find your groove.
find your people.
find your place.
find your freedom.
move: Here&Now is a new nomadic workshop series presented by Aeris Körper.
wandering from place to place around different locations in Hamilton, Ontario, movement-curious folks ages 16+ are invited to move & groove with guest facilitators on the last Saturday of each month, from noon to two.
workshops are always pay-what-you-can and open to all.
come with a spirit of curiosity and creativity; come hungry to explore new places
and new pathways of movement.
leave with new connections, new sensations, and new-found joy in your body.
Upcoming Workshops
Photo by Julie Artacho
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Camille Huang is making works unfolding between the realms of dance, scenography and experimental performance. Guided by attention and agency, Camille explores plural making sense of identity, relations and possible futures. They are part of the asian diaspora and a settler living in Tiotiá:ke / Montreal. Their choreographic works have been presented at SummerWorks Festival, OFFTA, Festival Entractes and Tangente. Camille received her training in contemporary dance performance (EDCM) and anthropology. Their solo work “Slug Meal” is nominated for the Prix du CALQ 2024 Work of an Emerging Artist.
As a dancer and freelance artist, they have worked on the teams of Dana Gringas (Animals of Distinction), Lucy M. May, and Sarah Rossy. They have received mentorship from Angélique Willkie and Mélanie Demers as part of the ATLAS choreographic programme of Impulstanz 2023.
AWE IS NOT PRECIOUS AWE IS EVERYWHERE with Camille Huang
SUNDAY, April 27th, 2025 / 11AM - 1PM / PWYC
@ McMaster University, Togo Salmon Hall, Room 118
AWE IS NOT PRECIOUS AWE IS EVERYWHERE is an experiment where participants enter into a writing of a fictional dance world. Together, through a practice of guided improvisation and choreographic tasks, we will enter a dance, sweat, and open pockets of shared/private imaginations, allowing for the messiness of creation. We will conjure remembered information together, tapping into the body as a vessel for transporting information. This workshop invites questions, messiness and contradictions of the body to lead us into a pool of awe. Through a series of creative or choreographic exercises, we will enter a training ground for diving into dancing, astonishment and unknown worlds.
We will practice being unprecious with creative decisions and draw a thread through various creative tools. Expect to move, dance and write. bring pen and paper, comfortable clothes to move in and a water bottle. This open level offering is based in contemporary dance and open towards anyone with movement practice.
THERE IS ENOUGH AWE for everyone, forever.
Past Workshops
Photo by Joshua McMillan.
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Skye Rogers (she/her) is a dance and theatre artist based in Attiwandaronia (Hamilton, Ontario), dearly devoted to making spaces for people to feel at home. Skye was the RBC Apprentice Choreographer with Musical Stage Co. in 2023-24, and is a graduate of Brock University (Arts & Culture, 2022) and Randolph College for the Performing Arts (Triple Threat, 2019).
Skye’s creative process is collaborative and wholehearted, and her practice spans choreography, workshop facilitation, devised theatre creation, and performance. She has worked with Aeris Körper, Ontario Culture Days, Suitcase in Point, Frog in Hand, Stand Up Dance, and Spindle Collective, among others.
homebodies with Skye Rogers
January 25th, 2025 / 1-3 pm / PWYC
@ eFIT Institute, 105 Beach Rd, Hamilton, ON
i am always curious about our physical relationships to spaces, and what makes a place feel like home. even further, i am curious about how our sense of home in our own bodies might contribute to our sense of belonging in community.
in this workshop, you can expect to take some time to get grounded, create familiarity with the space and the others in it, and learn some improvisational tools that will culminate in a final, collective jam.
come ready to move your body, connect with others, gather your thoughts in writing, and play! all are welcome.
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Fareh Malik was a co-founder and choreographer for Hamilton's Vie Division, a co-founder and choreographer for Mississauga-based collective GLUM, and is currently a co-founder and director of the Hamilton competitive company RXD.
He’ll be presenting his piece, “Drown,” at the upcoming Here&Now Festival, presented by Aeris Körper in April 2025.
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Julia Garlisi is a nationally and internationally acclaimed dance artist, performer, and choreographer based in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a graduate of the Dance Arts Institute Canada (formerly The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Professional Training Program). Julia performed, danced, and toured extensively as a company member of Dancetheatre David Earle for over 15 years. Currently, Julia is an active freelance performer and choreographer. Independently, she has had the pleasure of performing and working with Katie Ewald, Denise Duric, Newton Moraes, Suzette Sherman, Lacey Smith, Imageo Artworks, Toronto Heritage Dance and The Niagara Dance Company. Choreographically, her work has been commissioned for Art of Creation, Guelph Dance Festival, Stratford Spring Works Indie Theatre & Art Festival, Dancetheatre David Earle, The Suzuki String School, Dusk Dances Hamilton, Art Spin Hamilton, Short&Sweet (Guelph) and Internationally (Austria, Germany, Italy) for the SIBA Performance Tour. Julia is the founder and Artistic Director of Dance Contemporary. A platform to educate, create, and express our bodies through classes, workshops, and performances based in Modern and Contemporary dance.
Hip-hop & Choreography with Fareh Malik
February 22nd, 2025 / 1-3 PM / PWYC
@ Hamilton Artists Inc., 155 James St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 2K9
Fareh Malik will be going over some of the basics of hip-hop dance, movement, and choreography, and how it can apply to beginner and intermediate levels of dance.
Contemporary Dance & Choreography
with Julia Garlisi
March 29th, 2025 / 1-3 PM / PWYC
@ The Staircase | The Bright Room, 27 Dundurn St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 3C9
This workshop will be based in contemporary dance using expression, interpretation, improvisation, and aspects of choreography. Classic movement, dynamic form, and an emphasis on communicating with our bodies through time and space. Personal interpretation is the cornerstone throughout the whole dance workshop. What will YOU bring to the movement and choreography? All levels welcome!
