Workshops
SEDA Dance is excited to offer a variety of workshops throughout the year, featuring some of Victoria’s best instructors. Workshops are a separate registration. Please join our newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming workshops.
MINDFUL MOVEMENT - SOMATIC EXPRESSION
Welcome Heather Myers to the Victoria dance community! Don’t miss this opportunity to work with such warm talent!
This series invites you to delve into your internal landscape, expand personal and creative process, & connect to artful resources for inspired living. Drawing on professional improvisation tools, the expressive arts & an intuitive approach to dance, Mindful Movement offers a space for playful exploration, self-reflection, & holistic wellness.
Engage with a gentle sensory warm-up, specific improv exercises, rhythm-based release, creative tasks, meaning-making prompts, sharing, & discussion. Classes may incorporate writing or drawing activities to inform & articulate our dance-based journey. By focusing the experience of moving, rather than steps, this work calls upon the unique wisdom that dwells in every individual – empowering an embodied knowing, interpretive agility & authentic expression.
All Welcome! No Experience Required.
SESSION #1: JAN 6 - FEB 10 - complete
SESSION #2: FEB 24 - MAR 10 - 3 Classes / $85 +GST - in progress
MINDFUL MOVEMENT SESSION #3: Enrich the Collective
MAR 31 - JUN 2 - 10 Classes / $260 +GST
TUESDAYS 12:15-1:45PM with HEATHER MYERS
$30 Drop in (available first 3 classes only space permitting) - Flex & Dance Passes not accepted
What moves in you? How does your authentic expression enrich the collective? How can conscious movement and the language of the arts expand our capacity for restoration, self-knowledge and actualization?
This 10-part Spring series invites participants to tap into the energies of play, growth and connected creativity. As science-backed remedies for stress, dance and somatic artmaking will guide us in consort with the essence of the season - melting, loosening and bursting. Together we will create a safe and inviting container to resource the deep knowing of the body, and the potential of our unique journeys at this energizing time of year.
New and returning students are encouraged to engage with the work on an ongoing and committed basis, building on previous experience for efficacy, deepened understanding and meaningful group formation.
Nutrition for Dancers: Digestion
Teacher: Miyouki Jego
Dates: Thursdays 7:15-8:15pm
POSTPONED - SPRING TBD
Location: Oaklands Community Centre
Price: $100 +GST
With a solid foundation in Nutritional Sciences and a specialized focus on holistic nutrition, Miyouki believes that the key to health lies in what we eat. Passionate about education, she brings over 20 years of teaching experience to empower individuals with knowledge about the complexities of nutrition and lifestyle. Specializing in sports nutrition, pediatric nutrition, and pre- and post-natal nutrition, she tailors her approach to meet the unique needs of her clients.
Since 2011, Miyouki has been consulting privately and leading workshops and lectures in the BC community for more than a decade. Clients emerge from her sessions with a wider awareness of what they are eating and a deeper understanding of why the source of their food matters. A passionate cook, she loves teaching others the joys of cooking and hopes to write a cookbook in the future. Her goal is to illuminate the evolving world of nutrition, helping people recognize how their food choices impact overall well-being.
Boost Your Dance Performance: Nutrition Workshop for Dancers!
Are you ready to take your dance performance to the next level? Proper nutrition is the key to unlocking your full potential! Join us for an exclusive nutrition workshop tailored specifically for dancers. This workshop will give you the tools to fuel your body, boost your energy, and sustain peak performance.
Focus: Digestion
Who Should Attend?
• Dancers of all levels who want to optimize their performance
• Dance teachers and coaches looking for nutrition strategies for their students
• Anyone passionate about staying healthy while leading an active, dance-filled life
Why Attend?
• Learn from experts in dance nutrition
• Practical, actionable tips you can implement right away
• Enhance your energy, focus, and overall performance
Dancer Massage Release Workshop with Kathy Lang
Saturday Feb 28th 1145-1:30pm - One Day Only! - Complete
All Levels and All Bodies!
In this workshop Kathy will offer a massage release technique for dancers that she studied with Debra Shantz of Mile Zero Dance. This work is quiet, and based on offering rhythmic soft pressure, allowing the fascia to soften and the body to open to its natural flexibility without tension, while calming the nervous system.
The time will be split into two identical sessions where dancers will work with a partner. Dancers will learn and offer the technique to their partner, then a short break, then swap.
We will begin our focus at the feet, travel up through legs, hips, back, shoulders and neck.
Wear comfortable warm clothing. Some yoga mats available.
Register early and claim your spot. We need there to be an even number of dancers so the list will be monitored closely.
$25 / Dance Passes Accepted / Flex Passes Not Accepted
Walk Ins Welcome, space permitting and even number of dancers in the class.
Dancers already registered in Open Intermediate and Open Beginner Contemporary are already enrolled in the workshop
