This weekend workshop immerses participants into the creative processes that fueled the Nordic/Nanaimo Exchange, a digital collaboration between interdisciplinary artists Samantha Letourneau (Nanaimo) and Mårten Spångberg (Sweden).

Folks can participate in BOTH experiences on Saturday AND Sunday, or choose to join just one.

Black-out Poetry in Movement

Black-out Poetry works with found text, which is transformed through blacking out entire words, sentences, and paragraphs. The words left visible create a poem. Participants are guided through the creation of Black-out Poetry and explore how this can generate movement. 

Field Recordings in Movement 

Building on the first day of creation, this workshop explores how sound inspires movement. Using field recordings that Samantha captured during the Nordic/Nanaimo Exchange, participants will engage and find movement from a place of sound. This is combined with the Black-out Poetry-based movement from the previous session to create unique movement compositions. 

• Saturday April 27th: $45

• Sunday April 28th: $45

• Both: $80

• Both (student): $50

5 student tickets are available at a reduced fee. Valid student card required.

Workshop capacity: 15 

TO REGISTER: CONTACT Crimson Coast Dance Society:  (250) 716-3230  | dance@crimsoncoast.org

About The Artist: Samantha Letourneau

Samantha Letourneau is an artist, based on the traditional territory of Snuneymuxw First Nation, whose work encompasses music, dance, and social justice. Drawing on transformative pedagogy, she explores how shifts in perspectives resonate within the body, affecting the relationship one has with their physical/social environment. Musically, she produces soundscapes to accompany her movement-based art and is a member of the Funk Dub-Psychedelic 4-piece collective called Gator and Cosmic Dust- 3-piece collective made up of diverse instrumentation of Flute, tabla, and the hang.