Danse ANIMA

•• WELCOME TO DANSE ANIMA••

A movement experience in co-creation with live improvised music by artists of the Jamhouse Collective.

This is a monthly 2-hour journey into the invisible architectures we weave together through listening and moving. A space where music and movement arise in dialogue—each leading, each receiving, each transforming the other.

Guiding the entry into this movement experience, Valerie Sabbah will lead an embodied preparation, inviting you to ground, soften, and tune in to your dance. Jamhouse musicians, open and present, will engage with you and with one another to hold a continuous field of deep listening and playing —alive, responsive, and evolving in the moment.

Together, movers and musicians, enter an attuned ecosystem—a field shaped by impulse, resonance, and response. Neither a performance nor a dance party, this is a shared practice of radical presence, embodiment and co-creation. It is a space where attention is a form of care, where freedom lives in the body, and where expression becomes possible without pressure or label.

What unfolds is unrepeatable, felt, and real— a collective composition, a living score of mutual resonance. Whether you're moving, still, witnessing, or simply soaking in the experience, Danse ANIMA offers a dynamic collective space to play, feel, listen and connect.

PROGRAM:

7:00 PM — Doors open, arrival, socializing

7:20 PM — Opening circle, Guided Movement Preparation, Free movement experience

* doors close at 7:20pm sharp so we can begin together (this is a closed container, so you must arrive by the time the opening circle begins)

9:20 PM — Final resonance, Closing Circle

10:00 PM — Departure

ACCESSIBILITY & INTENSITY:

Intensity: Low to moderate (with moments of dynamic expression)

This practice includes:

• movement and stillness

• listening-based improvisation

• live music interaction

• solo and group exploration

• reflective and ritual elements

Participants are encouraged to move at their own pace and engage according to their capacity.

SPRING 2026 DATES

~ Monthly ~ Thursday evenings:

APRIL 16

MAY 14

JUNE 11

LOCATION

Moment Collectives space @ Proto Studio

5333 Casgrain, Studio 1107 (11th floor)

Laurier Metro Station

LANGUAGE:

This evening will be facilitated in English and French, or in the group’s preferred language.

WHAT TO BRING:

– Comfortable clothes to move in

– A water bottle

– Your presence and curiosity