Movement Offering & Artistic Sharing with Jeanette Kotowich
May 12th 2022
6:30 – 9 pm
At Théâtre Cercle Molière (340 Provencher Blvd)
The venue is wheelchair accessible with gender inclusive washrooms.
Face masks are mandatory.
ASL Interpretation Provided
Suggested Donation $1 – $30
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About the Workshop:
We gather for this workshop to connect with embodied practices related to Jeanette’s research in Métis & Nêhiyaw Cosmology that bridge movement expressions into contemporary dance and performance practices. This is an experiential movement workshop, sharing Indigenous cultural perspectives and contemporary dance approaches. Bring your courageous hearts as we intentionally explore specific values to nourish our practices. Together we will stoke our creative fires with compassion, kindness, bravery & joy. All experiences and bodies are welcome.
About Jeanette:
Jeanette is a multi-disciplinary iskwêw, independent dance artist, creator, choreographer and professional Auntie of Nêhiyaw Métis and mixed settler ancestry. Originally from Treaty 4 territory Saskatchewan, she creates work that reflects Nêhiyaw/Métis cosmology within the context of contemporary dance, Indigenous performance, and Indigenous futurism. Fusing interdisciplinary collaboration, de-colonial practices and embodied research methodologies; Jeanette’s work references protocol, ritual, relationship to the natural/spirit world and Ancestral knowledge. Her practice is intergenerational and vocational; it’s a living and lived experience. Jeanette resides as a guest on the Ancestral and unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) əl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ/ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territories, colonially known as Vancouver. movementhealing.ca
This workshop is made possible with the generous funding support from Manitoba Arts Council, with additional support from our partners Art Holm & Théâtre Cercle Molière.
The Dancer Transition Resource Centre will be hosting A mini networking event for on the MOVE 2022 participants in this same venue from 4:30 – 6:30pm prior to Jeanette’s workshop. Learn more and register for this event here.