pounds per square inch performance | 30th Anniversary Season
Gerry Trentham, Artistic Director
Workshops 2026/2027
El Armando Centro, Argentina & lbs/sq" performance, Canada
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International Voice Intensives
Buenos Aires (BAVI)
Now is the Time | El Momento es Ahora!
BAVI will be conducted in English with assistance in Spanish. Bilingual fluency is NOT required.​
Spanish speakers are encouraged to use Google Translate (or their preferred Translation apps).​
Photo Credit: Lorraine Parow, Courtesy of the Moving Voice Institute
🙑 Come to Argentina!
Come to your voice! 🙑
Join a groundbreaking International Voice intensives in Argentina, where internationally acclaimed teaching artists explore the moving body, voice and text as inseparable and fundamental to the performance of spoken language. Drawing on a diverse range of pedagogical lineages — from Shakespearean verse to clown, from somatic movement to resonant breath — this workshop offers a rare opportunity to study with a consortium of leading practitioners from Canada, the U.S., and Argentina.
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Together, the cohort of International Master teachers crafts a melded pedagogy — one that fuses movement, voice, and text into a single, integrated performance vocabulary. The workshops draw from somatic practices, resonant vocal technique, expressive physicality, and playful improvisation. Participants will engage in an extensive daily routine of studio classes, breath and body exploration, ensemble devising, and individualized coaching.
Meet the Curriculum Development Team
*The teaching faculty at this BAVI program will be selected from among these faculty and a host of other internationally acclaimed teaching artists and associates who share the principles, integrated practices and have been part of the over 35 year legacy of the Voice Intensive Program: teaching artists who have trained and been inspired through participation with Canada’s National Voice Intensive (CNVI) and the Moving Voice Institute (MVI), Arrival’s Legacy Voice, Butoh Voice Practice, Embodied Voice Collective (founded by CNVI and MVI associate alumni) and who teach as part of performance faculty throughout the globe.
Bursary and Scholarship Support
The Voice Intensive, through the last 35 years has been dedicated to accessibility
We offer partial travel bursaries and tuition scholarships to those in need. Apply as part of your application.
Assistance with arranging resealable accommodation for travelers is available.
A Glimpse into the Voice Intensive
TheMovingVoiceInstitute_Trailerby: WilliamYong
Photo Credit: Lorraine Parow, Courtesy of the Moving Voice Institute
International Voice Intensives, Buenos Aires (BAVI)
One Week
MOVEMENT • VOICE • SPEECH
JUNE 1 - 6, 2026
Limited Enrolment
Guided by Gary Logan, Lisa Beley, Gerry Trentham, and Franz David Toro, this 6-day intensive is designed to inspire the body, mind, and breath using the language of William Shakespeare. Come to understand the potential of spoken text in an
embodied practice.
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Cost: $700 CAD (~ $525 USD)
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Application Deadline: April 1, 2026
Payment Deadline: Full Registration & Payment: May 1, 2026 ​
Two Weeks
BREATH • BODY• VOICE
JANUARY 9 - 23, 2027
Limited Enrolment
This *15 day intensive experience is designed to refine the way your breath, movement, voice thought and imagination feed the performance of a script. With a team of internationally recognized voice, body, text and performance faculty and international participants you will be guided to a greater understanding of your unique power with language and performance and be inspired by the potential you ignite in yourself and in others.
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* Note - with one day off over 16 days - Saturday January 16th ​​​​​​​​
Two Week Intensive
Early Bird Deadline
September 30, 2026
Two Week Intensive...
​Cost: $1600 CAN ( ~ $1200 USD)
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Application Deadlines:
Early Application Deadline: September 30, 2026
Final Application Deadline: November 1, 2026
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Payment Deadlines:
Early Registration and Full Payment: October 30, 2026 |
$1460* CAD ( ~ $1080 USD)
Final Registration and Full Payment: November 30, 2026 |
​$1600* CAD ( ~ $1200 USD)
*A non-refundable deposit ($200 CAD, ~ $150 USD) is due within 10 days of acceptance and is credited to the final fee.
All Currencies are welcome and conversion is automated through Zeffy!
🙑 Come to Argentina!
Come to your voice! 🙑
Presented by El Armando Centro, Argentina & lbs/sq” Performance, Canada
Conducted in English with assistance in Spanish; bi-lingual fluency is NOT required.
Spanish speakers are encouraged to use Google Translate, DeepL, or other preferred translation apps.
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Apply for Travel Support through: ​
For Canadian artist look to:
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Ontario Arts Council - Chalmers Professional Development Projects
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Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts Professionals of Colour
Also look to your local US/International area councils. Some bursaries are available, for those who need assistance in attending please inquire: info@poundspersquareinch.net.
