The Creative Rhythm Pattern : Clarifying Creative Impulse through Play! In the Azimuth Theatre Performance Lab Group with Jan Henderson Sunday, February 24 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classroom B in the Foote Theatre School at the Citadel Theatre Pay-What-You-Will at the door (cash, tap, credit) Drop-in All Welcome Come dressed ready to move! Every artist has a unique approach to their ...

Sunday, April 7, 2019 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classroom B in the Foote Theatre School of the Citadel Theatre Please enter through the Foote Theatre School entrance on south side of the Citadel by Canada Place. Doors open at 10:45 a.m. Pay-What-You-Will All welcome Powwow 101: What it is, its importance to Indigenous People, stories of each style and teachings of ...

Moving through Metaphor: Exploring Embodied Metaphor in Dance and Theatre Practice with Alyssa Bartlett Sunday, April 14 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Classroom B in the Foote Theatre School at the Citadel Theatre In this class we will explore the sensory channels and structures of muscle, bone and fascia and use information gathered from these explorations to engage in movement improvisation. ...

10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Room 3-125 in the University of Alberta’s Fine Arts Building (Drama Department) ASL Accessible ASL Interpreters: Nicole Sander and Andrea Konowalec   We will begin with a participant and a chair. Come ready to move.   About Denise Clarke: Denise Clarke is the Associate Artist at One Yellow Rabbit in Calgary and a permanent member of the Creation Ensemble. ...

10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Room 3-125 in the University of Alberta’s Fine Arts Building (Drama Department) ASL Accesible ASL Interpreters: Nicole Sander and Andrea Konowalec   A quick hit of Phillipe Gaulier old style Bouffon. Participants will get a basic understanding of what the Bouffon style entails. Please bring morph suit if you have one, if not, stretchy clothing that you ...

Breath is Key. In this class we will begin with a short yoga practice to connect body and breath. Moving off the mat, we will move into more grounded, flowing floor and partner work exploring the sense of touch and using our breath as a soundscape. Linda is an Edmonton-based movement artist and teacher. She has performed, choreographed and collaborated ...

This workshop will focus on an introduction to integrated dance technique (based on improvisation and contact work), as well as disability and crip arts and culture. It will include creative exercises that prioritize accessibility, inclusive design, disability leadership, critical examination of disability narratives in art and culture, and disability as a site of generativity. We will also offer a short piece of ...

This workshop introduces Mad performance creation processes that center madness as a site of generativity. For some context, when I refer to “Mad” creation, I am asking what it means to create art while considering the concept of ‘mental illness’ and mental distress as a sociopolitical issue as well as an embodied encounter. This workshop will prioritize the anti-oppressive trauma-informed movement practices ...

In terms of both training and performance-making, I’m interested in the overlap between text and movement. What are the kinetic shapes of our conversations? How about the velocity and direction of stream-of-consciousness writing? How might we gain a greater sense of the actions of our words through moving, and vice versa?We will start with improvised movement scores to warm up ...

This class will include some of the ground conditioning and stretching typical of an aerial fitness class with a focus on core, balance and posture. The stretching component will depend on the student's requests but can either focus on shoulders, back or legs. Shoes are not required but comfy clothes are recommended. Get ready to sweat! Mackenzie Baert is a ...

Ayla Modeste is a Nehiyaw, Gwich'in Dancer and Story Teller from Edmonton. She uses her dance training and love for connection to create stories that explore expression in many movement forms. Iskwetew Iskwewak, a burlesque inspired performance group was created by Ayla and other Indigenous Womxn to bring sexual liberation into Indigenous Culture. Ayla has choreographed for her company, Crystal ...

Right now Ainsley is really interested in collective energy, and making decisions as a group without verbal or visual cues. This session will incorporate some movement and improvisational scores and games that heighten our awareness of other bodies in space and how to navigate with/against them. Ainsley Hillyard is an Edmonton-based performer, choreographer and educator working in dance and theatre. ...

These two workshops are meant to give participants an understanding of Rewriting Distance which will be performed at Mile Zero Dance; August 21, 22, 23 at 8 pm and 24 matinée at 2 pm. We will work to create polyphony by simultaneously combining speaking, moving, listening, and writing into another way to tell a story. With Rewriting Distance, the Canadian ...

These two workshops are meant to give participants an understanding of Rewriting Distance which will be performed at Mile Zero Dance; August 21, 22, 23 at 8 pm and 24 matinée at 2 pm. We will work to create polyphony by simultaneously combining speaking, moving, listening, and writing into another way to tell a story. With Rewriting Distance, the Canadian ...

