Our annual contemporary dance workshop returns, this year, with a slightly different angle. We’re focusing less on intensity, and instead, are committed to making space for artists to gather, maintain and renew connections, and meet each other where we are at. We will practice going at our own pace, be curious while finding our own limits, and pay attention to what is emerging within and around us. We will continue to offer insight into Company 605’s choreographic process from recent projects and new creations, led by Artistic Co-directors Lisa Mariko Gelley and Josh Martin.

The weeklong workshop also includes offerings and movement research facilitated by additional guest artists from our community, whose work and values are aligned and in conversation with ours. We will offer relaxed class settings, workshops that allow for opening, questioning, and deepening our current practices with care, compassion, and collaboration.
26 spots open. We invite participants with existing movement and dance practices, or who are emerging or professional dance artists no younger than 17 years old.

We’re committed to making the Winter (less) Intensive as accessible as possible, and will do our best to accommodate the needs of participants. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Accessibility Support Contact – Matt Tomkinson [access@company605.ca]

CLICK HERE to view the access guide as a Google Document

Further Context:

• Participants are encouraged to self-determine their own participation experience during the week

• Previous movement experience is suggested because the classes will not always be geared toward first time encounters with dance / movement classes.

• Permission to opt in / opt out of any activities

• Both verbal or non-verbal participation is allowed

• Each class may include movement (taught or improvised), writing exercises, conversation and speaking, and potentially collaborative tasks with other participants.

• Schedule will run as indicated (or close to) but individuals with soft arrivals and departures are permitted. Full attendance is not necessary.

• Wearing masks is welcome throughout

Facilitators:

Company 605 Artistic Co-Directors, Josh Martin and Lisa Mariko Gelley, with guests Alexa Mardon, Andrea Cownden, Andrea Nann, Michelle Olson, and Rina Pellerin.

Live music by Matthew Tomkinson.

Welcoming by Senaqwila Wyss.

Click here to learn more about the facilitators and their classes.

All emerging and professional members of CADA/West can receive a 50% reimbursement through their Training Subsidy Program. 

Company 605 offers a Pay-What-You-Can fee structure. The listed cost wishes to honor and value the facilitators and instructors, and we also wish to honor each participant who would like to attend, regardless of financial capacity. Please create the fee that best aligns with what is possible for you at this time. Thank-you for supporting the sharing and growing of artistic practice.