Research Series Workshop: Tanja Faylene Woloshen

Being Connected: Intro to Butoh with Tanja Faylene Woloshen

Experience explorations towards a supple bodymind by investigating aesthetics common to Butoh dance. This workshop is a process of perception, letting go, and re-discovery of the body. Through guided improvisations largely inspired by nature and cosmic imagery, we will explore essential questions as we dance: What is life? What is the human condition? What is the body? How can we experience the big picture? Solo, partner, and group work will facilitate participants’ individual and collective journeys.

The workshop draws from Tanja’s ongoing trainings with Butoh masters and contemporary dance artists from all around the globe. All bodies are welcome!

The workshop is Sunday, March 10 from 1-2:30pm at Video Pool’s The Output, 2nd fl.

Participants, please wear layers comfortable for freedom of movement. (Studio can be cool.) We’ll dance barefoot. BYOWater.

About Tanja Faylene Woloshen:

Tanja Faylene Woloshen is a contemporary dance artist and educator. Her work investigates the earth and cosmos of the somatic imagination. She has performed her works, and collaborations with others, across Canada, USA, and Europe. Most recently, she received a Winnipeg Theatre Award Outstanding Choreography Nomination, for her choreography for Theatre Projects Manitoba’s World Premiere of “A Short History of Crazy Bone” (2018). In 2017, Tanja debuted “Holy Wild”, and presented “Dance as a Decolonizing Process”, at the IEATA annual conference. She is ongoing with her training, including recent studies with Victoria Hunt, Vangeline, Thom Morgan Jones, and GooSayTen. Recent teaching credits include: U Lethbridge, U Winnipeg, PTE, and WHEAT. http://www.tanjafaylenewoloshen.org

About Young Lungs Dance Exchange’s Research Series:

This residency is designed to support dance and movement-based artists by providing resources towards the research phase of the creative process. Resources offered include: space, equipment, artistic and administrative support, presentations, and a financial contribution. The residency can be tailored to the specific needs of the artist to best support the research. The purpose of the series is to allow for in-depth research, critical thinking, risk-taking, experimentation, collaboration, process sharing, and …play! Artists are encouraged to make bold choices, push the boundaries, and further the practice of dance.

Young Lungs Dance Exchange gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.