There are 4 spots still available as of June28. 22 confirmed, 4 more please.
Canada Day long weekend Jam with Stacey and Monica, beginning Fri, June 29 through Monday July 2
Arrive Friday night for dinner and the first jam.
Two classes per day for three days. Class begins on Saturday morning. Last class is Monday afternoon with 4pm or 645pm departure ferry.
All meals, workshop tuition, camping and transportation on Lasqueti-$200
Starting with an improvised warm-up that will prepare us for each day, we’ll focus on sensory awareness, relating to space/one another, finding tone in the body and articulating & organizing the limbs in connection with the spine. Through a balanced blend of exercises and dancing, we’ll look at strategies for building skeletal supports for taking and sharing weight, finding softness and a sense of flow, safe landings and improvising from the point of contact. This weekend will be a great way to tune up your dancing for Karen Nelson’s workshop! All levels welcome
Monica Strehlke is a professional dancer, teacher and costume designer based in Vancouver. She has studied extensively with Peter Bingham, performed and attended workshops in Canada and internationally and has been practising Contact Improvisation for over 15 years. As a teacher, Monica is interested in concrete and creative ways to cultivate strength, alignment and softness in the body to allow for more responsive dancing. By understanding the technical and physical principles, we allow for more freedom and creativity in dancing. Monica is a company member of EDAM Dance, and also recently worked creatively with MACHiNENOiSY/Delia Brett, Walter & Amy Kubanek in Edmonton and Robin Poitras’ Rouge-gorge. She is a graduate of Grant MacEwan College and Simon Fraser University.
Stacey Murchison began her life as a dancer in Alberta. As a child she attended classes in tap, jazz, ballet and gymnastics. She attended Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton and holds a B.A. in dance from the University of Calgary. She is an active company member of EDAM Dance (Vancouver) under the direction of Peter Bingham. As a Contact Improvisation teacher Stacey is interested in exploring sensory perception, creative innovation and the pure advancement of skills. Since 2006 she has been capturing improvisational movement on various digital recording devices and experimenting with dance video production. She is very excited to be teaching with Monica this summer at Leviathan! Here is a link to some of Stacey’s video works: http://vimeo.com/26553917
