“Leading the Future”
Finding Your Voice
21st July to 28th July
and
28th July to 4th August
An exploration of voice and body and the stories you hold within you
An invitation
Developed in 2015, VOXploration is Clarice Assad’s award-winning class on spontaneous music creation, theater, and improvisation. It’s open to musicians, actors, dancers, and non-musicians alike with all levels of experience. Participants use their voice and their body as an instrument. They also explore the integration between various forms of art, including theater, dance, music, and visual arts, all while composing scenes and musical numbers in a highly interactive, powerful, and intuitive way.
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Clarice Assad
A powerful communicator renowned for her musical scope and versatility, Brazilian-American Clarice Assad is a significant artistic voice in the classical, world music, pop, and jazz genres. The Grammy Award–nominated composer, celebrated pianist, inventive vocalist, and educator is acclaimed for her evocative colors, rich textures, and diverse stylistic range. With her talent sought-after by artists and organizations worldwide, the polyglot musician continues to attract new audiences both onstage and off.
An acclaimed music educator, Clarice teaches vocal techniques—beatbox, overtone singing, and other effect-based sounds—as well as body percussion, employing rhythmic notation that is accessible to anyone, even with no music theory training. Watch some of Clarice’s videos on these techniques.
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Preeti Vasudevan
Award-winning choreographer and cultural storyteller Preeti Vasudevan’s provocative theatrical works redefine individual identity, uniting artists and audiences alike. Her creations have been lauded as a refreshing collision of eastern and western aesthetics pushing for a new expression in art-making. Using just about every mode of the performing arts (including dance, music, poetry, visual art, mime, and theater), Preeti invites cutting-edge collaborators to form a 21st-century language of expression. Her unconventional storytelling challenges the status quo of dance-theater, bridging ancient traditions with the contemporary world.
Known for igniting groundbreaking artistic partnerships, Preeti frequently collaborates with celebrated artists such as legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Guggenheim awardee Paul Kaiser and with leading ensembles like Silkroad.
Watch Clarice and Preeti in action
And imagine all this whilst staying on the stunning Clos de Gaye estate in south west France, in the foothills of the Pyrénées, on the border with Spain….
Clos de Gaye
Extraordinary experiences where the world comes together for impact
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Immersing yourself in nature, accommodation will be provided in bell tents, with ‘glamping’ style toilets and showers. All food and activities will be provided onsite in multiple beautiful locations across the Clos de Gaye estate.
What to expect
People learn about their voices, their bodies, and how to listen to each other to create musical numbers and theatrical improvisations that are worked out during the class in smaller groups and then presented to the entire class.
Participants become more connected and may have deeply transformational experiences because the course is rooted in being in the present moment.
In a world filled with distractions, VOXploration serves as an empowerment tool for self-discovery, connection, and unmatched levels of creativity.
When the show ends, what begins?
Countless research shows that participation and engagement in the arts, theatre in particular, is the very best way forward. With its proven ability to develop empathy, increase problem solving skills, and participants’ ability to take risks, it is the ideal way to develop bold, courageous, creative leaders.
Our summer camp programme is designed to not only give children, young people, and their families an extraordinary experience, but to invite them into leadership for a better world in their communities and the world at large.
We ask each camper to commit to a longer-term project where they contribute to making an impact when they go home and we follow up and support them in this journey.
What you and your child will get
By the end of camp, each participant will CREATE!
COLLABORATE with a diverse cohort that values partnership, respect, and empathy.
RESPOND to the needs of the group knowing their own needs will also be met.
ENGAGE in a process that enhances critical and creative thinking.
AWAKEN and share the unique artistic qualities inherent in each of us.
TRANSFORM challenges into opportunities with joy and hope.
EMPOWER themselves and each other knowing what they do impacts the world.
Download the full programme brochure now
And for more information about the other summer camps we have on offer….
Our camp leaders are all French BAFA-qualified* in compliance with French law, and are subject to a diligent screening process with criminal record checks. Additionally, the Centre for the Arts and Global Leadership has a rigorous safeguarding policy and procedures. Further details can be provided on request.
*The Brevet d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Animateur (BAFA) or, childcare aptitude certificate, is a qualification that is required by the French government. Under Youth and Sports regulation in France, a certain percentage of childcare workers in a summer camp must have this certificate.
What People Are Saying
I was quiet before, I didn’t talk much and I didn’t reach out to people. When I was home alone, I felt isolated. I didn’t communicate alot with my parents….we never talked deeply— [but] when we acted, the feeling was fantastic. We can be anyone that is different to ourselves and that is so great. We are closer than before, both friends and parents. The [facilitators] helped us both with the play, and with our lives
- Camp participants
Thank you for providing me with the opportunity to participate in the workshop. I have witnessed firsthand how it ignites creativity within participants and offers avenues for engaging and empowering others through art.
- US State Department
Thank you so much for yet another very wonderful workshop. It was beautiful and humbling and so very thought-provoking and I loved being amongst all of you. The work you do is bursting with goodness.
— Adult participant