Art of Being

Event Type
Workshop
Event Description

Art of Being

Dance/Movement Workshop with Ayako Kato

Winter Second Term 2022:

Now going hybrid: in person & online. Please request a Zoom link upon registration.

Dance is the art of being. Ayako wants to offer this workshop as a daily practice of being,—as a human, mover, performer, artist, dancer, and choreographer. Through this practice, Ayako will share the way to find our centered, grounded, and balanced selves through imagery (and physical reality) based exercises.

Through improvisational and simple compositional exercises, participants will raise a keen awareness of the expansiveness as well as the depth of being. Participants will explore ways to open up the body-mind as an empty conduit to welcome new wind flow through themselves and feel fullness.

Ayako will share how to expand and develop the tangible and intangible tensegrity (tension x integrity) through our bodies and minds to sense new relationships within and around us. Participants will be asked to create their own short dance.

Saturdays, February 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 12:30 - 2:15 pm @ Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater Studio, 3035 N Hoyne Ave. 2nd fl. (for in person, a vaccination card photo is required upon registration and mask is required during the workshop, following the Chicago Park District Safety Protocol)

Single drop-in: $12-15 (Sliding scale), Early Bird Special (All 6 Sessions, due by the first day of the sessions): $70

Registration (including for drop-in anytime) is necessary due to the Chicago Park District's Safety Protocol. To complete registration, please email Ayako furyuayajp@gmail.com (if you are the first time participant) by providing your vaccination card photo with your name, email, address, cell#. For those who already shared info above, no need to share info again. Also, please complete your payment before you come into the workshop.

For Payment: Zelle (Ayako Tsuchiya, furyuayajp@gmail.com), Venmo (@Ayako-Tsuchiya) or PayPal: paypal.me/AyakoTsuchiya Thank you!

Please contact for any questions: furyuayajp@gmail.com

Ayako's URL: https://www.ayakokatodance.com

Ayako's profile: https://www.ayakokatodance.com/about

Running Time
1 hour 45 minutes
Dance Styles
Modern / Contemporary

Location

Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater

Hamlin Park Theater, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse 3035 N. Hoyne
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 880-5402