Morning class with Jessie Garon

Morning class lead my Jessie Garon to kickstart our day of creation. Come just for class, or sign up for a day of whirlwind dance performance.

Class description:

Working in Uncertainty 

~ Practising performance ~

This workshop plays with agency, togetherness and uncertainty through an improvisational group structure. Uncertainty is a rich, creative state without ego. Together we will play with ways to cultivate it intentionally. The structure of this practice encourages a deliberate degree of miscommunication. We aim to harness this chaos to let unexpected things appear and seek a generative state together that hinges on play and presence. 

We will practise kind disobedience. We will touch base with the fullness of ourselves, shake things loose, take turns witnessing, and attune to our impulses, to each other and to those watching. Most importantly we will practise unconditional support for ourselves and each other. 

How do we remain in a state of unknowing together?

About Jessie Garon:

Jessie Garon (she/they) is a queer performer and choreographer working in contemporary dance theatre. Originally from a homesteaded family farm in Alberta, she is now based in Tkaronto/Toronto. She is a graduate of Dance Arts Institute after which she interned for Ate9 Dance Company (Los Angeles) under Artistic Director Danielle Agami studying Gaga Movement Language daily.

Since 2014, she has participated primarily in collaborative processes blending performative forms. Her work incites the potential of dance virtuosity, rigor and spectacle as materials to craft spirited, athletic and abstract dance theatre.

She has worked with artists such as Brandy Leary/Anandam Dance Theatre, Jennifer Dallas/Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects, Serge Bennathan, Lemi Ponifasio/MAU (New Zealand), Clarice Lima/Futura (Brazil) and Sara Porter.

Garon is the founder and Artistic Director of Vazari Arts. As a creator she is nominated for the 2024 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes. Her work has been shown across Canada, including the Theatre Centre (ON), Pumphouse Theatre (AB), Refinery Theatre (SK), Édifice Wilder Espace Danse (QC) and Salle Bernard-LeBlanc (NB). Her newest work 'everything i wanted to tell you' premieres February 5th as part the Citadel + Compagnie season.

November 10th

10:00am-11:30am

@ Citadel + Compagnie

Host or Publisher Blank Space