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Date: August 1 & 2nd
Times: 10am - 2pm w/ 30 min break
Level: All
Membership Price: $180 (Members can use code MEMBERS10 upon checkout to receive 10% off)
Workshop Description:
Dancing Landscapes is an intensive workshop guide by the Mexican artist Guyphytsy Aldalai that integrates bodily and performative practices in direct dialogue with the space and natural and urban landscape characteristic of Mendocino. The project is the result of seven years of pedagogical and artistic experience, grounded primarily in the pedagogy of Butoh dance and, in this edition, inspired by the theory of the dérive developed by the French philosopher and writer Guy Debord.
The proposal focuses on exploration and transmission of sensitive and creative processes through the body, understood as both territory and active agent, fostering a site-specific learning approach that integrates creation, perception, and bodily memory in relation to particular contexts.
Each session is structured around a specific pedagogical axis that guides exchange and bodily exploration through Butoh dance practices, with emphasis on deep listening, spatial presence, and the articulation of movement in relation to the environment.
These encounters promote not only formative processes but also the creation of ephemeral performative pieces that reflect and re-signify both the spaces and the explorations carried out, strengthening the transmission of embodied knowledge and the dialogue between body, space, and community.
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 that has fostered 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 that is capable of rewriting its narratives.
Required Materials:
Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing that permits easy movement without visible brands or advertisements. A water bottle, notebook, and pen are essential.
Optional Materials: