Work-in-progress / Research, STAIR Residency with Chicago Moving Company at Hamlin Park, July + November 2019
Weaving together somatic, energetic and improvisational practices this residency sought to document the connection between body, history and water. Captured image, film, projection and movement became aesthetic possibilities that held witness for the body's ancient wisdom and ancestral past. Choreographic material was found through breathwork, swimming and projected images. These practices were informed by the process of releasing stored memory and trauma in the tissue, fluids and bones. The project documented the body in relationship to water, weightlessness and the ability to transmute history.
Part of this residency included a week of curated workshops exploring themes from the the research for this residency:
Every initiation needs a container: a mini somatic discovery camp
This week of ‘research as practice / practice as research’ included a selection of workshops focused on reclaiming the body and moving with its history to awaken the body’s intuitive abilities to connect back to self and the natural world. We asked: How does working with the body support us in reclaiming our
relationship to ourselves, our creative practices and the earth in a symbiotic relationship of
giving and receiving?
Workshops included Guided Reiki Healing
And invited guest artists: TRE with Carrie Drapac and Improvisational Dance with Kristina Isabelle