLS

WEEK ONE — GECKO STYLE, EMBODIMENT & DEVISING TOOLS

DATES

29 September–3 October 2025.

PURPOSE

The first week introduced practical access points to the Gecko workshop language.

The source emphasises diving into physicality, body-led and heart-led work, testing commitment, ensemble responsiveness, preparing body, voice and emotional field, and generating material through structures.

RECURRING PREPARATION

Daily preparation frequently included rubbing or patting the skin, shaking, bouncing, jumping, massage, stretching, walking, breath, gathering in a circle and contact with others.

The protocols sometimes distinguish PREPARATION from a generic warm-up. Preparation established conditions for subsequent work.

CORE WEEK-ONE MATERIAL

• Gecko Ready;
• Gecko Walk;
• enhanced breath;
• Gecko Full Stop;
• muttering;
• mother tongue;
• Seaweed;
• I Move You, You Move Me;
• clap structures;
• movement scaffolding;
• emotional scale;
• archetypal states;
• protest dance;
• object encounters;
• Ordinary / Extraordinary;
• blocking accumulation;
• physical thematic research.

WEEK-ONE SHARING

The week culminated in sharing the protest dance, reflecting on tools, and identifying breath, structure, community, emotion and ensemble as recurring experiences.

Participant reflections must remain labelled as participant reflections.