About the workshop:
This hour-long workshop is an experiential class with opportunities for individual exploration and sharing as small groups (practicing learning by low-pressure doing and watching). This class covers the types of movements categorized in Laban (direction, weight, time), how they combine into efforts, how these efforts change choreography/storytelling and add variety. This class can be useful for all types of movers.
About the instructor:
Vandellous is known as the Crass Canuck, Canadian Hot Mess, the Dream Poutine, the Bound Beaver, the Moose with the Caboose! A teacher, producer, performer, and emcee with a career spanning Canada, Australia, and the US, Vandellous draws on an eclectic background spanning theatre, dance, kink, clowning, and burlesque to explore themes such as mental health, gender roles, and hypocrisies within a so-called enlightened society. They are passionate about each performer discovering their own distinctive voice and the stories they are burning to tell by combining movement, imagery, music, and more.