Charo Foo – Let’s start somewhere
05 ⇾ Apr. 08 2027 (Monday – Thursday)
09:30 to 12:30
Weekly rate:$80
Drop-in:$28
French, English
Registration will open on Monday, February 1, 2027.
#Interdisciplinary #Somatic
© Denis Martin
Objective
This workshop is an invitation to slow down and meet your body with care. Through gentle body scans, guided imagination, and quiet movement exploration, we will listen to what the body is already saying, without forcing it to perform.
I am inspired by two dance practices: Butoh, which embraces raw honesty and the unknown, and classical Chinese dance, which carries inner breath and delicate intention. These two practices, one raw, one refined, will serve as gentle companions. They offer pathways to sense what is alive inside, rather than to achieve a result. Each body carries its own history, traumas and silences. Within everyone lies a deeply personal movement, a quiet dance that belongs only to you. In this workshop, we will create space for that movement to appear, even in its smallest or most fragile form.
Content
As the days unfold, we will move from simple ritual – e.g., noticing the breath, seeing your present state – into moments where movement begins to speak from a more intimate place. Let’s explore together and let a tender spark grow. A movement seed to bring home and keep gently alive in your own time.
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Accessibility Features
Biography
Trained in Classical Chinese dance, I carry a strong sense of discipline, clarity, and movement intention. Later, witnessing my aunt, a Taoist shaman who moved without choreography, taught me something different: that the body also holds mystery, softness, and unseen knowledge. This now shapes the way I teach.
In the studio, I guide with both precision and compassion. Exploration has value only when one understands why they are moving, not just how. If the intention becomes unclear, I gently restart the guidance rather than let the movement become empty. I integrate Butoh’s raw honesty with Chinese dance’s inner breath work, offering structure without rigidity.
My goal is not to impose form but to create a space where participants can learn and make true discoveries, meeting their own movement needs.
Partners
This workshop is supported by the Conseil de la formation continue arts et culture de Montréal (CFC) in collaboration with Studio 303. The CFC’s continuing education activities are supported by the Intervention-Compétences program, thanks to the financial participation of the Quebec government.
