Event Type : Mount Sequoyah Event

A dance-theatre workshop toward collective devising & performance

14 & 15 January 2022 6 – 9 pm

Price for 2 day workshop: $100 or $50 each day

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Creative Spaces NWA Mount Sequoyah, Fayetteville, Arkansas www.heideealsdorf.com As a culmination of her experiences in Central and Southern Europe with various artist collectives Heidee Alsdorf offers Collective Performance & Play, a dance-theatre workshop designed to raise questions about boundaries and binaries existing in conventional theatre and dance spaces. This workshop is appropriate for a variety of adult individuals from student performers, to performing professional, and curious individuals with no prior experience. The workshop engages participants in a shared commitment to listen, and take care of each other, ourselves, and our shared space while facilitating individual and group expressions thru work with body and voice. We will explore contemporary performance skills such as spacial shaping and relationship, timing, rhythm, and repetition, as well as simple somatic tools for centering, grounding, and listening. With these tools, we play a game in which our creative decision making processes are the playground. Proceeds go to the support of the artist’s residency at Creative Spaces NWA. Price for two days: $100 Contact for booking: Jessica DeBari 479-443-4531 – jessica@mountsequoyah.org

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Forest Bathing or Nature and Forest Therapy is another way to experience the “magic on the mountain” at Mount Sequoyah. Join Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Emmie Brenzel, to experience this evidenced based holistic practice inspired by the Japanese health and wellness practice of Shinrin Yoku. Research benefits include lowered stress levels, improved mood and sleep, elevated immune function, and enhanced creativity and cognition. Participants are guided on a leisurely walk and offered invitations to deepen their connection with nature through sensory experiences. There will be opportunities for listening, silence, observation, optional group sharing, and the walk will conclude with a tea ceremony. This is an outdoor class with participants encouraged to dress for the weather, keeping in mind that temperatures can be cooler when moving slowly or seated. Please allow two hours for this mountaintop experience and be aware the walk is limited to ten participants.