“Joe Ink’s Move It! is an infectious approach to dance”
- Susan Gordon, Arts and Multicultural Co-coordinator, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation

Upcoming:

Move It! on Granville Island. Come one, come all to this fun interactive performance!

Aug 22,  2pm performance
FREE
At Ron Basford Park, Granville Island. (map)
As part of New Works’ All Over the Map series.

Info: 604-873-8875 www.newworks.ca

Whether it’s the sandbox or the cubicle, everyone needs to break out of the box once in a while. In cultures around the world, for all ages, dance is a major form of expression.

Move It! invites participants back into their bodies, to everyone’s first language: movement. From toddlers to grandmothers and everyone in between, community members of all ages and abilities come together to be inspired, empowered and motivated to move their bodies through dance making. This free workshop puts an emphasis on physical literacy, creative expansion, mental health, confidence and overall well being. Experience the exhilaration of movement in a safe, non-judgemental environment.

Move It! is available to every body as a free workshop, offered several times a year at various locations in Greater Vancouver and beyond. Move It! is also available to community groups who want to run their own Move It! workshop for community members.

Move It! founder Joe Laughlin and co-director Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg invite you to:

• Rediscover the profound pleasure of movement
• Find renewed energy and confidence
• Alleviate stress
• Tune into your body
• Affirm your creativity
• Build physical literacy
• Experience the joy of dance making
• Develop a sense of connection with fellow participants
• Appreciate the beauty and diversity of your community
• Re-connect to your innate playful spontaneity
• Have fun!

“Move It! is about affirming one’s creativity and finding one’s own movement style. It’s also a challenge, and it’s about commitment and discipline as well.” – Joe Laughlin

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Move It! Co-Director, is an innovative and acclaimed dancer, actor, choreographer and dance educator. Since she began working with Joe Laughlin in 2001, Tara has been integral to the development, direction and facilitation of Move It! Originally from Calgary, Tara studied theatre at the University of Calgary and, following a move to Vancouver, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Simon Fraser University in 1994.

Tara has choreographed over a dozen dance pieces independently and in collaboration with other artists including several projects in Chile, and is regularly commissioned to choreograph for theatre. Her critically acclaimed dance-theatre solos bANGER, Lift, Frame, The Beckoning, and a little too far have been performed here in Vancouver and as far away as Montreal and Belgium. As an independent dance-theatre artist, Tara has danced with some of Canada’s most celebrated choreographers.

Jacci Collins

Jacci Collins is an independent dance artist, choreographer, yoga instructor and dance educator based in Vancouver. After completing studies in dance at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton and receiving her BFA in dance from Simon Fraser University, Jacci traveled to Johannesburg to work with the performance company, Moving Into Dance Mophatong under the mentorship of David Thatanelo April. Jacci has had the pleasure of working with Joe Laughlin, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Kokoro Dance, Cori Caufield, Barbara Murray and Linda Turnbull. She has been proudly facilitating Joe Ink’s Move It! Community Dance Workshops since 2002.

Barb Murray

Barbara Murray attended dance programs at Grant MacEwan, Simon Fraser and Main Dance.   She works primarily as a dancer for local companies such as Joe Ink, Tara Cheyenne Freidenberg, Choom Hannah, DanStaBat and Patrick Roberge Productions.  Barbara choreographs, produces and performs work through WUR, which she co-directs with Lina Fitzner.
This will be her second tour with ArtStarts and her first one with Joe Ink’s Move It! Show.  Barbara is from a small town in Alberta and is honoured to be part of bringing dance to communities similar to where she grew up.

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Participants praise Move It!