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MZD Workshop | VIVUS/movement with James Viveiros (MTL)

MZD Workshop | VIVUS/movement with James Viveiros (MTL)

Join us for upcoming workshops with special guest James Viveiros.

Session 1:
Wednesday, July 5
11 AM – 12:30 PM
$15
age minimum of 16 years and older to attend this class.
Please note, this class is geared towards dancers. 

Session 2:
Friday, July 7
6 PM – 7:30 PM
$15
This class is open to everyone! (age minimum of 16 years and older to attend this class).

CONTENT // VIVUS/movement is a class based on concepts from contemporary dance, yoga, voice, and stretching techniques that encourage each participant to awaken their body through new sensations. We will move intuitively, in our own personal way, applying weight, speed, and flow of energy. This experience is an invitation to move without judgement, at one’s own pace, no approach being either right or wrong, allowing our sensations to guide us. Above all we will seek pleasure, joy, and release. Come with an open mind. For dancers, yogis, those who are curious, and anyone who likes to move!

ACCESSIBILITY // Vivus/movement is a practice of guided improvisation. Through verbal cues we will focus on specific parts of the body to bring sensation and mobility. This can be accessed at different percentages or levels of engagement based on the individual participant.I encourage each participant to work at their own level and adapt as needed since no one is permitted to sit and observe the class. Throughout the class, I will maintain continual movement alongside the attendees. Therefore, if an artist has trouble following verbal cues, they are invited to follow my physical cues. Each participant is welcomed to interpret the information freely; providing space for creative exploration and working within one’s own physical capacities. Within this freedom I will introduce specific topics for each class and the participants will contribute to the spontaneous composition of my instruction. We will work with weight, texture, effort, speed, and intensity, and the workshop will require a certain level of mental and physical endurance since movement is sustained throughout. We will also work with our voice and our breath, as we connect to a joy of moving, especially in effort. We will try to move in and out of our comfort zones. Although no previous training is needed, curiosity of one’s body in motion is required.

Photo credit: Justine Latour

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Date & Time:
July 5, 2023 @ 11:00 am
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Instructor

James Viveiros

James Viveiros is a dance artist of mixed Cree, Metis and Portuguese descent whose performance career spans over 25 years, most notably with Montreal’s Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Having graduated from both Musical Theatre and Dance Programs at Alberta’s Grant MacEwan University in 1998, James has since performed in various theatre, performance, film and choreographic works in festivals and theatres worldwide. In 2009, he was recipient of a Gemini Award alongside fellow company dancers for Best Performance from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television in the Chouinard company’s film bODY_rEMIX/ les_vARIATIONS_gOLDBErg. In 2015, James studied with Ohad Naharin of the Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv, Israel, with grant support from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec. He is a recent independent study graduate of the directing program at The National Theatre School of Canada. As an educator and teacher, he draws on his extensive experience to continually offer classes and workshops relevant to the contemporary dance and performance scene. He works with actors, dancers, circus performers, yogis, hockey players, opera singers and the general public. In addition to creating and collaborating with artists across Canada, James frequently travels to share his passion for movement at various schools, universities and arts institutions. (Photo credit: Justine Latour)


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Date & Time:
July 5, 2023 @ 11:00 am
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