Margi believes in the importance of life-long learning. She regularly attends and presents a wide range of workshops, forums and conferences to continually evolve and broaden her understanding of coaching, performance and therapy.
2012
- PhD Candidate, Griffith University
- Taos Associate, Taos Institute, USA
- Presenting conference paper at Taos Conference. Merida, Mexico
2011
- Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed. Chicago: presented a performed reading of HOME, her autoethnographic study of home as creative practice.
- Gabrielle Roth Intensive: Sausalito, California: working with Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms.
- Embodied Gestalt, Esalen, California: working with leading practitioners in embodied gestalt.
- Australia Theatre Forum, Brisbane Powerhouse
- Play with Purpose: Relational and Performative Practices. Seminar at Sea, Gulf of Mexico (more information on Taos Institute site (http://www.taosinstitute.net/play-with-purpose): presenting performance Home, an exploration of becoming; co-presented workshop with Saliha Bava and Sylvia London
- Performance Practicum with Helen Sharp, John Howard and Margaret Cameron: focusing on own performance work, voice work: Footscray, Melbourne
- Process Project: a years intensive working/researching/reflecting on work practices in other fields apart from the arts, as a way of expanding our own arts practice. Funded by Arts Qld and Australia Council, Margi worked with Brian Lucas and Nikki Heywood over a period of seven weekends.
- On-line 5 week intensive focusing on Creativity, with Eastside Institute, New York City On-line 7 week intensive on human potential: continuing working with Dr. Jean Houston
2010
- ADSA Conference, Canberra, N.S.W: presenting "Stripping Bare the Ensemble"
- ASPAH Conference, Melbourne, Victoria: presenting paper on ImpulseTraining as preventative
- Cultural Studies Australia, Byron Bay, N.S.W: co-presented workshop on PhD Ecologies
- ISI: International Summer Institute, Mexico: intensive on collaborative practice
- Workshop with Ken and Mary Gergen: Relational Practices, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Study tour of Ancient Egypt, with Jean Houston, Egypt
- Purnati Arts Centre: Bali. Healing and Theatre: facilitator and participant
- Awarded Master Arts (Research) Creative Industries, 2010: Topic A Mouthful of Pins: using therapeutic frameworks in the rehearsal room.
On-line course with East Institute, New York City, focusing on Social Therapy
On-line course with QUT: Practice led Research
2001-2009
- Australian Theatre Forum, Melbourne
- Mask Workshop Intensive, Purnati Arts Center with Per Brahe, Aole Miller, K. Kantor, Bali
- National Family Therapy Conference (performer) with Kathryn Geldard and Kay Philp, University of Queensland
- Theatre Intensive, Purnati Arts Center with Per Brahe, Aole Miller and K.Kantor, Bali
- Being Fearless Conference, Omega Institute (New York City)
- Creative Development workshop intensive with Nigel Kellaway, Metro Arts (Brisbane)
- Mime workshop intensive, Leisa Sheldon, (Brisbane)
- Mask workshop intensive, Aole Miller, Brisbane
- Narrative Therapy and Trauma workshop with Michael White, Brisbane
- Advanced Practices in Narrative Therapy, Michael White, Adelaide
- Theatre of the Oppressed workshop with Brent Blair, Brisbane
- Mind Body Centering workshop with Peggy Hackney, Sydney
- Generative Writing workshop with Jenny Kemp, Sydney
- Practical Aesthetics Workshop with Andrea Moore, Brisbane
- Playworks Conference, Sydney, presenting Leah Mercer’s Melancholia
- Body/Mind Intensive with Soto, Brisbane
- Social Artistry Intensive, Fraser Island, Australia (Jean Houston)
- Workshop Intensive: Experimentation, Denmark (Deborah Hay)
- Social Artistry Intensive: Systems; Oregon, U.S.A. (Jean Houston)
Awarded Masters of Counselling (Experiential Therapies, Narrative Therapy, Family Therapy), QUT
- Process Orientated Therapy Workshop, Robertson
- Process Oriented Therapy Workshop, Gold Coast
- Queensland Writers Centre Retreat with Kate Grenville, O’Reillys Guesthouse, Queensland
- Creating Solo Work with Margaret Cameron, Magdalena, Brisbane
- Understanding Self Harm Workshop, Brisbane
- Suzuki Actor Training Frank Theatre (Brisbane and Croatia)
- Improvisation Workshop Intensives with Al Wunder
Graduate: Graduate Diploma Experiential Creative Arts Therapy, MIECAT;
Graduate: Graduate Diploma Adolescent Health Welfare(1st Class Hons) University of Melbourne
1984-2000
- Drug Arm Volunteer Training (Outreach Training), (Brisbane)
- Karuna Hospice Volunteer Training working with the terminally ill, (Brisbane)
- Teaching Self Esteem: Training with N.S.W. Dept. of Health (Sydney)
- Teaching Self Esteem with the Deaf Community: TAFE (Sydney)
1973-83
Margi’s foundational acting training included ten years in Sydney and NYC:
New York Training:
- American School of Polish Mime: Stefan Niedziakowski (N.Y.C.)
- Stella Adler Acting Conservatory: Acting (N.Y.C)
- The Actors Studio: Acting Classes (N.Y.C)
- Martha Graham School of Dance (N.Y.C)
- Casual Acting Classes, Uta Hagen (N.Y.C)
- Directing workshop: Ivgeny Lanskoy, N.Y.C
Sydney Training:
- Gerrard Sibbritt: Choreography and Dance (Sydney)
- Hayes Gordon: Acting (Ensemble Theatre, (Sydney)
- Keith Bain: Movement (Sydney)
- Daniel James: Voice (Sydney)
- Directing workshop series: Ivgeny Lanskoy, Sydney
- Performance Art Series of Workshops with A. Howell, Sydney College of the Arts
Graduate B.A.Dip.Ed (English Literature) Macquarie University (Sydney)