IMMERSE: Contemporary Labs with Yolanda Lowatta

Using three key concepts: cellular, air, and context, Yolanda Lowatta leads a three-hour lab exploring our expanding cells, both energetically within the body and in the rehearsal space.

Cellular: Feeling everything deeply on a cellular level, being moved by even the smallest things.

Air: Physically taking up space rather than existing as an invisible, untextured void.

Context: Understanding how you feel about a scenario or narrative. How does your movement resonate, and how can you connect it back to the cellular realm?

Through the exploration of these themes, Yolanda guides participants into movement, facilitating further discovery. As an artist, she is passionate about exploring raw sensation, experimenting with different textures and contexts, and approaching movement from fresh perspectives each time. Drawn to story and emotion, she finds inspiration in these elements, viewing her work as sculptures that capture fleeting moments.

Date: 3 December, 4-7pm
Venue: A Block Theatre, Gorman Arts Centre
Cost: $44 + BF

About Yolanda:

Yolanda Lowatta is a Geidei woman from Iama, ZENADTH KES and is also of Papua New Guinea & Fijian heritage. In 2016 Yolanda was awarded a Helpmann award for Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre. She has danced nationally & internationally for Bangarra Dance Theatre. Yolanda has danced for Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, Jannawi Dance Clan, Australian Dance Party, and YT Dingo. Studying at Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Yolanda graduated in 2013. Her arts credits include MABO the movie, Stolen the play & Up The Ladder the play. Yolanda has ventured into teaching with Austi Dance & Physical Theatre, Brolga Dance Academy, Ballet Centre Canberra and QL2 Dance. As an ADP Artist she has performed in Connecting Stories, Hillscape and Culture Cruise and was the 2023 Seeding Ground Artist. Yolanda has just finished her second season of Mountain dancing for Melanie Lane in the Now or Never Festival 2024.