The center’s resident dance artist, Jessica Fudim, will hold a movement workshop.
Sonoma Community Center is inviting community members to dance through legends of Greek mythology.
The center’s resident dance artist, Jessica Fudim, will hold a movement workshop, “Written By Our Bones,” on Thursday, Feb. 16. Movement invention is at the heart of this two-hour workshop, but no choreographic experience is required.
One of the most widely known versions of the Medusa myth was written by Ovid more than 2,000 years ago. Through this workshop, Fudim asks, “What will happen if we tear up his pages, then turn those fragments into our own dance?”
Even though this process is about abstracting movement, it is also inherently personal. Fudim is curious about what Ovid, and other storytellers, are saying about themselves and their culture when they talk about Medusa.
Participants will consider these and similar questions: How does Ovid’s male perspective inform Medusa’s story? What does it say about the author that she never gets to speak for herself? Storytellers have usually seen her as a monster, but do we have to?
Fudim sees dance as a deep mode of communication. She says that this dance-making process, regardless of the thematic content, can free our creativity and connect us with each other.
“This nonjudgmental, inclusive artistic process can unlock your creativity, whether you identify as an artist or not” Fudim said in a news release for the class. “It is a forum for intimacy — intimacy with our creative thinking and intimacy with the other people in the room.”
Participants of all abilities, ages 16 and up, are welcome. Enrollment costs $20 to $60 on a sliding scale, based on what they can afford. The workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Studio 213 on the second floor of Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St. in Sonoma. Visit sonomacommunitycenter.org to register for the class and for further information.
Source: Sonoma News
