Community engagement opportunities connected to What Is Us & Eternal can be offered in adaptable formats depending on the needs of the community, space, and resources available.
Option 1: Workshop with interactive technology
This version integrates contemporary dance and improvisation practices alongside interactive technology and/or projection when available. Facilitated by Rachel Helten and Ezequiel Peralta, the workshop engages participants in the core themes of the work: love, relationship, spirituality, and our interconnection with self, community, and the Earth. Rachel shares aspects of her choreographic and embodied research, and, when appropriate, excerpts of repertoire from the work are introduced as material for exploration. Participants are guided through experiential practices including movement improvisation, relational scores, breathwork, sensory attunement, poetry and reflective writing.
Option 2: Workshop without technology
This version focuses on grounded, accessible embodied practice without technological elements. It centres contemporary dance improvisation, relational awareness, and embodied inquiry into the same thematic territory. Rachel shares her research process and, where appropriate, adapted repertoire from the work is used as a starting point for movement exploration. Practices may also include breathwork, sensory attunement, guided dance improvisation, poetry, reflective writing and simple compositional scores.
Both options can be tailored for all ages and experience levels, or adapted into a more advanced workshop for professional or emerging dance artists.
Ezequiel Peralta may contribute live musical accompaniment, or pre-recorded soundscapes may be used depending on context. This workshop can be experienced in both indoor and outdoor or site-responsive contexts.
Scheduling is flexible, including single workshops, multi-day engagements, or residency-style formats. Fees vary depending on duration, number of facilitators, technical requirements, and scale of engagement.
Our estimated fee range is $3500–$9000, depending on the number of performances and the scope of community engagement activities involved.
Fees vary based on factors such as:
● Depth of engagement: from single-day workshops to multi-day co-creation labs with community members, local artists, or youth groups.
● Integration of community-created content into the performance or surrounding installation (requiring added preparation, rehearsal, or tech support).
● Site-specific performance adaptations, which may involve additional tech setup or interactive design time (e.g., calibrating visuals to unique venues).
● Collaborator involvement: fees may shift depending on whether the presentation includes additional artists (e.g., composer, digital artist, or poet) alongside Rachel Helten.
We aim to keep offerings flexible and collaborative to meet presenters' capacities, timelines, and community needs. We're happy to explore scaled options.