How Do We Move Through This?

Developed by interdisciplinary artist and choreographer, Victoria Bradford Styrbicki, the workshop draws from her semaphore-inspired choreographic framework, in which coded gestures communicate messages that cannot always be spoken aloud.

The workshop introduces attendees to the idea that water holds memory — of storms, pollution, healing, migration, and care — and that our own bodies also carry stories shaped by our environments. Using simple movement scores, flag-based signaling, and creative improvisation, participants translate feelings such as grief, resilience, fear, and hope into physical form.

The workshop concludes with a facilitated dialogue connecting the movement work to how environmental change mirrors the emotional and social changes in our own lives — and how collective action, like collective movement, can shape healthier futures for both water and community.

Children ages 10 and up accompanied by an adult are welcome. Space is limited.