This performance lab will focus on Butoh dance and devising for the actor. Butoh is an anti-rational dance which explores extreme states through the use of internal / external imagery, the “dead” body, and the grotesque. Butoh chips away at everyday patterns and reveals the butoh (or pre-social) body in the performer. Participants will be led through a series of butoh exercises and devising prompts to explore extreme physicality, dynamic stage presence, and awareness.  ...

Opening Note:  I’m really into the idea of practice.  The idea that what we do is a forever practice. So prepare for the word practitioner. This word somehow seems so serious. Much more serious than the word practice, which I’m loving because it’s just so simple and unfussy.  If the word practitioner distances you from this outline just swap in ...

Opening Note:  I’m really into the idea of practice.  The idea that what we do is a forever practice. So prepare for the word practitioner. This word somehow seems so serious. Much more serious than the word practice, which I’m loving because it’s just so simple and unfussy.  If the word practitioner distances you from this outline just swap in ...

Ashtanga yoga is one of the oldest forms of modern yoga that is still practiced today. It's lineage (Krishnamacharya, Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois, Sharath Jois) has influenced many other styles of yoga and fitness in north America and around the world. Join Linda Turnbull for an indepth workshop on Tristana; Breath, Bandha and Movement Synchronicity (vinyasa and asana) and how ...

Find the pleasure in not knowing and spontaneous discovery! Christine will lead participants in movement games and active exercises to rediscover the joy of play, the fun in failure, and the power of partnership – important skills for creating comedy and connecting with an audience. It's great for actors, clowns, dancers, burlesque artists, variety performers, puppeteers, improvisers…  anyone interested in ...

What is Powwow, connection to the drum, its importance to Indigenous People, stories of creation of each style, rights to practise, allyship vs ownership, regalia care and how to practice the dances with respect and integrity. The session will begin with a smudge ceremony to cleanse the space and get started in a good way. The session will also include ...

The session will begin with a smudge ceremony to cleanse the space and get started in a good way. We will then have a review of ethics & allyship vs ownership discussed in Powwow 101. The group will then move on to cultural warm up activities popular in schools across Edmonton. The session will conclude with learning some basic footwork ...

A continuation of the previous week's explorations, a laboratory guided by Amber Borotsik and Vanessa Sabourin based on their experiences in the rehearsal hall together where the text and the body wanna play together instinctually and in synchronicity. These sessions will explore processes for combining a movement based practice within the context of text-based performance.  Methodologies used will be a ...

Clown and Physical Comedy Series in collaboration with Small Matters Productions and The Physical Comedy Lab This workshop will offer a variety of techniques for creating text “from the body.” Drawing from Pochinko clowning, the methodology of the UK’s Frantic Assembly, and other movement-based practices, the aim will be to offer participants a variety of skills and techniques which they ...

This class will be an exploration of the notion of radical joy, and its implementation into our lives through movement--that transcends the boundaries of genres. About Mpoe Mogale: Mpoe is a Black Queer Femme that reigns from Lebowakgomo, South Africa. Amongst many other things they do, they are a professionally trained dancer, currently with Decidedly Jazz Dance's Professional Training Program. ...

Using different methods (Asian and Western styles), this session will explore both dancer and actor’s bodies through music, text, dialogues, and instruments, deepening our understanding of how we move our body into different forms. The technique from this class will use contemporary movements with Asian styles.  

This fun, safe and informative session is about utilizing your Whole Self; body, mind, breath, voice and imagination. Our goal is open, honest, vulnerable communication. Whether your modes of communication include voice, body, paintbrush, dance or quill, this workshop aims at improving confidence, increasing flow, and promoting joy. We will make use of restorative yoga, breath therapy, transformative vocal entrainment, ...

Calling all performer-creators! This performance lab will focus on the relationship between writing and movement for creating devised work. We will inquire into the reciprocity between these two forms and explore translating them back and forth as means of devising. We will play with deepening your own creative process, and uncovering performative material unique to your voice. Bio: Nicole Schafenacker ...

Ashtanga yoga is one of the oldest forms of modern yoga that is still practiced today. It's lineage (Krishnamacharya, Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois, Sharath Jois) has influenced many other styles of yoga and fitness in north America and around the world. Join Linda Turnbull for an indepth workshop on Tristana; Breath, Bandha and Movement Synchronicity (vinyasa and asana) and how ...

