”Layah and Majero share a warm and attentive connection that ripples out to create a nurturing space for exploring inner and outer belonging. Their adept weaving of two movement practices, coupled with their transparent approach, established a safe container that enabled me to connect with forgotten aspects of myself.” - Simona
Rituals of Belonging 2 ~ Connection
A 5Rhythms & Open Floor Workshop with Layah Jane (5Rhythms) and Majero Bouman (Open Floor)
In these times of disconnect and division, there is a yearning to come together--
To meet the living mystery of our unfolding,
And to move in the poetry of our longing for connection.
What do we welcome and what do we leave out when with an Other?
What does relationship call forward in us, whether welcome or not?
How can our movement practice help facilitate more belonging in connection and strengthen the dance of relationality?
Together we will weave a day of individual, dyad, and ensemble exploring and remembering, supported by the 5Rhythms and Open Floor movement practices.
Sat May 11, 11am-5pm
Dovercourt House, 1st floor
805 Dovercourt Rd, Toronto, ON
Tuition:
$160 Supporter
$135 Regular
$110 Supported
*We offer tiered tuition so that those of us with more can share, and those of us who need some support can receive it. If you register at the “Supporter” rate, a portion of your tuition will go to support our scholarship fund.
Accessibility: We regret that we were not able to secure a wheelchair accessible venue for this workshop. There are stairs leading up to the main entrance and two flights of stairs leading up to the 2nd floor of Dovercourt House. There are washrooms on the 2nd floor. We are committed to making this workshop as accessible as possible, within the limitations of this venue. Please reach out if you have any questions about your particular circumstances. If you would like to experience 5Rhythms and you dance in a wheelchair, Layah’s Wed & Sat classes are held at Roncesvalles United Church, which is a wheelchair accessible venue.
Majero Bouman (Open Floor) & Layah Singer-Wilson (5Rhythms) met on the dance floor in 2014, and have been lit up by each other ever since. Majero is a poet, a cultural theorist, a mother, an artist, and a life-long dancer. Her work as an Open Floor teacher is in service to cultural transformation, community responsibility, and self-awareness. Layah is a healing artist, a dancer, mother, and musician. Her 5Rhythms facilitation is infused with expressive enthusiasm, a fascination with the weave of ritual and improvisational art, and a reverent love of creative practice as a transformational and political act. Majero and Layah are certified teachers of their respective movement schools, and both are members of the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association.