pounds per square inch performance | 30th Anniversary Season
Gerry Trentham, Artistic Director
Workshops 2026
June: Buenos Aires Voice Intensive (BAVI)
May: Elements of Presence
El Armando Centro, Argentina & lbs/sq" performance, Canada
Present
International Voice Intensives
Buenos Aires (BAVI)
Now is the Time | El Momento es Ahora!
One Week Intensive
Application Deadline Extended:
April 24, 2026
Photo Credit: Lorraine Parow, Courtesy of the Moving Voice Institute
"Finding the Speaking Body: Breath, Text, and Play across Borders"
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.
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.
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).
Meet the Curriculum Development Team
The teaching faculty at this BAVI program will be selected from amongst a host of 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 the many who teach as part of performance faculty throughout the globe.
Together, this international team has crafted a melded pedagogy — one that fuses movement, voice, and text into a single, integrated performance vocabulary. The workshops will 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.
🙑 Come to Argentina!
Come to your voice! 🙑
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.
Assistance with arranging resealable accommodation for travelers is available.
Apply as part of your application.
A Glimpse into the Voice Intensive
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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)
Application Deadline: April 24, 2026
Payment Deadline: Full Registration & Payment: May 8 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.
* Note - with one day off over 16 days - Saturday January 16th
One Week Intensive
Application Deadline Extended:
April 24, 2026
Two Week Intensive...
Application Deadlines:
Early Application Deadline: September 30, 2026
Final Application Deadline: November 1, 2026
Payment Deadlines:
Early Registration and Full Payment: October 30, 2026 |
Final Registration and Full Payment: November 30, 2026 |
*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! 🙑
Contact Us:
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
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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.
Elements of Presence
May 16 & 17, 2026
Mornings 10 am - 1 pm | Afternoons 2 pm - 6 pm
Centre for Indigenous Theatre
180 Shaw Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto
Elements of Presence is a four session series containing structured and unstructured practices in movement and voice which serve to cultivate and encourage the participants' relationship with their present and prospective creative work.
Gerry Trentham and Cat Montgomery are seasoned creators and facilitators in the sectors of dance, music, performance, voice, film and original devised work. They employ the maxim: KIND RIGOUR in both their respective artistic practices and approach as facilitators in a studio setting; the studio space is governed with the keen intention to:
Support. Erupt. Engage. Conceive.
The pedagogical modules shared in these sessions by both Gerry and Cat are deeply rooted in extensive research, study and a longstanding history in performance and art making. The participant will leave a session more attuned to their artistic focus. Please note: The developmental stage of each participant's creative work is NOT a factor. The mandate of this series is to provide an opportunity for creators - of all kinds - to focus on their desire, their call, their novelty, their play, their unknowns… how may we dive deeper into our own practice, process and perhaps, product. How may we cultivate this in community?
++Mornings will introduce elemental field compositions through collective practice.
++Afternoons will focus on individual creation and reflection through directed forums.