pounds per square inch performance | 30th Anniversary Season
Gerry Trentham, Artistic Director

Congratulations & Welcome to the BAVI Community
Acceptance, Next Steps, Curriculum, Assignment, Travel & other BAVI related Information
Come to Argentina!
🙑 Come to your voice! 🙑

Photo by Lorraine Parow courtesy of the Moving Voice Institute
May 30th - June 13th, 2026
El Armando Centro, Argentina & lbs/sq'" performance, Canada
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International Voice Intensive, Buenos Aires (BAVI)
Now is the Time | El Momento es Ahora!
Complete your Registration
It's important for Faculty to understand your current physical and mental well being.
As an intensive, challenges to physical and mental capacity are to be expected.
Please complete and submit the following documents or contact us at info@poundspersqureinch.net​​
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NOTE TO MARTINA - NEED INFORMATION FOR THIS SECTION:
NEED link to HEALTH form? or included health or other documents in acceptance email??
Google form would include doc upload "questions" to complete their application - helps as links to docs will be in speadsheet & in folders
To complete your application please submit the following documents:
Health form, x,y, z.....
Google button to form to attach docs
OR
submit to info@poundspersqureinch.net
Considering Applying for Travel Support?
Resources to Help You
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For Canadian artist look to:
Professional Development for Arts Professionals
Ontario Arts Council - Chalmers Professional Development Projects
Ontario Arts Council - Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts Professionals of Colour
Also look to your local US/International area councils.

MEET THE ARTISTS
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Lisa Beley – master voice and text coach at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, whose work bridges classical text with deeply embodied technique
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Cindy Block – eminent teacher of somatic movement, voice, collective creation and storytelling, with deep roots in Embodied Practice®
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Brad Gibson – master voice and movement teacher at Studio 58, Langara College, Vancouver, Canada, and a voice/dialect coach for theatre, film, and TV
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Gary Logan – leading authority on Shakespeare, director, author, and actor, renowned for unlocking emotional depth through voice, rhythm, and phrasing
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Franz David Toro – Argentinian clown, director, and teaching artist whose vibrant physical theatre practice unleashes the creative, playful self
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Gerry Trentham – distinguished performer, choreographer, and voice and movement educator known for their innovative pedagogy linking movement, voice, and performance creation

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BAVI will be conducted in English with assistance in Spanish. Bi-lingual fluency is NOT required.​
Spanish speakers are encouraged to use Google Translate (or their preferred Translation apps).
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We look forward to your presence in this groundbreaking two-week intensive in Argentina this June. You'll meet six internationally acclaimed artists to explore the voice as a fully embodied, expressive instrument. 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, this international team has crafted a melded pedagogy — one that fuses movement, voice, and text into a single, integrated performance vocabulary. The workshop will draw from somatic practices, resonant vocal technique, expressive physicality, and playful improvisation. Participants will engage in daily studio classes, breath and body exploration, ensemble devising, and individualized coaching.
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Gently woven through it all, our thread will be the living text of Shakespeare — spoken, embodied, and rediscovered in new cultural and physical landscapes. No prior Shakespeare experience is required, only a willingness to breathe, speak, move, and play.
Come to Argentina!
Come to your voice! 🙑​​​​​
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Some bursaries are available, for those who need assistance in attending please inquire: info@poundspersquareinch.net
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