Co-Lab Creative Performance

Join the participants of the Co-Lab Creative Retreat to witness what they created together during their five day immersion.  Rooted in theater and dance practices, together they co-created a performance in relationship with the natural environment and in collaboration with our personal and collective stories.

More about the Co-Lab Creative Retreat: a five day journey into a collaborative performance making process. Rooted in theater and dance practices, together we’ll activate creative tools we already hold, learn new ones, and expand the possibilities of live performance. Recognizing the cross over between the dance and theater worlds, we are interested in how these processes can be in creative and collaborative exchange. Uplifting values of embodiment, experimentation, compassionate listening to self/other/nature, we will honor our intersectionalities and collective expertise as we strengthen our creative practices in community.

Devising is a way to create new works of art within a community by the process of dialogue, reflection, expressive movement, playfulness, sharing stories, sound, composition, and improvisation. Together we’ll explore, generate, and expand our devising skills, through co-creating a performance that honors our individual and shared creative lineages. Join us in our “collective laboratory” barn space, to “Col-lab” and restore in the natural inspiration of the Oregon countryside. Let's connect to the joy of moving, making art, voicing our truths and living life fully as ourselves in each present moment.