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FREE Dance Improvisation Workshop
June 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Dance Victoria welcomes Residency Artist Stacey Horton, who will use her time at DV Studios to develop the choreography for her latest work, Framed. As part of her residency, Stacey will be offering a free dance improvisation workshop.
Register here beginning 10am June 3
What to Expect
This all-levels workshop invites creativity, play, and exploration through movement and structures of dance improvisation. We will begin with a guided independent warm-up that moves gradually from the floor to standing. Dancers are encouraged to follow their impulses as we transition into group scores, creating in-the-moment dances. Stacey will share inspirations from her choreographic residency around the idea of “coming home”, bridging oneself, one’s community, and the space we inhabit.
- Class level: All levels
- Led by: Stacey Horton
- Live Musical Accompaniment: David Parfit
- Pre-registration required.
- Please arrive at 11:45 am for sign-in.
About Stacey Horton
Stacey Horton (she/her) has been creating original works for over 25 years. A graduate of Dance and Theatre from Simon Fraser University, she has a multi-disciplinary approach to making and performing new pieces. She has worked with musicians, filmmakers, actors, poets, and Olympic divers.
Horton’s work has been presented in Western Canada and Seattle by Dancing on the Edge, Gambling Soles Productions, Calgary’s Dance Explosions, Seattle’s Under Construction Series, and in Victoria by Bounce, Suddenly Dance Theatre and Dance Victoria. Additionally, her dance films Self-Storage and Hazina have screened in film festivals in Canada, the USA, Australia, and the Canary Islands. Horton received Dance Victoria’s 2018 Chrystal Dance Prize for her work Concussion, which was presented in Berlin in August 2018. The work premiered in Victoria in 2019 to four sold-out performances and was remounted for Brain Injury Awareness Week at the University of Victoria. Concussion was produced in partnership with the Cridge Centre for the Family through a CRD Equity Grant.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Photos will be taken during the workshop. A photo release form will be available to sign. It is NOT mandatory to consent to photos in order to participate. If you are under 18 years of age, a parent or guardian must sign the waiver and photo release form.
Dance Victoria’s Artist Residency Program is generously supported by Victoria Foundation’s Community Grants Program, RBC Foundation – Emerging Artists, and Canada Council for the Arts; with individual underwriting support from Helen McDonald, and two anonymous donors.
