Lorca Simons

Event Member

Lorcayes@gmail.com https://www.LorcaSimons.com/

About Member

Lorca is a certified 5Rhythms facilitator dedicated to the creation of physical theatre that is both interactive and transformative. 

She was born and raised in Texas where she grew up in her father’s experimental theatre company Hip Pocket Theatre. As an artistic associate she has been involved in producing original works for 47 years. A graduate of The University of North Carolina School of the Arts theatre conservatory. Educated in both experimental and traditional theatre. She has blazed through productions in New York City from Off Broadway to fringe, as well as television and film.

Lorca followed her instincts to the unique directing vibration known as Gabrielle Roth and a 19 year creative collaboration bloomed. She studied and trained with Gabrielle from the mid-90’s and was a co-founder and a co-director of 5RT, the experimental theatre wing of the 5Rhythms world, a place she stepped into with her expansive Texan feet, collaborating on numerous original productions and international workshops. In response to Gabrielle Roth’s investigation into what it means to be an authentic human being Lorca created Live Wire 5Rhythms Theatre which is dedicated to the creation of physical theater that is both interactive and transformative. Live Wire labs: Breath in Motion, Roots, Electric Landscapes, Silhouette, Wing Span, Soul Threading, Live Wire and On The Verge are rooted in a visionary and rigorous technique for people to become true “athletes of the heart" exploring and investigating the depths of the human spirit. 

She is committed to scattering the seeds of this transformative process. 

“I believe in the healing power of theatre. I believe in a theatre of heart, one that feeds and fuels the soul. A theatre that brings change, mirroring landscapes lost or left behind, one that exposes life from the deepest core of its being. One that expands imagination through curiosity, breath, physical gesture, and space. From this place of truth, ritual springs into authentic action and anything is possible.” -Lorca 

January 2026

GATHER: LIVE WIRE LONDON

GATHER Calling in what your Body needs to Gather Letting out what your Heart needs to Express Dropping down what your Mind needs to Release Lifting up what your Soul needs to Encourage Finding what your Spirit Finds True Live Wire is an embodied ritual theatre investigation, grounded in the movement maps of 5Rhythms®, devoted to [...]
30 Jan
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The Ballroom, Matico Dance Studio
The Ballroom, Matico Dance Studio, 85 Royston Road, London, SE20 7QW
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GATHER: LIVE WIRE LONDON

GATHER Calling in what your Body needs to Gather Letting out what your Heart needs to Express Dropping down what your Mind needs to Release Lifting up what your Soul needs to Encourage Finding what your Spirit Finds True Live Wire is an embodied ritual theatre investigation, grounded in the movement maps of 5Rhythms®, devoted to [...]
31 Jan
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Ballroom, Matico Dance Studio
The Ballroom, Matico Dance Studio, 85 Royston Road, London, SE20 7QW
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March 2026

LIVE WIRE online: RENEWAL

“When im dancing, it feels like my prayer. It’s like an offering.I offer my head back to the dance, i offer my shoulders back to the dance, my elbows.My hands, my spine, my knees, my feet, my whole selfMy bones, my blood, my experience, my suffering…I offer it all back to the dance and I say [...]
01 Mar
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
On Zoom
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April 2026

SOUL NOTES

5RHYTHMS AND LIVE WIRE RITUAL THEATER “SOUL NOTES”  WITH LORCA SIMONS & GINA ESPINOSA   April 22-26  POLIORAMA THEATRE BARCELONA   Like a living musical score, our soul holds all the notes. From it emerge all the possible melodies to tell the human story. The story of stories. The true one. A theme rooted in the [...]
22 - 26 Apr
11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Barcelona, ​​Rambla dels Estudis, 115, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona, ​​Spain
Barcelona, ​​Rambla dels Estudis, 115, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona, ​​Spain
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June 2026

BREATH IN MOTION : Tbilisi, Georgia

The beauty of our 5R practice from a theatre prospective is having the opportunity to reflect life, absorbing every morsel of its offering and gifting it back to the dance over and over again. In living this practice as artists we embody the rhythms through every breath we take, through every offering we make. Each gesture [...]
26 - 28 Jun
All Day
Georgia, "TBD"
Georgia, "TBD"Tbilisi, Georgia
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