Grounding Body and Voice Presence

Presented by the PoundsArt Channel (lbs/sq")

Inspired by scripted text and movement from the Apology Project performer/creator/teachers Kevin Ormsby and Gerry Trentham will explore with participants the way gravity within the body mirrors the weight of one’s intention. As performers within visual artist Kristen Colvin- Woodruff’s landscape of art works they climbed, fell, twisted, reached, descended and debated the weight of each moment as they fought to find language for their shame and voice an apology. The workshop will invite you into physical and vocal practices that lead to a deep and heartfelt apology that you have been carrying. You will have the opportunity to write, voice and move that sensation so it moves the “other” to hear more deeply and in turn leads the relationship to a potential realignment of power.

Date & Time

Tuesday December 15th 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Cost

$10 - Partially Subsidized Rate

$20 - General Admission

$30 - Pay It Forward

*Should this be a hardship for you, feel free to reach out to us at adina@poundspersquareinch.net

Meet Kevin.

Artistic Director of KasheDance and Program Manager at Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO), Kevin A. Ormsby has performed with companies in Canada, USA and the Caribbean. The Canada Council for the Arts’ Victor Martyn Lynch – Staunton Award recipient and TAC Cultural Leaders Fellow, has been a Guest Artist at the University of the West Indies (Mona), Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Wisconsin – Madison and Northwestern University. Kevin's research and creative practice through his company's technical approach to dance exists in a space of constant interrogation and navigation of Caribbean cultural nuances towards, a methodology of understanding space in creation, research, and presentation. He is on the Boards of Dance Collection Danse, Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts and Nia Centre for the Arts.

Meet Gerry.

Gerry Trentham, Artistic Director of lbs/sq" performance has written, choreographed and directed over 40 works for the stage including the Dora nominated Four Mad Humours (2011) with live-feed performances between the US and Canada, his epic work Cathedral (1988) was listed top ten in NOW Magazine and The Toronto Star and most recently the extraordinary William Yong film version of his choreography Monument (2020) performed by the award-winning artist Michael Caldwell. Over three decades he has been internationally acclaimed for his performances with 7 Dora nominations/awards most recently as a cast and voice director of Denise Fujiwara's hit EUNOIA. His ten-year association with the renowned Denise Fujiwara pioneered new voice/Butoh practices and a twenty-year association with the distinguished core faculty of Canada’s National Voice Intensive (now the Moving Voice Institute) has led him to four continents to teach his synthesis of body/voice practice. In his work with fellow Trentham Foundation founder entrepreneurial and career coach Martina Payette he has coached and taught numerous business leaders in their pursuit of greater physical and vocal presence in their work life. He holds a BA Hon in Recreation/Arts Admin from the University of Alberta and an MFA in Theatre Performance and a Graduate Diploma in Voice Teaching from York University in Toronto. He has served on the boards of directors of the Toronto Art Council, The Dancers Transition Centre and the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists.