Origami + Movement Workshop
Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: In-person event at the Museum
Language: Presented in English
Cost: $11.25 -$16.25, includes admission to permanent exhibitions
To attend the event, please register here →
About the event:
Join us for an engaging Origami + Movement Workshop co-facilitated by visual artist Miya Turnbull (Halifax) and dance artist Shion Skye Carter (Vancouver). In this hands-on session, you will create Miya’s self-portrait origami designs, followed by an improvised movement exploration led by Shion, inspired by the folds and forms of the paper creations. This open-level workshop welcomes participants of all ages, with adult assistance encouraged for younger children. This workshop is presented in collaboration with Live Art Dance and the Bus Stop Theatre.
The workshop is rooted in Omote, a co-creation between Shion and Miya, which combines dance and handcrafted papier-mâché masks to explore their mixed Japanese Canadian heritage. Drawing on traditional rituals like the Japanese tea ceremony, Omote delves into themes of identity, beauty, and the contrast between ‘honne’ (true feelings) and ‘tatemae’ (public face). Explore multitudes of layers of being and the self, as the artists reveal the evolving nature of identity.
About Canada’s Storytellers
Canada’s Storytellers is an ongoing series of programs that connects visitors with cultural works, and their creators, to explore themes of immigration, migration, multiculturalism, (in) equality and Canadian identity. Canada’s Storytellers has welcomed renowned authors such as Lawrence Hill, Madeleine Thien, Mark Sakamoto, Blaise Ndala, Kim Thuy; screened films like Kayak to Klemtu, Bagages, I Am Rohingya, and more.