Workshop : Victoria Hunt – METAMORPHETIC AGENCIES: power to change

Description

Can we perceive, construct, and perform animate relationships that are more-than-human? Can we become the architect of guardian and protector energies during times of collapse? How must we attune ourselves to the dynamics of embodied intelligence, dream logic, ancestral wisdom and living cycles – co-existing in radical gestures amid the malevolent forces shaping our times.

Content

Lineages: We will engage with diverse strategies, notably IndigiQueer Spectulative Futurities, Mātauranga Māori (Indigenous-Māori knowledges) and BODYWEATHER* philosophy, which questions what the body is, where awareness and consciousness arise, and how the imagination functions within the practice.

This workshop offers processes that are playfully questioning the bedrock of how we live our lives. Be prepared to work to rhythmic tracks that increase heart rate and temperature.

Spheres of Inquiry include:

• MB – dynamic movement training to cultivate strength, grounding, flexibility, and co-ordination.
• MANIPULATIONS – partner and group-based tactile stimulations to awaken the senses.
• IMAGE WORK – movement creation through refined, image-based improvisations.

*NB: BODYWEATHER philosophy was developed by Min Tanaka and his Mai-juku performance company in Japan. Tess de Quincey was a member of Mai-Juku (1985-91), then introduced the BODYWEATHER practice into Australia in 1989. Victoria Hunt joined De Quincey Co. to begin an apprenticeship in 2000.

𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: English📷 Juan Francisco Salazar