Working Class with Be Heintzman Hope - November 30/December 2/4

CLASS DESCRIPTION THE SINGING GARDEN Using the voice as an instrument, we will tune the body in tandem with others. Activating the breath, voice and ears will deepen our listening as we open our sonic chambers. Participants will be guided through vocal warm ups and improvisations before learning melodies, hockets and rounds! Songs learned will be a mixture of original compositions and varied folk music. This workshop draws from breath, voice and movement improvisation, qigong, Gyrokinesis®, choir, Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette’s growling work DUNKEL, and workshops taken with Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble. We will read passages of Quantum Listening by Pauline Oliveros and The Gender of Sound by Anne Carson, to further inform our practice. BIO Moving between sound and performance, Be Heintzman Hope is a facilitator of music, dance and embodiment ritual based between Tio’tia:ke/Mooniyang, colonially known as Montréal and the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musquem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Wateuth) peoples. Their practice bridges dance training with expanded vocal techniques, sound healing, experimental music and conflict resolution. With the mission to connect people to their embodied wisdom and inherent luminosity — they have led workshops and classes at universities, festivals, artist run studios, shelters, and community spaces across Turtle Island and Europe while founding The Singing Dancing Garden. As interpreter, maker and pedagogue, Be’s work is concerned with personal and collective transformation through embodiment practice. thesingingdancinggarden.com Photo Credits: Courtesy of the artist ** If you are new to TSV, please read and fill our TSV Consent & Liability Form **By purchasing a class, You hereby release to Training Society of Vancouver the rights to all photography and video recordings that may be taken during classes and workshops for promotional use.