Soil as Story: A Workshop for Listening to Land

Soil as a tool of remembering and decolonization. In this workshop, take time to listen, make connections, and engage in simple movement with the soil of Central Park. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes that can get dirty!

What does the soil remember? Soil is the place where many narratives meet—personal narratives about culture and memory; political narratives about climate and environmental justice; historical narratives about colonization and displacement. And yet, it is also an antidote to the colonial mindset through its richness, resilience, and abundant life. In this workshop that draws on Sigman’s practice of collecting soils and moving with them, we will take time to listen, make connections, and be with the soil. Together, we will engage in sensory tuning, discussion, and simple movement with the soil of Central Park.

Jill Sigman is a choreographer, performer, improviser, and teacher. Trained in classical ballet, modern dance, analytic philosophy, and the visual arts, Sigman has been making dances and performance installations since the early 90s. In 1998 she founded her company jill sigman/thinkdance as a vehicle for these artistic experiments. In the same year she received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University.

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