Here’s information about Projects/organistions I’m working on/with,including- Climate Justice action, Interspecies Assemblies, Flourishing Diversity, We as Nature. And this in the glorious company of composers, Economists,Ecologists,Artists, Philosophers, Biologists, Marine - commandos, Actors, Writers and more…
“After doing this course with Gabrielle - my ribs lifted, armpit opened, foot arched - a Roe Deer wondered into my body, filling the space I’d been guided to create for them. Antlers grew and my neck lengthened. “It is impossible...” Gabrielle would say, “and yet, and yet, and yet” she would follow. With a raw humility coupled with utter conviction, there - just there - our animals await. Take this course. It’ll likely to be the most critical thing you do in addressing the polycrisis we’re in. This is transformative and Gabrielle is just brilliant. ”
From Creative Practice to Climate Justice Action was a week long symposium held at the Bathway Theatre, Greenwich, London,Summer 2024. It was led by Independent Producer Pippa Bailey who brought artists, cultural workers, academics, environmental activists, community members, funders, climate scientists and policy makers together. All of those involved were there because we were keen to explore the role of the live arts in responding to the Climate and Ecological Emergency, through transformation and transition, with social justice at the heart.
contributers and supporters included: Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos Fariha Ahmed Henrietta Baird Gabrielle Moleta Louisa Hrabowy Sita Brand Tangled Feet Theatre Laurie Sansom Niamh Dowling Deborah Hart CLIMARTE Tracy Durrant. David Evans FRSA Julie's Bicycle Culture Declares Emergency Creative Australia Create NSW University of Greenwich
“I have known Gabrielle for many years now. You could say that Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre-
where I was the founding Director of Theatre Music and also Artistic Associate to Mark Rylance-
brought our work together.
Over two decades, I have watched Gabrielle emerge from her brilliant choreographic and
movement work with actors, to become a highly creative and extraordinary artist.
Gabrielle has the rare facility of super-keen observance on all aspects of physical behaviour,
and uniquely, is bringing an awareness of the animal world into her work with humans. Using a
method of Transformation and and Imaginative Improvisation drawn from the work of
Catherine Clouzot, she has, with her company of actors begun a series of physical exploration
and synergy with animals and birds- notably ‘Hawk’ and ‘Bear’.
This is a cathartic moment in time, where we have, with this severe crisis in Climate Change, an
opportunity to learn from Nature, to enfold ourselves into and towards her patterns, rather
than oppose and deny her existence. No longer will it be possible for humankind to ignore the
fact that we live on a planet which requires the most delicate balance and harmony for the
survival of its species. We, ourselves, are hurtling towards the end of our sell-by date with
alarming rapidity unless we take the opportunity now to develop our own sense of being
animals within the community of the other species in our world.
Always an idea of great import, now her humble and beautiful
awareness of ‘becoming’ the animals and birds we have taken for granted for so long, becomes
an imperative.
I look forward hugely to being on that journey with her, as mentor and fellow creator. ”
Award winning composer Laura Bowler talks about Company Gabrielle and her response to the work in hawk.
Other projects include Communicating the climate crisis with 101 outdoor arts Celebrating the Wild- human/animal intervention Masterclasses for Schumacher College
“Gabrielle is a refined, gracious and dedicated performer, theatre-maker and teacher. Her animal practice is highly skilled and deep slow moving work, requiring an attention to technical detail, emotional courage and spiritual precision that is rarely seen in the glitzy product focused ‘business’ that has driven the wealth obsessed arts ‘industry’. The values that underpin Gabrielle’s work are so needed now as we face Ecological Emergency and societal adaptation. Focused on practice that requires performers to become animals, this work is careful, requires acute listening and observation, then interpretation that is transformative for an audience. It explores what it means to be human and also stretches our empathy as only one of many creatures on the earth facing life threatening crisis. As one of very few experts in this practice, Gabrielle is helping shift the prevalent paradigm by deepening our focus on sustainable practice. I ask you to honour the pace and depth that her work demands. ”