This workshop will offer a variety of techniques for creating text “from the body.” Drawing from Pochinko clowning, the methodology of the UK’s Frantic Assembly, and other movement-based practices, the aim will be to offer participants a variety of skills and techniques which they can adapt for their own purposes, goals, and practices. We will move, we will imagine, we ...

Weave your own narrative using improvisation techniques that empower you to create characters and a storyline that informs movement and performance. Bio: Alison Neuman has had an opportunity to be in the CRIPSiE (Collaborative Radically Integrated Performers' Society in Edmonton) since 2010. In the past nine years, she has been a dancer, assistant choreographer, emerging choreographer, and Artistic Associate. All ...

Saturday, February 8, 2020 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Backstage Theatre at Edmonton Fringe Theatre at The Expanse Festival as part of Chinook Series Whether you are brand new to auditions, or looking to brush up your skills - this workshop with Edmonton's own Allyson Pratt will leave you with practical and personalized tools to add to your actor's work belt. Focusing ...

Move up, Move up, invites us all to consider how we can move towards telling our stories that don’t often have the space to be shared or to move towards listening to stories in order to honour diverse voices. In this 2 hour workshop, participants are invited to experience playback theatre-based activities to embody and share stories. Playback Theatre is ...

Az Lab #2 - Enlivening the Peripheral in Text-based Performance A laboratory continuation guided by Amber Borotsik and Vanessa Sabourin based on their experiences in the rehearsal hall together where the text and the body wanna play together instinctually and in synchronicity. These sessions explore processes for combining a movement based practice within the context of text-based performance.  Methodologies used ...

Sunday, February 23, 2020 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classroom B in the Citadel Theatre's Foote Theatre School Pay-What-You-Wish at the door (cash, tap, credit) All welcome Doors open at 10:45 a.m. Please enter through the Foote Theatre School doors on the south side of the building This fun, safe and informative session is about utilizing your Whole Self; body, mind, breath, ...

This workshop will focus on an introduction to integrated dance technique (based on improvisation and contact work), as well as disability and crip arts and culture. It will include creative exercises that prioritize accessibility, inclusive design, disability leadership, critical examination of disability narratives in art and culture, and disability as a site of generativity. We will also offer a short ...

This workshop introduces Mad performance creation processes that center madness as a site of generativity. For some context, when I refer to “Mad” creation, I am asking what it means to create art while considering the concept of ‘mental illness’ and mental distress as a sociopolitical issue as well as an embodied encounter. This workshop will prioritize the anti-oppressive trauma-informed ...

Clown And Physical Comedy Series In Collaboration With Small Matters Productions And The Physical Comedy Lab Azimuth Theatre, in partnership with the Citadel Theatre and Foote Theatre School, is offering a new professional ongoing performance training laboratory for artists who are interested in a long-term, exploratory, physical practice to enhance, supplement, and complement their performative and creative capacities. A blend ...

A Monday of Movement that addresses and acknowledges the exceptional situation we have all been living through. We'll begin with a moving meditation that offers the option for you to go outside so please, if you like, have some outdoor gear handy. After connecting with this outer and inner landscape we'll explore movement modalities intentionally designed to enliven and refresh. ...

Do you have a creative idea but are unsure of how to bring it to fruition? Rebecca (Becky) Merkley is here to give you some tips and insight on how to do so, but most importantly, she is here to encourage and remind you that you don’t need permission to be creative. You just need your community. What they need ...

Where does the movement begin? How can we guide our exploration? In this lab, we'll go through creative tasks to spark curiosity and discover inspiration in both the outside world and from the inside of our bodies working quickly and intuitively and taking advantage of our current living situations. Participants will share their own exploration and join in a dialogue ...

Welcome to Performance Lab The Same But Different! What is the same? Meeting, Learning, Connecting, Pay What You Will! What Is Different? Online, Monday (Rotating rotating evenings and days) Lab 7 - 2021 The Shadow and the Poet Lady Vanessa Cardona An intro to Shadow work and the shadow self. A conversation about mental health and the ways in which ...

Playwriting with Respect, Paying Homage. Althea Cunningham Playwriting for a specific culture and how to respect and pay homage, to them while doing so. Bio: Althea Cunningham, is a seasoned performer and graduate of the Theatre Arts Program at Grant MacEwan University. She is an established actor with appearances in theatres across Canada. She also does television and film. She ...