@ Energy Awaken, 529 Barton St. E

In this workshop, we will combine mindfulness envisioning exercises with movement inquiry and expression. Our movements will explore the shape and anatomy of our various emotions and sensations, creating landscapes of our collective somatic experiences.

Robin Lacambra (they/she) is a queer Filipino creative, speaker, and facilitator. Drawing from somatic relational psychotherapy, mindful movement, and conflict mediation, Robin’s work aims to demonstrate how interconnected we are, highlighting our shared responsibility to co-create a just and liberated world.

Alongside their roles as the creator of GOODBODYFEEL Movement & Therapy and the director of the Safer Spaces Project, Robin works with individuals, groups, and organizations to foster self-awareness, capacity building, and healthier relationships.

@ Eva Rothwell Centre, 460 Wentworth St N

Part A: Creative Movement for the Stage
Drawing from A. Boal's work on community based theatre, we use games as a way to bulldoze the fixed ideas about how to move to make way for all the unexpected paths of movement, working to completely reimagine how the body can move with meaning


Part B: A Meaningful Gesture
Perhaps words aren't the only way to get what is inside of us outside of us. This workshop uses embodied gesture as a way of clarifying and releasing the thoughts and ideas that we struggle to find words for. Drawing from theatre and dance practise, participants will explore the possibilities of movement qualities and how they articulate our inner states in unexpected ways.

Trevor Copp founded Tottering Biped Theatre (TBT) in 2009, known for its commitment to original, issue-driven, and intensely physical theatrical works. As a multifaceted theatre professional with over 20 years of experience, Trevor’s expertise spans acting, dance, directing, choreography, education, and arts advocacy. His dynamic career has taken him across classical and contemporary stages across Canada and in more than 40 cities worldwide.

@ Dundas Yoga & Fitness, 1 East Street N, Unit C

Megan’s choreographies are generative, reflexive microcosms that sprout metaphors. Her approach values the natural articulation and physical communication of the body over crafting movement from a technique or style. The choices each performer contributes, and the nuanced intersecting consequences are points of fascination in her creative process. Through the interaction of improvisation and choreography, she invites the audience into an atmosphere of play, imagination, humour, and reconnection with the body self. Megan loves to foster experiences that support people to reconnect with the exploratory nature of moving.

@ The Right House, 35 King Street E

Mexx is a Hamilton-based movement educator and student.  Her feet have graced many dance floors, in a variety of cultural and sound settings. Mexx’s love for dance is rooted at home and family events, became ignited in the Jazz studio, was fuelled on many club floors and speakers, and was finally properly cultivated when she earned an honours specialist in dance education.  She has led student teams to local showcases and competitions, giving young people who often lack access to community dance opportunities to explore and develop their creative selves through movement. Mexx prioritizes safety, connection and criticality in learning spaces for dance. Her personal journey through ancestral and kindred movement exploration blends with her desire for joy and healing via dance, collaboration and written reflection.  It is her intention to nourish dancers so they can embark on joyful journeys in their whole selves.  As a dancer, Mexx has studied or embodied Caribbean, African, South Asian, Latin, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Lyrical styles. She remains ready for the next movement.

@ L.R. Wilson Hall, 1280 Main St W.

A special Here&Now Festival workshop with out-of-town guest artist. More details TBA!