Join JoAnna Mendl Shaw for a movement workshop rooted in her Physical Listening practice, an approach to movement that invites participants to listen deeply through the body and respond to the people, materials, and environment around them.
JoAnna’s years of interspecies work in rural communities have shaped her approach to movement and community engagement, developing practices of listening, attention, and responsiveness to people, place, and the more-than-human. During this workshop, participants will explore these practices in the landscape of Pillow Fort, offering a glimpse into JoAnna’s creative process as she develops Leave No Trace with local dancers and artists.
No prior dance experience is necessary. Come ready to move, listen, and explore.
Part of JoAnna Mendl Shaw and The Equus Projects’ weeklong residency at Pillow Fort Arts Center. Read more about the residency →
Drop in movement workshops: Mon/Tue/Wed Sep 21-23 | 10AM-12PM
Performances: Sat/Sun Sep 26 & 27 | 3PM
Please RSVP in advance.
Veteran choreographer and dance educator, JoAnna Mendl Shaw has been expanding the parameters and strategies for dance-making, since 1998.
Her company, The Equus Projects, tours throughout the States and Europe, creating site-specific works in immersive collaboration with local communities.
Shaw has taught on faculty at NYU, The Juilliard School, Alvin Ailey BFA and Certificate Programs, Princeton University, Mount Holyoke College, Montclair State, Marymount Manhattan and most recently as a Visiting Adjunct Professor at Stanford University. She has been a Visiting Artist at University of Florida, Ohio State, Colorado State, Dickinson College, Point Park College, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Shaw is the recipient of two NEA Choreographic Fellowships and multiple NEA grants for the Equus Projects’ Interdisciplinary Performances. She has brought her somatic practice of Physical Listening into elementary schools and academic think tanks, the Naval War College, workshops at NYU Medical School and Stanford School of Medicine. Shaw is a certified Laban Movement Analyst and the author of the 2022 book, Physical Listening, A Dancer’s Interspecies Journey.
Shaw has served on the Board of Directors of Ping Chong Company and Ice Theatre of New York, a Founding Board Member of The Gender Project, Career Transitions for Dancers and DANCE RISING. 200