Improvisation with I-Ying Wu
Date: Saturday August 5, 2023 Cost: FREE while a small donation is appreciated to support facilitation Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location: New Dance Horizons How do the unknown and the known intertwine during improvisation? Do we always have complete understanding of what is happening or how to navigate a situation? Can we find a transitory moment when something starts to emerge, and sense its presence? This class allows the unknown to guide our improvisations while using subtle awareness to remain in-the-moment. We will explore the internal space of our bodies through sensations and imagery, and delve into improvisation driven by curious questions, intuitive instincts, and a childlike spirit. Experimenting and observing, we achieve heightened consciousness that liberates us from unconscious confinements and fosters deep connections with others. |
Contact Improvisation with I-Ying Wu
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023 Cost: FREE while a small donation is appreciated to support facilitation Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location: New Dance Horizons This class uses imagery to cultivate a gentle internal space within our bodies. This establishes a stronger connection between our bodies and the ground, allowing our weight to be fully supported. We will explore techniques to deeply connect with the ground, and allow the counter force to our body weight to flow through us. By first building awareness of our centre, we will then work with partners to practice giving, taking, and shifting weight with fluidity and harmony. Our class will delve into different qualities of contact to discover various dynamics, relationships, and possibilities in Contact Improvisation. Drawing inspiration from Subtle Awareness, and from Chinese meditative qigong and martial arts, this approach to Contact Improvisation will stress the importance of instinctive listening and responding to each other's dynamics and energy, going beyond mere physical perception. |
Mixed Jam
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023 Cost: FREE while a small donation is appreciated to support facilitation Time: 3:00-4:30pm Location: New Dance Horizons This jam creates a space where people from diverse backgrounds can immerse themselves and freely improvise. You are encouraged to improvise in any way – whether it is dancing, moving, singing, making sounds, speaking, playing instruments, drawing, photographing, filming, using multimedia, creating mixed media, writing, or simply witnessing. Feel free to bring items that you wish to use in your improvisation. If you require equipment support, contact New Dance Horizons. Jams are a great way to build a community of improvisers. Everyone is welcome! |
Outdoor Improvisation with I-Ying Wu
Date: Saturday, August 19, 2023 Cost: FREE while a small donation is appreciated to support facilitation Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location: Wascana Park (the field in front of Science Centre) Workshop Description In this outdoor class, we will immerse ourselves in a natural environments. We will tune into our inner selves and engage with people around us, and open our hearts to Nature as an improvisation partner. Through sensations, imagery, disposition (qi), and a felt sense of being, we will embrace the people around us, and the beauty of the natural surroundings throughout our improvisational journey. |
Improvisation with Johanna Bundon & Jayden Pfeifer
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023 Cost: FREE while a small donation is appreciated to support facilitation Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location: New Dance Horizons Workshop Description We share a dedication to the creation of new performance work, and a common interest in creating uncanny, perplexing live performance predicaments for two. These duet situations are most often created through improvised structures and action scores. In our co-led learning spaces, we explore improvisation as an expression of five essential skills: Availability, Listening, Accepting, Supporting, Expressing. These skills are practiced in relationship to self, other, and group. This workshop invites participants to explore generative tools to engage improvisation as a method for creation through moving, speaking, and writing. All artists welcome. Please wear clothing comfortable to move in. Bring a journal. |
Labbing hosted by I-Ying Wu
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023 Cost: FREE while a small donation is appreciated to support facilitation Time: 3:00-4:30pm Location: New Dance Horizons Workshop Description How can we improvise with individuals from diverse backgrounds? Is there an approach to improvisation that can be universally applied to dissolve boundaries between different disciplines? Most importantly, how can we find a common ground while maintaining our own characteristics during improvisation? This labbing session is a space to explore improvisation through a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary lens. Whether you are an improviser, an artist, or simply someone with a deep curiosity for improvisation, you are warmly invited to join this exciting journey. Feel free to bring a brief exercise that showcases improvisation within your field. It is a great opportunity to share and explore ideas together! |
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