Dance From The Heart Workshop with Janet Lo

Janet Lo will be guiding a movement healing workshop. She believes mindful embodiment practices help to release the power of emotional energy on our minds and help us alchemize/transmute it into creative energy. How do we tune in, ground down, and find safety within our core value as human beings, in order to manifest what we do want to express and in the most gentle and heart-centered way? If emotions are pure energy and energy is all vibrations, how do we address stuck energies that manifest as tension, pain, or stress, and release them back into the universe by connecting back to what’s most natural to us (breath, movement, sound)? How do we move with and embody nature (the elements) instead of against it?

ABOUT JANET LO

Janet Lo is a second-generation Chinese Canadian/American interdisciplinary storyteller and conscious dance facilitator with a background in Theater, Dance, TV + Production. After many years and multiple burnouts in the industry, she now focuses on creating heart-centered wellness spaces for healing and empowering the concept of safe play in relationship to the body. Since discovering the Dance From The Heart modality with Critical Mass Dance Company (CMDC) in 2018, Janet is passionate about teaching and building a community of self-healers, movers and shakers through tapping into the feminine divine, sensuality, conscious dance + movement, and other embodiment practices. She leads CMDC’s virtual Dance From The Heart programming, collaborative workshops and teacher training with the heartfelt intention of creating safe and brave spaces for exploration and transformation. Virgo Sun, Libra Rising. 4/6 Reflector. Instagram: @Jglowgirl

ABOUT BODYHUES

BODYHUES is a new program, developed by Gibney Company Artistic Associate Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, that challenges harmful body stereotypes in dance. Join us for the Virtual Pilot Program to get a taste of why and how BODYHUES aims to cultivate a culture of celebrating and loving one’s body and dismantle the toxic body-shaming culture that oppresses and limits us all.

Self-love and self-care look different for everyone. Each Saturday in August, four different Guest Facilitators will guide participants through a FREE workshop offering their unique perspective on nurturing self-love, self-care, self-confidence, and creativity. Guest Facilitators include: Darling Shear, Janet Lo, Jennifer Sun, and Bonnie Buckner.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

To offer a cohesive experience, participants must register for the full series of five workshops. Date, time, and registration information is below.

August 14, 12-2:30pm EDT:
Dance From The Heart workshop with Janet Lo

August 21, 12-3pm EDT:
TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) fundamental and TCM cooking class with Jennifer Sun

August 21, 3:15-4:15pm EDT:
Post-workshop debrief with Dr. Catherine Drury and Jie-Hung Connie Shiau

August 28, 12-2pm EDT:
Dreaming While Awake experience with Bonnie Buckner

September 4, 12-3pm EDT:
Healing movement workshop and Artist Chat with Darling Shear

Deadline for the registration: August 7, 2021
Max number of participants: 20

Bodyhues was created in part through Gibney Company’s Moving Toward Justice Fellowship program with support by the Bay and Paul Foundations, with additional support from Andrew A. Davis, a Trustee of the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund.

Photo (left to right, top to bottom) of Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, Darling Shear, Janet Lo, Jennifer Sun, Bonnie Buckner, Dr. Catherine Drury, courtesy of artists.