UPCOMING
Dancing as Remembering
Presented by Community Arts Council of Vancouver
Saturday June 27, 1-4 pm
McBride Park Fieldhouse – 2049 Waterloo St, “Vancouver”
Masks mandatory
Free! Register here
Dancing as Remembering is a multidisciplinary workshop exploring the body’s relationship to memory. In the first half, we will dance in the park, bringing ourselves into connection with our bodies, each other, and the land. You can expect a gentle warm up followed by guided movement improvisation tasks, pulling from Nash’s practices in contemporary dance and qi gong. In the second half, we will craft postcards to archive our dances through writing and drawing. We will explore how to translate embodied experiences into tangible forms by engaging with visual art and poetry as forms of movement.
No prior experience is required and participants are encouraged to participate in ways that feel most accessible, joyful, and interesting to them. Rest, witnessing, and caring for each other is part of the landscape we will collectively create.
ACCESSIBILITY:
This workshop is masks mandatory (KN95/N95) to protect community members. Masks will be provided if you do not have your own. If you are feeling unwell or have had a recent COVID exposure, please stay home!
The workshop is planned to take place completely outdoors, but we may move indoors depending on the weather. A mix of seating will be available including benches attached to picnic tables and chairs with backs and no armrests.
The Fieldhouse is wheelchair accessible and has one single stall washroom. In addition, there are gendered park washrooms which are publicly accessible and attached to the Fieldhouse building.
It is recommended to bring a water bottle and to wear clothes that are comfortable to dance in. To help us keep the space scent-reduced, please refrain from wearing scented products.