Workshop : Marie-Reine Kabasha – Whacking and Self Presence

Objective

The workshop I’m offering focuses on improvisation through the lens of Whacking, or perhaps the lens I personally bring to it. We’ll touch on the basics of whacking and other expressive practices, giving ourselves the opportunity to explore the physical and creative plurality that lives within us.

This workshop aims to encourage each participant’s individual expression through the elements that make up Whacking, as I have experienced it. Through various exercises, we will take the time to become aware of our choices and commit to them, in order to develop a deeper sense of presence with ourselves. The exercises shared are inspired by my personal Whacking practice and my Trigger Point research, which explores the motives behind my movement and the active listening required in improvisation.

Please note that this is, above all, a movement-based workshop that requires a willingness to engage physically, particularly with the upper body.

Content

We will explore:

• various types of coordination
• physical dynamism,
• our individual perceptions and feelings of the music,
• different ways of relating to our environment (the music/the space/the people around us),
• different ways of connecting with our inner worlds,
• different contexts of exploration (individual exercises all at the same time, improvisation exercises 2 by 2 or in small groups, cypher…)
• certain forms of theatricality and/or emotional expression,
• and maybe more!

This workshop is open to anyone interested in taking it. All exercise proposals will be adjustable to each participant’s abilities.

𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Frenglish

📷 Vanessa Fortin