David MacMurray Smith

Clown

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David is an independent educator who brings thirty years of professional experience into the studio as a Performer, Instructor, Creator, and Director in the areas of Clown, Mime, Theatre, Dance, and Opera. He is a Movement Specialist, Bodyworker, Creative & Performance Consultant, and an Experienced Councellor who has taught at several universities, was Head Instructor at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre School, and for eight years was the Movement Director for the New Music Theatre and Opera programs at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts. His expertise lies in his ability to facilitate learning environments that promote principle centered self education and provide strong foundations for continued personal and professional growth. His special interest is in how memory moves and patterns itself in our bodies and in how this affects our perceptions, behavior, and communication. This lead to the opening of his own studio in Vancouver, Fantastic Space Enterprises, in 1995 where the focus is on a body centered, humanist approach to personal and professional development through creative studies in human performance.