Photo: Sean Suget
Class Description:
Let's have a conversation with our bodies in space with gravity.
Let's fold and unfold.
Let’s discover new puzzles in our structures
Let’s look for the boundaries our bodies have to offer and wiggle and swivel with/around them.
Gleaning from my studies in contemporary dance, somatic movement and contact improv, I aim to offer ways of moving that will help us feel flowy and alive.
Let's listen to moody, groovy music
Let's move, alot.
Born and reared in Semiahmoo territory Hayley Gawthrop is an independent, artist residing in the unseeded ancestral territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil- Waututh Nations.
Hayley leapt into the world of dance from a young age. After following through with extensive training in Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary dance, their love of movement, virtuosity and rigour found conflict with the hegemonic rigidity of these “classical” dance forms.
Hayley began studying improvised dance and contact improv under the tutelage of Peter Bingham in 2015 and joined the EDAM company in 2021.The world of improvisation provided Hayley a score to follow their questions about dance/(the world) down as many rabbit holes as necessary. Some of their most pressing questions are:
how to take care, how to listen, when to disrupt, how to hold, how to float, how to fly.
Hayley’s practice celebrates the things they love about dance/(the world) and aims to challenge the things they question or want to change. They are passionate about gentleness, bodily autonomy and deep listening. Their class balances practical skill building with time to explore one's own questions and desires.
They hope these classes will help you feel thoughtful, brave and confident in the unknown.