Matriarchs Uprising Masterclass: Moving Our Blood Memory — Intro to Contemporary Indigenous Dance Methodology with Olivia C. Davies Artistic Director of O.Dela Arts, and creator and curator of the Matriarchs Uprising Festival.
Experience an introduction to Contemporary Indigenous dance methodology that is intended to open new ways of experiencing the world with breath, impulse, and shape guided by imagination and our connection to earth and sky. We will tap into the material of bone and muscle, mind and body, and presence work to explore the space within our body and surrounding us.
Guided improvisations generate intentional gestures sourced from our imaginations and our blood memory. Set sequences will apply basic movement fundamentals and take us into momentum with reach, push, pull, yield, and spiralling action.
Open to everyone, though some previous dance experience will be helpful in accessing the offerings.