Workshop: Dancing With Our Ancestors

Join choreographer and dancer Jacque Pritz (Catching Mangoes Dance Company, Emory Arts) for an excerpt performance of her original work, I’m sorry for your loss: A movement memoir, an intimate exploration of grief, self and communal care, ancestral relationships, and cultural perspectives of life and death. This powerful duet portrays one individual’s journey through loss, capturing the evolving dynamics of a cherished yet complicated relationship.

During the post-performance workshop, “Dancing with Our Ancestors,” participants will reflect on their own ancestral relationships and honor them by contributing to an altar art installation, followed by light movement prompts and walking patterns. Participants are invited to consider and investigate concepts like: How do inevitable endings shape our relationships? How does grief manifest in the body, and how does it transform over time? How do the ways we care for others reflect how we care for ourselves?

Registration is required.