Description:
After School Leaders: 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗘
Dance Workshops
March 21 - June 27
Mondays 6-8 pm & Thursdays 5-7PM
109 Higgins / Graffiti Art Programming
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This spring, we invite High Schoolers to participate in our After School Leaders Program: Movement as Medicine, where participants will explore the art form of dance, as not only performance art, but also as a tool for healing, learning, and connecting.
Kilusan and Lessizm will co-create a container with dancers to learn and develop their movement vocabulary and freestyle techniques in vogue, hip hop, breaking and house. Topics covered within each workshop will include: history, foundational movements, freestyle concepts, and occasionally choreography.
The purpose of this workshop series is to improve mind, body, and soul connection through movement-based practices in community. Dancers will also have an opportunity to learn about gardening, foraging, and mental health!
Contact info@graffitigallery.ca with questions
& visit graffitigallery.ca to register!
Art Form: Dance
Start Date: Thursday, May 21st
Thursday, May 26th - Sub Needed
End Date: Thursday, June 23rd
12 sessions
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
Facilitator: Kilusan
Location: Graffiti Art Programming, 109 Higgins Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0B5
ASL with Maribeth on Thursdays 5-7pm CST at GAP
In this workshop series, Kilusan will co-create a container with dancers to learn, explore, and develop their movement vocabulary and freestyle techniques in the vogue, hip hop, and house. Topics covered within each workshop will include: history, foundational movements, freestyle concepts, and occasionally choreography. The purpose of this workshop series is to improve mind, body, and soul connection through movement based practices in community. Dancers will also have an opportunity to learn about gardening, foraging, and mental health. Special guests in the series include Matthew “Snoopy” Cuff from the House of Xclusive Lanvin and Dr. Reece Malone. The ASL workshop series will conclude with a final outdoor cypher with Kilusan DJing!
PINOYS ON PARLIAMENT 2022: PAGITAN
Pagitan is a Tagalog word that implies a “space in between”.
For POP22, we want to provide a space for you to explore the intersectionality of your identity as both a Filipino/a/x and Canadian youth. Being a Fil-Can youth is not limited to one identity; you can explore and celebrate the different spaces that make you, You. Whether that’s excelling in the arts, pursuing STEM, being an entrepreneur, or being involved in politics, this is a SPACE for you to explore!
Register here to join us from May 20-21 and May 27-28, 2022, and celebrate the Pagitan within us.
Saturday, May 28th
Workshop Title: The Kapwa Cypher: House Dance to Strengthen your mind, body, spirit, ancestral and community connections
Workshop Description: Kilusan will co-create a container with dancers to learn movement vocabulary and freestyle techniques in the house dance genre. House is rooted in celebrating individuality, expressing self-confidence and self-acceptance, defying gender, race and societal norms. The workshop will include a historical lesson, warm up, practice drill, a cool down stretch and Q&A. This will be a beginner friendly workshop, where participants will have a chance to strengthen their mind, body, spirit, ancestral and community connections.
REGISTER TO ATTEND THE CANADA PRIDE 2022 HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE
Thursday, June 2nd 1:00 PM
Workshop Title: Movement Medicine: House Dance to Strengthen your mind, body, spirit, ancestral and community connections
Workshop Description: Kilusan will co-create a container with dancers to learn movement vocabulary and freestyle techniques in the vogu dance genre in their workshop titled, "Movement Medicine." Students will learn the foundational elements of Vogueing and the history of queer Black and Latinx folks establishing the ballroom community. Ballroom is an underground queer subculture in which people "walk" (i.e., compete), perform, dance, lip-sync, and model in different categories, which are designed to simultaneously epitomize and satirize gender constructs, occupations, and social classes, while also offering an escape from reality. Category participants are required to “walk” one by one to receive full approval from all judges, known as ‘receiving your 10s’. Competitors are judged on their abilities, “effect” (costumes, appearance, theatrics, presentation), and perceived “realness” (embodied and/or visual believability, authenticity). Those who make their 10s battle one on one against each other for trophies, prizes, and glory.
