MZD Workshop: Somatic House Dance with Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject
MZD WORKSHOP | Somatic House Dance + Itcush Method Combo Workshop
with Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject
Sunday, March 10
1–3 PM
$15 drop-in
Mile Zero Dance, 9931-78 Avenue
Adult dancers of all forms and level of experience are welcome
Dance artist Deanna Peters is teaching a unique workshop combining concepts + exercises from the Itcush Method of the Mitzvah technique with steps + approaches from House Dance.
It turns out that Amelia Itcush, who devised the Itcush Method, loved club dances because of their use of rebound and rippling movement into and out of the floor. Deanna’s probably the only person in the world who practices both of these movement forms. If she’s wrong, and there is someone else out there, and you happen to be reading this, then this workshop is for you!
Instructor
Deanna Peters
Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject creates, performs and DIY produces for the stage, club, gallery and web. Deanna’s called ‘Mutable Subject’ because she’s always evolving in her 21 year career. As a creator of “eye-popping” and “deeply moving” dance works, Deanna’s known for pushing the boundaries of the form. Incorporating multiple dance forms, somatics and everyday gestures, Mutable Subjects’s live artworks subvert distinctions between so-called ‘high’ and ‘low’ art.
They present a fluidity of persona, within ourselves and with other bodies and things. For the past six years Deanna’s delved into learning and practicing House Dance. Their mentor is originator Sekou Heru (NYC). Deanna also sustains close-training in improvisation and movement patterning with somatic movement artist Helen Walkley (Vancouver) and keeps a self-maintenance practice in the Itcush Method of the Mitzvah Technique with guidance from Ashley Johnson (Regina). Deanna’s from Treaty 6 (Saskatoon), is a graduate of the Grant MacEwan College Dance Program (Edmonton), and resides on unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ territories (Vancouver): mutablesubject.ca