Human Jazz Playshop

FOR ADULTS!!!!

Saturday, May 10

Cost: $20.00

Please arrive in time to register so we may start on time. 

If you have not registered, there is still space available.

Time: 3:30 to 5:30
Register: 716.3230

Location:

For workshops and shows for children go to childrensfestival.com 

For May 10 performance by Christian go to Malaspina University Theatre at 1pm.  Cost is $10.00

What is “Human Jazz”? 

It’s dancing, singing and acting simultaneously.  It’s Bobby McFerrin meets Jim Carrey! 

It’s deeply playful jamming on our original instruments: body and voice. It’s acting like music.  It’s dreaming out loud, nomadic world scat, rhythmic behavior, a communal wilderness experience, mystical recreation.  It’s serious fun.

What we will do: In this workshop we will give ourselves permission to use our natural imitative abilities to create spontaneous musical and dramatic play.  Activities are focused on creating and maintaining improvisational flow with pulse, character and tonal quality, methods of “dansing” alone and with others and the delight of splitting our attention between listening, acting and reacting.  We will practice using the body-voice as an instrument for communication, entertainment, transcendence, and healing.  For performers and non-performers alike this is an opportunity to play with an aliveness that touches both the heart and the funny bone.

Workshop will be limited to 20 participants.

Who is this guy?

Performing artist Christian Swenson, was born and raised in NH, received a B.A. in Theater from U.N.H. in 1977 and has been living and working in Seattle since 1979. He has a background in dance, physical theater, voice, and many forms of improvisation.  For 25 years he has been exploring the combined body-voice as a common ground for dance, music and drama and more recently as a form of recreation and spiritual practice.  He teaches Movement and Improvisation at Seattle University and his work as a solo performer and teacher has taken him throughout North America, Asia and Europe.

www.humanjazz.com

Register in advance!

Tickets may be purchased through our office or at House of Indigo.

Classes within our community:

Nia with Missy Nobels

Mon/Wed 7:30 - 8:30pm
@ Harbourdancentre,
139 Bastion St, Nanaimo.
Gabriola and Qualicum Beach classes listed on www.NiaNow.com

Nia is a transformative movement practice that integrates the expressiveness of dance, the power and precision of the martial arts, and the wisdom of the healing arts.  Nia is based on creating a loving relationship with the body and is adaptable and safe for any fitness level.  Drop-ins welcome!

Contact Missy
250-247-0229
mystical2012@hotmail.com
www.NiaNow.com