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In-person Arts & Culture

The Magpie Collection: Festival Classes and Workshops

Thursday, July 18, 2024
12:00pm to 1:30pm

Part of: The Magpie Collection: A Dance Festival

Mile Zero Dance

dance festivals workshops

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Organized by: Mile Zero Dance

July
18

In/action (interaction between body improvisation and music)

The workshop aims to embark on a sensory journey of interaction between the body improvisation and music, guided by the principle of Daoist’s thought ‘Wu Wei‘ as a physical movement. Using the five tones (gong, shang, jue, zhi, yu) of the traditional Chinese instrument – Gu Qin (Play by Dr. Xiaodan, Wu), it first places the body in a relaxed and natural state, then participants will explore ‘qi’ (breath) awareness, integrating movement principles from Chinese dance aesthetics: ‘ping yuan’ (level circle), ‘li yuan’ (vertical circle), and ‘ba zi yuan’ (figure-eight circle). Fundamentally anchored around the waist—”Ti, Chen, Chong, Kao, Tian, Han, Yi, Yang“—allow the body to synchronize with the rhythmic cadence of Gu Qin music and the pulse of ‘qi’, fostering a heightened sense of movement awareness and inspiring a series of bodily movements and gestures.

Mile Zero Dance

9931 78 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T6E 1N6