Led by Indigenous and non-Indigenous facilitators, participants will be guided through multidisciplinary entryways into dance making and movement based story telling. Using land based embodiment teachings and tools, participants will explore various creative processes that deepen awareness and connection to land, place and identity. This work centers reclaiming the body through an Indigenous lens and prompts participants to engage in the transformative process of rupture and repair in conflict.
Our creative team is made up of multi-faceted individuals who uphold the importance of creating multi-age community spaces that center and affirm people of the global majority, 2SLGBTQIA+, womxn and femme participants.
Lindsey Delaronde - lead artist and facilitator
Natu Bearwolf - co-facilitator and consultant
Robin Lough - co-facilitator
Katie Wertz (BVCA) - co-facilitator and organizer
Myriad Dance projects - organizer and project partner
Kayla Mitchell - organizer and consultant
This project is supported and presented by Dance West Network and Bulkley Valley Concert Association, and in partnership with Myriad Dance Projects.
Workshops are FREE and designed for participants to attend one or both. No prior experience necessary. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can move in and bring a water bottle. Ages 12 - 99 encouraged to attend! How to Register: https://forms.gle/1RiuUwbnmTcWa5QQ9
Sunday June 23rd Workshop ‘Dancing the Land’
11:00am-3:30pm (lunch will be provided)
Witset campground/Centennial Hall
This workshop will be led by artists Lindsay Delaronde and Katie Wertz.
Participants will be guided in embodiment practices that focus on land, movement, sound and transformation. Together, we will explore personal storytelling. Participants will be prompted to find gestures and build movement phrases inspired by the land. The stories of the participants will emerge through their own intrinsic wisdom, thereby creating new pathways of inner knowing. This workshop aims to guide participants to discover and establish a deeper sense of place and belonging within their own bodies and territories. Participants will have an opportunity to share their creations and reflections in a closing circle/smudge.