Act Creation: Energy in Motion Workshop
Duration: 2 hours
Price: $33
Energy in motion is... e-motion. In this ground-based creative movement workshop, we dive into the expressive waters of our acts. This is for you if you are a movement artist working on creating a new act, desire to revive an old act, or if you have never performed before yet daydream passionately about being on stage!
We will explore vocabulary using an emotions wheel, tune into the wisdom of our bodies with a somatic meditation, spend time on journal prompts, discussion, and conduct body research as a group. By connecting to emotion that wants to be moved through us, our character, and our story, we connect to an energetic current that guides the creative process with ease. Choreography, costuming, props, etc. tend to fall into place when we understand the the motivating creative force, behind our act.
By connecting to emotion within, we offer the gift of deeper presence to our captivated audience, and in being witnessed in our full expression we receive a gift in return. Come with a notebook, a writing utensil, a blanket, and an open mind and heart! <3
Feedback from "Act Creation: Energy in Motion" workshop participants:
"Cassie led this workshop with trust in us participants, inviting our creativity to flow out in interactive processing. It was a warm and lovely time that helped me to have not just full-body but full-BEING consideration of what creativity is and does, and also what emotions are and do."
"Cassie curated a learning experience that had overt insight as well as subliminal rumbling slower-cooking influence. I felt myself integrating and staying easefully creative in the same modes we had practiced for many days after the workshop."
"This workshop experience was both delightful in the moment in its own right AND super useful and generative for future ongoing creative brainstorming sessions. I loved the multidimensional approach to creation and the way that Cassie offered exercises and practices on multiple levels of being: mind/language, emotion/sensation, meditation/spirit, and play/interaction"
About the Instructor:
Cassie Catania is a healing and movement artist, and owner of Resonant Bodies Healing Arts, whose heart-centered mission is to enhance the quality of life through the vehicles of touch, awareness, expression and circus. She is passionate about aerial dance as a movement art that aids in building confidence, self-discovery, and embodied awareness and that serves as an avenue for unbounded creative exploration. Through the transformative power of contemporary circus, she inspires and encourages others to move in ways that bring them joy.