Workshops

An image of Gerry Trentham, a dancer and company collaborator lying on top of rocks in Alberta.

Contemplative Dance

Upcoming dates

October 18 – November 8, 2026

Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St, M4X 1B2, Toronto

Using principles of improvisation and Butoh, this movement workshop cultivates embodied mindfulness through movement. We’ll move with curiosity to expand creativity and movement capacity. This work is both fundamental and advanced so you can interpret the work at your own level, challenging beginner to experienced movers.

Start from where you are and find joy and range in your movement.

Intensive Workshops

Upcoming dates

Zen and the art of Butoh

November 16–20, 2026

Pia Bouman Studios, 225 Sterling Rd Unit 103, Toronto

Zen gives us keys to deepen the practice of butoh.  Applied to dance, these insights present resources for improvisational creation and performance skills that allow even simple movement to become alive and meaningful.  They open us to possibilities and freedom in our creative pursuits, and honesty in our performance.

Solo Dance Lab

Advance your choreography and creativity investigating creative process for solo choreography. Through this Lab, which includes talks, homework assignments, informal showings and feedback, we allow time to ask questions, experiment, and allow for trial and error, all in service of growing our knowledge, skills and ability to create solos.

Once a week for 5 weeks, 4 hours per day

$450 (subsidies available)

Offered once per year

Past workshops

Solo Dance Lab: Creation & Conversations: November 2–30, 2025Presented by Aeris KörperHamilton, ON

Solo Dance Lab 6: February 2 – March 2, 2025Pia Bouman Studios, Toronto