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Home2025 ATME Colloquium Program

RE-IGNITE: MOVEMENT AS MEDICINE

May 15 - 18 Hosted by Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ

Our body is like a library; it houses all our stories, memories, traumas. How do we heal and transform through our movement practices?

Reconnect with movement colleagues from around the country to re-engage, re-connect; re-inspire, and re-invigorate each other, our bodies, minds, and breath, somatically after the disconnection we all experienced during covid.

Remember our bodies, remember our communities, build new bridges, and new futures. To move and be moved. Engage. Explore. Enrich. Discover.

The ATME Colloquium will include a keynote workshop, guest artists, peer-to-peer workshops, spaces for reflection and dialogue, and happy hours!

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Program

Thursday, May 15

5:00 - 5:15pm Meet and Greet / ATME Board Welcome

 

5:15pm - 6:30pm The J.O.Y. Technique - Yo-EL Cassell

 

6:30pm HAPPY HOUR at Pita Jungle (cash bar; light fare provided by ATME)

 

8:00pm Roof Top Social (cash bar)


Friday May 16

8:30am - 9:00am The Breakfast Physical Warm Up Series (optional) - Yo-EL Cassell

 

9:00am - 10:30am [LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WORKSHOP] Margolis Method Workshop - Kari Margolis

 

10:30am - 10:40am BREAK

 

10:40am - 12:00pm [LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WORKSHOP] Margolis Method Workshop - Kari Margolis


12:00pm - 1:30pm LUNCH


1:30pm - 2:10pm Balancing the Nervous System with Contemplative Movement Practice - Mark Devine


2:10pm - 2:30pm Not Finding Neutral: Adapting Lecoq Technique for the Inclusive Movement Classroom - Clara Kundin


2:30pm - 3:20pm The Actor's Reset and Emotional Palette - Nick Erickson


3:30pm - 4:20pm Digging Deep: The Body as Palimpsest - Eliza Ladd Schwarz


4:20pm - 5:10pm Grappling with Consent: Creating Staged Violence through Contact Improvisation and Consent - Cara Rawlings


5:10pm - 5:20pm BREAK


5:20pm - 6:30pm Reflection and Integration - Rachel Bowditch, Annette Thornton, Jarod Hanson


Saturday, May 17

8:30am - 9:00am The Breakfast Physical Warm Up Series (optional) - Yo-EL Cassell

 

9:00am - 10:30am [KEYNOTE WORKSHOP] Presence as Practice: Suzuki and Viewpoints - Will Bond

 

10:30am - 10:40am BREAK

 

10:40am - 12:00pm [KEYNOTE WORKSHOP] Presence as Practice: Suzuki and Viewpoints - Will Bond


12:00pm - 1:30pm LUNCH

 

1:30pm - 2:20pm [GUEST WORKSHOP] The Spine: Foundation, Expression, and Strength - Micha Espinosa

 

2:20pm - 3:10pm Reimagining Commedia dell'Arte - Tara Cariaso

 

3:10pm - 4:0pm Image Rehab: Images, Imagination and Creativity in the Digital Landscape - Cathy Madden

 

4:00pm - 4:10pm BREAK

  

4:10pm - 5:00pm The Body Speaks - Angela Giron


5:00pm - 5:50pm A.I. in Motion: Collaborative Movement Analysis and Character Crafting - T. Anthony Marotta


5:50pm - 6:30pm Reflection and Integration - Rachel Bowditch, Annette Thornton, Jarod Hanson


Sunday, May 18

8:30am - 9:00am The Breakfast Physical Warm Up Series (optional) - Yo-EL Cassell

 

9:00am - 9:50am Expanding our Three-Dimensional Vitality: Movement Explorations Grounded in the Principles of the Alexander Technique and Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing - Kelley Schoger

 

9:50am - 10:40am [GUEST WORKSHOP] The Embodied Voice - Rachel Finley


10:40am - 10:50am BREAK


10:50am - 11:40am Making Difficult Art During Difficult Times: Understanding How to Navigate Stress, Trauma, and Burnout in The Arts - Molly W. Schenck


11:40am - 12:30pm Anna Halprin’s Planetary Dance - Pegge Vissicaro


12:30pm - 12:45pm BREAK


12:45pm - 1:30pm Wrapping Up/Closing Ritual - ATME Board

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