Abstract Forces: Dance and Movement with Guyphytsy Aldalai — May 31 - Jun 1

Dates: May 31, 2025 → June 1, 2025
Times: Saturday 2 pm - 6 pm and Sunday 10 am - 2 pm
Level: All levels
Membership Price: $200 (Members use code MEMBERS10 at checkout to receive 10% discount)

Workshop Description:
ABSTRACT FORCES An Intensive Workshop by Guyphytsy Aldalai (MX) Guyphytsy Aldalai’s approach blends the pedagogy of Butoh Dance and Integrated Movement Techniques, drawing on her extensive experience as a performer, researcher, and educator. Her methodology incorporates practices from Eastern traditions such as Noguchi Taiso, Body Weather, Katsugen, and Kalaripayattu, offering a framework to explore the body as a dynamic, transformative space.

The workshop is structured into two main components: basic training and composition. Basic training focuses on providing technical tools and an understanding of –abstract forces–, emphasizing the release of tension and the embrace of gravity as an ally. Participants will explore movement through hydrodynamic principles, discovering fluid, intricate motions that unfold richly in both time and space. Composition invites participants to engage in guided explorations and improvisations, delving into diverse images, materialities, sensations, and forms from which transformative energies and the spirit of time and space can emerge.

This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of prior experience. Guyphytsy´s holistic, interdisciplinary approach empowers participants to reconnect with their bodies, embracing movement as a creative and expressive force capable of unlocking infinite possibilities for self-discovery and transformation.

About the Instructor:
Multidisciplinary artist Guyphytsy Aldalai integrates cultural management, choreography, dance, and body movement research into her practice. Her work explores the body as a site of transformation, drawing from philosophy, literature, and contemporary performing arts. She delves into the fissures of the everyday body, inviting it to un-domesticate and inhabit the margins, questioning the codes that define it. Trained in Jerzy Grotowski's Laboratory Method, Anthropological Theater, and Butoh Dance, her creative process traverses silence and movement, vulnerability and strength.

Guyphytsy is the founder and director of MARES//encounters in Butoh Dance, a biennial festival fostering international artistic exchange since 2017. Her work has been presented in Japan, India, Nicaragua, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, the United States, and Mexico, inspiring new dialogues about the body’s poetic and political dimensions. By integrating multimedia and site-specific approaches, her practice challenges norms, transforming the body into a living archive capable of rewriting its narratives.

Required Materials:
- Participants should bring comfortable clothing that allows for unrestricted movement with no visible brands or advertisements, as well as a water bottle, notebook, and pen.
- yoga mat or blanket

Optional Materials:

- Sunhat and sunblock for outdoor practice.