Soft Chaos is a guided improvisation contemporary dance movement practice. It begins with a body scan in an upwards path of liberation. Throughout this process, we create energy upheavals that release the old and make space for the new. We will allow the disorder to open new potential pathways. We layer momentum with interruptions that redirect our body in space. We traverse the lengths of the room with enlivened spirits. We then travel downwards through the path of manifestation. Taking control of our decision-making, agency, and the curating of our bodies in space and in relation to others. The path of manifestation provides an opportunity to affect change and consciously inhabit the body. You will be encouraged to challenge the lengths of form and technique, stamina, and presence. You will be encouraged to utilize the floor. You decide your limitations. You free yourself. We conclude the class with phrase work/choreography to unite our centered focus.
When: Tuesday, June 27th
Where: Main Studio at 366 Adelaide East
Time: 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Investment: $35+HST
About Amara Barner
Amara Barner is a multidisciplinary artist from Minnesota, who currently resides in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke) Quebec. As a teenager she traveled as an assistant to the choreographers of The Pulse On Tour, Intrigue Dance Convention, as well as Emma Portner. Among opportunities for professional development, Amara was granted opportunities to perform and teach at workshops in Australia, Mexico, England, and Italy. After moving to New York City at 16, Amara worked commercially for television including dancing backup for Sia on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, and music videos like Cardinal's Pride: Masterpiece. Barner was the youngest dancer hired for local company, RUBBERBAND and worked with the group from 2016-2021. She toured internationally with the company's show Vic’s Mix, and also danced in the company's premiers and following international tours of Ever So Slightly/Vraiment Doucement, including the KOTV TeleQuebec adaptation of the show for television. Amara went on to the work of artists such as Anne Plamondon in Counter Cantor, Dana Gingras' Creation Destruction, and multiple works by Elon Höglund of Tentacle Tribe. Amara performed in Tentacle Tribe's short films Metamorph, Touch, and Terra. As well as the live performance of DiRT for Festival Quartier Danse. Barner also performed in the TVA show Chanteurs Masqués in seasons one and two. As well, Amara has danced in music videos such as La Force’s All That I Am, Aisha Bahdu’s Lazy River, and Make Believe by sickxsense. Amara was featured in Dance Magazine’s July 2020 issue as an artist “On The Rise “, and has also been interviewed for the podcast Artistic Roots, and the digital magazine Black Lights. Barner joined 'Hit The Floor' in 2021 and 2022 as a judge for their competitions in Quebec. She presented her first multidisciplinary solo entitled “mongrel” in 2021 at the VAV Gallery, adapted into a gallery exhibition in 2022. Her second exhibition, "the interconnected network of everything and anything" was on display at the FOFA Gallery for a month in early 2023
