GUEST WORKSHOP TEACHER: AMANDA ACORN (she/her)

Amanda works to build spaces for care through the intersections of her art practice and her work as a movement guide. In her practice, she creates intimate, sensorial encounters and responsive environments for embodied exchange through dance. As a practitioner who has studied across disciplines and movement modalities, she integrates somatic practices, experiential anatomy and imagery into her teaching in Pilates, movement and dance. Amanda weaves sensory play, curiosity, and space to explore our unique movement pathways, to cultivate the deepening of awareness and playful discovery. She is currently furthering her study of the dialogue between bodies as an MA candidate in York University’s Interdisciplinary Studies program and the practice of Gestalt Psychotherapy, through the Gestalt Institute of Toronto.