Professional workshop, Professional workshop
Alanna Kraaijeveld – Wrestling and yarn arts
13 ⇾ Oct. 15 2025 (Monday – Wednesday)
09:30 to 12:30
Weekly rate:$60
Drop-in:$28
Every day
Teaching Language: French & English
Questions can be asked in:
French, English
Categories
#Interdisciplinary #Somatic #Technique #Technique
#Interdisciplinary #Somatic #Technique #Technique
© David Wong
Objective
What do wrestling and yarn arts have in common? How might they complement one another?
This workshop invites artists to meet disciplines-in-dialogue, and to consider how this process might vitalize physical and creative practice. Artists will learn and practice foundational techniques for both wrestling and yarn arts, how to work with tension/force, and how to observe obstacles and possibilities in spontaneous situations.
This workshop invites artists to meet disciplines-in-dialogue, and to consider how this process might vitalize physical and creative practice. Artists will learn and practice foundational techniques for both wrestling and yarn arts, how to work with tension/force, and how to observe obstacles and possibilities in spontaneous situations.
Content
Situation-based practices. Work with partners, in contact with other bodies. Work with materials (yarn, yarn tools). Improvisations, guided and situated explorations.
Workshop Rhythm
~ Adaptable to the group’s needs
~ Variable
~ Variable
Accessibility Features
~ Cardio exercices
~ Exercices are adaptable
~ Floor work
~ High music or sound level
~ Jumps and shocks
~ Physical contact between participants
~ Short verbal explications
~ Standing up for a long time
~ Sub-groups exercices
Biography
Dance artist Alanna Kraaijeveld (she/her/they) has worked in the contemporary dance milieu for twenty years as a performer, teacher, and artistic support.
Pivotal experiences include dancing with Le Groupe Dance Lab in Ottawa under the direction of Peter Boneham (2004–2009), performing and touring with previously Montréal-based choreographer Dave St-Pierre (2012–2018), and studying with Athens-based Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek, developers of the Fighting Monkey Practice (2015–present). Each meeting precipitated a paradigm shift in her understanding of dance and her role within it, and revealed and expanded her capacity as an artist and person.
With her years-long collaborator, saxophonist Yves Charuest, she continues to improvise in live art and music venues.
Kraaijeveld teaches nationally at professional dance training institutions. For several years, she has been hosting dialogic practice initiatives that happily assemble different practitioners, materials, and disciplines. These channels her artistic inquiry and connect her with artists of different ages, experiences, and creativity.
Pivotal experiences include dancing with Le Groupe Dance Lab in Ottawa under the direction of Peter Boneham (2004–2009), performing and touring with previously Montréal-based choreographer Dave St-Pierre (2012–2018), and studying with Athens-based Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek, developers of the Fighting Monkey Practice (2015–present). Each meeting precipitated a paradigm shift in her understanding of dance and her role within it, and revealed and expanded her capacity as an artist and person.
With her years-long collaborator, saxophonist Yves Charuest, she continues to improvise in live art and music venues.
Kraaijeveld teaches nationally at professional dance training institutions. For several years, she has been hosting dialogic practice initiatives that happily assemble different practitioners, materials, and disciplines. These channels her artistic inquiry and connect her with artists of different ages, experiences, and creativity.
“It gave me new ways to deepen my improvisation practice.” Sena Adjovi
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.
