Vital Acts - Performance Art Workshop

Name: Vital Acts - Performance Art Workshop
Start: 2026-05-01T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-03T12:00:00-04:00
Location: La Poêle, 5333, rue Casgrain, #307 Montréal, QC, H2T 1X3

Schedule

Fri, 01 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

La Poêle, 5333, rue Casgrain, #307 Montréal, QC, H2T 1X3 | Montreal, QC

In this workshop, we will explore the subtle connection between performative presence, our capacity for expression, and the innate sense of aliveness within the body. In response to today’s demanding and ever-changing environment, the workshop invites participants to access their inner resources of vitality, creativity, resilience, and potential for transformation.
Working through ritual and performance-based methodologies engaging with implicit memory as a source for artistic creation, the workshop guides participants toward a deeper expression of both individual and collective selves. Together, we will examine how performance art can deepen our state of presence, vitality, and overall well-being. We will explore ways to express and release limiting patterns trapped within our bodies, while envisioning and embodying the future we aspire to create through performance exercises, group work and presentations.
Combining relaxation and breathing techniques, butoh-inspired visualization practices, and somatic exercises that activate body memory and imagery, the workshop offers a space for anyone interested in performance art to reconnect with inner sources of vital force and expression.
No previous experience is necessary, only curiosity and openness.
Capacity: 15 participants (prior registration by email: [email protected])
Photo credit: Pierre Tran
Cost/ Coût: 3 days/ jours: $125
per day /par jour: $50
Schedule/Horaire:
May 1, 5PM-8PM
May 2, 1PM-4PM
May 3, 1PM-4PM
Dans cet atelier, nous explorerons le lien subtil entre la présence performative, notre capacité d'expression et le sentiment inné de vitalité corporelle. Face à un environnement actuel exigeant et en constante évolution, cet atelier invite les participants à puiser dans leurs ressources intérieures de vitalité, de créativité, de résilience et de transformation.
À travers des méthodologies rituelles et performatives explorant la mémoire implicite comme source de création artistique, l'atelier guide les participants vers une expression plus profonde de leur être, tant individuel que collectif. Ensemble, nous examinerons comment l'art de la performance peut approfondir notre conscience de la présence, de la vitalité et du bien-être général. Nous explorerons des moyens d'exprimer et de libérer les schémas limitants emprisonnés dans notre corps, tout en imaginant et en incarnant le futur auquel nous aspirons à participer, à travers des exercices performatifs, des travaux de groupe et des présentations.
Combinant techniques de relaxation et de respiration, pratiques de visualisation inspirées du butô et exercices somatiques activant la mémoire et l'imagerie corporelles, cet atelier offre à toute personne intéressée par l'art de la performance un espace pour se reconnecter à ses sources intérieures de vitalité et d'expression.
Aucune expérience préalable n'est requise : seules la curiosité et l'ouverture d'esprit sont nécessaires. Capacité : 15 participants (inscription préalable par courriel : [email protected])
Photo credit: Pierre Tran
Bio:
Tatiana Koroleva (born: Surgut, Western Siberia) is a multi-disciplinary artist, poet, educator, and researcher who works in the mediums of performance art, video art and creative writing. A graduate of a Doctoral program in Humanities, Concordia University (Montréal, QC) and a lecturer at the Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Tatiana explores intersections of performance art, art therapy and butoh practices. Her work is grounded in the subjects of ancestral and genetic memory, migration, intergenerational trauma and search for personal and collective healing. Since 2006, Koroleva has performed locally and internationally including her participation in Miami International Festival of Performance Art (FL, USA), International Biennale of Performance Art DEFORMES (Santiago de Chile, Chile), Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria), Body Navigation International Dance Festival (Saint- Petersburg, Russia) and Nuit Blanche Festival of Contemporary Art (Montréal, Canada), among many others. Her most recent performances were presented at Viva! Art Action Festival of Performance Art, Queens Museum (NYC, USA) and La Centrale Gallery Powerhouse (Montreal, QC).