Co-Lab Creative Performance

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

More about the Co-Lab Creative Retreat: Our second annual Co-Lab Creative Retreat at Confluence Arts Center! This retreat is a seven day journey into a collaborative performance making process. Rooted in theater, dance, and storytelling practices, together we’ll activate creative tools we already hold, learn new ones, and expand the possibilities of live performance. Recognizing the inherent connections across the dance and theater realms, we are interested in how these processes can be in creative and collaborative exchange. Uplifting values of embodiment, experimentation, compassionate listening to self/eachother/nature, we will honor our intersectionalities and collective expertise as we strengthen our creative practices within our shared artistic 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 our true authentic selves, together in each present moment.