Spring 2008 Workshop Schedule
Authentic Movement and Performance
Led by Tannis Hugill
Wednesdays, May 21- July 9, 6-8 pm
$225 – Early Registration by April 30
$250 – by May 9 Registration Deadline
Authentic Movement is a movement practice in the presence of a supportive witness. By entering the world of the body, we open to every aspect of human experience, thus enriching creative exploration, as well as increasing awareness and trust of the body. The basic structure is a dyad between mover and witness. In the presence of a supportive witness, the mover delves into the body to bring out inner impulses as movement, sound, and gesture. A sharing interaction provides each with a deeply felt acceptance. By honoring the body's wisdom, Authentic Movement is especially useful for dancers, actors and performers of all kinds, because it mirrors the performer-audience relationship and nourishes our longing to be seen and valued for who we truly are.
Tannis Hugill is a dance and drama therapist, and creator of ritual performance. She teaches Authentic Movement to enhance personal, artistic and spiritual growth. Over thirty years as an experimental theatre artist enriches her passion to help others experience the creativity and healing wisdom of their bodies.
To register contact Tooba at (604) 730-5023 or www.tooba.com.
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Join us for June’s Community Movement Ritual:
Love Magic
Sunday June 15, 7 to 9 pm
At Yoga on 7th, 156 East 7th Avenue at Main
$20 donation
To Benefit Be The Change Earth Alliance
As Solstice and the Full Moon approach.... The Moon is ripe with her magic ~ The Sun shines his love The Earth blossoms in the mystery of their embrace. Feminine Divine ~ Masculine Divine Join Minke de Vos, David Embry, Daniel Barre and Tannis Hugill to chant and dance, bathed in their sacred light, Celebrating the magic of love in all beings, in all realms.
Minke will offer chi gung, David the chanting, Daniel percussion and poetry and Tannis the dancing. The Community Movement Rituals provide an opportunity to step out of the pressures of speed and sound that surround us so we may commune with ourselves and each other in a sacred space, reflecting deeply on the experiences of our lives, and savoring the creative wisdom of our bodies. Surrounded by challenge and opportunity, community ritual is crucial for our survival and transformation. All ages welcome from teens to honored elders. No dance experience needed.
Pre-registration requested so we may prepare for your presence.
Contact Tannis at tannisis@shaw.ca/604-267-9951.
Ongoing Workshops
Contact Tannis for dates and locations
Authentic Movement
In this introduction participants will learn the form of Authentic
Movement. They will explore the roles of mover and witness to
gain a deeper understanding and acceptance of their embodied experience
in all areas of their lives.
Authentic Movement and Performance
Using Authentic Movement to access and manifest deeper levels
of our selves, we may enrich our presence in performance, enhance
creative exploration, and increase awareness and trust of the
body. The form of Authentic Movement is especially useful for
dancers and actors.
Moving Prayer
Our need to pray is as ancient and central to life as our breath.
In this workshop, we listen to the prayers moving in and through
our bodies using guided visualization and structured movement
improvisation. By joining body, mind and spirit to dance our prayers,
we celebrate ourselves and the earth as miracles of Creation.
 Moving with Spirit: Ecstatic Body Postures and Authentic
Movement
Learn to journey to the realms of Non-ordinary Reality using Ecstatic
Body Postures and integrate the teachings of spirit into
conscious awareness with Authentic Movement. Discovered by anthropologist
Felicitas Goodman, Ecstatic
Body Postures are a sacred technology used by our elders
thousands of years ago to commune with the world of spirit for
healing, divination, and ritual celebration. Now, to regain access
to these realms, practitioners hold a posture from an early indigenous
culture, accompanied by drum or rattle, and enter a visionary
trance state. In this workshop, we will explore both practices
to connect with our ancient roots and the guidance of spirit. Transformed
by these gifts, we will feel our place in the web of life and
a compassionate acceptance of all being.
Embodying the Roles We Play
This workshop begins by embodying our unconscious realms through
Authentic Movement, inviting the emerging parts of ourselves to
dance their roles. Then, using the playful tools of drama therapy,
we will discover and enact the stories that wish to be revealed.
Hunger Spirit and the Body
A split between our bodies, minds, and spirits can leave us feeling
profoundly starved. This workshop uses movement, art, and creative
writing to investigate personal and cultural issues which prevent
us from nourishing and loving ourselves. We will discover and
enter the body’s wisdom, creating a path to heal.
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