Moving into 2021, we kept our Monthly Practice ONLINE series going with these awesome teachers.
GORGEOUS portraits from StudioBabyCupid
Penny Couchie
Led an awesome workshop titled Reflected in Water in January that aimed at exploring relationship to ourselves, each other and our environment. What are we moved by? How do we celebrate the diversity of our bodies and the multitude of ways we express ourselves? Reflected In Water looks at shared leadership in a dance class. This workshop looks at contemporary dance training informed by Anishinaabe worldview.
Check out more of Penny’s work at Aanmitaagzi Big Medicine Studio in North Bay.
Jasmine Rainville
Jasmine led Contemporary Combinations in January focusing on choreo pick-up skills and learning how to make a general choreography one's own. It will focused on organic movement trailing from ballet technique and how to use that movement to improve transition skills.
Jasmine currently teaches adult ballet drop-in class on Wednesday nights from 8:30-9:30pm for $17 at Dance Evolution.
Hannah Pilon
Hannah also taught in January and led a class title Improvisation and Movement that focused on different ways to create movement and different improvisational tools. Each class explored prompts and ideas to inspire movement and had everyone moving with creative freedom!
As an ode to Hannah’s looooove for BTS, check out the playlist below.
April Martin
April led Musical Theatre Extravaganza in February that focused on one fabulous hit musical each week that got all of our bodies moving and shaking. We danced our way through Hairspray!, Chicago!, Grease, and Mama Mia! April is now back in Glasgow to finish up her Masters degree in Musical Theatre, but you can follow her on instagram for all upcoming classes and work.
Christine Friday
Christine taught Healing & Storytelling workshop in February, and the description she provided is so perfect, I’m going to leave it right here for you:
Rooted in our own healing. We have knowledge with in our own DNA- with in each of us is our own healing power. Finding balance inspired through physical movement and breathing we connect to our own inner power revealing our own individual teachings we begin to recognize the light in ourselves. This series will involve yoga, dance and storytelling Each session will begin with 30 minutes of Synergii: a combination of yoga and dance techniques. Participants will Inspire and create the opportunity to activate healthy life styles and choices. Promoting mental, emotional health and wellbeing directly connected to spirit and physical exercise. Participants will link to a land-based activity that will to connect to their own creation as it relates to healing and storytelling.
Tonye
Tonye, who works with Afrofest Sudbury, led a workshop under the name It’s Afrofest Time! This class was a blast and included Afro moves from different African countries. Tonye let the class in a way that was accessible for people and dancers of all skill levels, creating workshops that were so much fun!
Check out Afrofest Sudbury for future classes and programming!
