In these times of disconnect and division, there is a yearning to come together--
To meet the living mystery of our own unfolding,
And to move in the poetry of our longing.
What do we welcome and what do we leave out?
What parts of ourselves are permissible; which are not?
How can our movement practice help facilitate more belonging to ourselves, and strengthen our dance with deep time?
Together we will weave a day of individual and ensemble exploring and remembering, supported by the 5Rhythms and Open Floor movement practices.
Sat Jan 20, 2024, 11am-5pm
Winchester St Theatre, Studio B, 80 Winchester St, Toronto, ON
Tuition: $160 Supporter | $135 Regular | $110 Supported*
*We offer tiered tuition so that those of us with more can share, and those of us who need some support can receive it. If you register at the “Supporter” rate, a portion of your tuition will go to support our scholarship fund.
Accessibility: We regret that we were not able to secure a wheelchair accessible venue for this workshop. There are stairs leading up to the main entrance of the building. Studio B is down a short flight of stairs. There are washrooms on the same level as Studio B. We are committed to making this workshop as accessible as possible, within the limitations of this venue. Please reach out if you have any questions about your particular circumstances. If you would like to experience 5Rhythms and you dance in a wheelchair, Layah’s Wed & Sat classes are held at Roncesvalles United Church, which is a wheelchair accessible venue.
Majero Bouman (Open Floor) & Layah Singer-Wilson (5Rhythms) met on the dance floor in 2014, and have been lit up by each other ever since. Majero is a poet, a cultural theorist, a mother, an artist, and a life-long dancer. Her work as an Open Floor teacher is in service to cultural transformation, community responsibility, and self-awareness. Layah is a healing artist, a dancer, mother, and musician. Her 5Rhythms facilitation is infused with expressive enthusiasm, a fascination with the weave of ritual and improvisational art, and a reverent love of creative practice as a transformational and political act. Majero and Layah are certified teachers of their respective movement schools, and both are members of the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association.