MARI OSANAI - November 14 - 17th

Sliding scale $250-$400 - Limited slots for work-trade & scholarships, priority for BIPOC // LGBTQIA.
Please fill out an application by October 15th to be considered.
EDIT: Applications for work-study are now closed.

Mari Osanai was born 1956 in Aomori, Japan. Her training spans both traditional dance technique (classical ballet, modern, and dance) as well as tai chi, Aomori traditional folk dance Tsugaru Teodori, and Noguchi Gymnastics. She studied under extensively under Oikawa Hironobu and teaches and performs throughout Canada, Europe, Japan, and the US.

“Life and death are started by the body. Knowing about the body is very important, especially to us, performers. Noguchi Taiso is a practice that is looking for what is a human being, but also, what is the body for yourself and the feelings of it. How and what my body is feeling, thinking, and accepting now, in this movement? Noguchi Taiso makes your body feel relaxed, soft and sensitive. Every quality of movement (soft, graceful, flexible, powerful, forceful quick, correct, exact, delicate, nice, strong, flow, smooth, sharp…) is created by a relaxed body. You can feel the inside of your body by relaxing. Body works are changes and creations of what the body contents. The outside figure is just appearance after changing the inside. The human being’s body is mainly composed of body liquid (about 70 %). The human being is a living water bag. All movements dynamics are fluid dynamics. Flowing body liquid makes movement. You will use your own weight and gravity to move. Weight will be a motive power for movements. Every movement is made by changing weight and flowing weight.”

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The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice

The sliding scale is a tool that allows for the services of our teachers to be obtained at multiple price points based on the circumstances of the purchaser. We believe that teachers deserve to get paid and students deserve classes which recognize the multiple realities of economic access and privilege that exist. Please refer to this graphic and do your best to truthfully select at the price point that most accurately fits your economic reality. There are a limited amount of slots for the two lower price points at the end of the scale. Please be mindful that if you register at the lowest end of the scale when you can truthfully afford a higher registration price, you are limiting access to those who truly need the gift of financial flexibility.