Creative Workshop with Guest Artist, Lina Cruz
April 28 at12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$20
Lina Cruz’s works are theatrical as well as detailed in body language. She seeks to create otherworldly characters, who interact in surprising ways, playfully conveying the awkwardness of human existence. She works with sound and costumes simultaneously from the start of a creative process and admits to being particularly attached to props, as precious partners in her works.
In this workshop, drawing from components of Cruz’s works, the aim will be to compose a living landscape of creatures, exploring movement, vocals, texts, poems, props and musical participation.
This workshop is geared towards to advanced and professional dancers.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-workshop-with-lina-cruz-tickets-1247449658509?aff=oddtdtcreator
Pay What You May $20 suggested contribution, for those who are able to.
About the artist:
Montreal choreographer Lina Cruz is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award recipient for Outstanding Original Choreography (2012 and 2017) and was nominated for the same award in 2015. She received a second place award in the 1998 international choreographic competition of the St-Sauveur Arts Festival (Quebec). She founded her company, Fila 13 Productions, in 2003 and has presented her work in festivals and events at local, national and international levels. In Montreal, most of her works have premiered in coproduction with Agora de la danse.
Originally from Colombia, Cruz has a background in ballet as much as modern/contemporary styles and takes interest in martial arts and various forms of stage expression. She has created works for independent artists as well as dance companies and institutions of professional dance training. Cruz is also often involved in theatre and opera projects. In her works, she explores detailed body language, sound and vocal expression, composing characters and sketches which portray an unsettling strangeness, but always hand in hand with a mischievous playfulness.
After many years of not performing, at age 67, Lina reconnected with the pleasures and challenges of the stage, performing solo work in Toronto, with more exciting adventures to come in 2025 and 2026!
Photo: Alexandre Frenette
