Tara Butler and Kathleen Rea danced in Ballet Jorgen Canada’s first production of The Nutcracker on tour in 1996. They … More
Category: Expressive Arts Therapy
Grieving the Loss of the Local Volunteer Gardens in Roncesvalles Village
The Roncesvalles Village Business Improvement Association (BIA) in Toronto Canada has re-planted the 21 garden beds along Roncesvalles Avenue. They … More
Native plant garden beds that are the heart of Roncesvalles Village are threatened by those that want a more organized colour coordinated approach.
Friday, June 11, 2021,RoncyWorks, a team of volunteer gardeners tended to the 21 garden beds along the Roncesvalles strip for 10 … More
Female Choreographer Found: Roshanak Jaberi is a Force to Reckon With
Irma Villafuerte in “No Woman’s Land” photo by Wayne Eardley The spotlight over the past years has turned towards the … More
Filmmaker uses her craft to transform the world: an interview with Olya Glotka
Interview date: June 2017 Olya Glotka, a self-made filmmaker based in Toronto, is transforming the contact dance improvisation community she … More
“That lady”: The story of what happened when a woman put up a boundary in the contact improv world
via “That lady”: The story of what happened when a woman put up a boundary in the contact improv world
Last Studio Run-through For Men’s Circle Before We Head To The Theatre
On Friday we performed our final studio run-through before we move over to the theatre. Here is what our small audience … More
The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture
Originally posted on Dating Tips for the Feminist Man:
The opposite of masculine rape culture is masculine nurturance culture: men* increasing their capacity to nurture, and becoming…
Men’s Circle: making room for male vulnerability might be part of the antidote to rape culture
Kathleen Rea is a registered psychotherapist and the creator of Men’s Circle, a new dance-theatre work that follows the story … More
The Velveteen Rabbit: A Ballet Forty Years in the Making
When I was five years old, I fell in love with Margery Williams’ classic story The Velveteen Rabbit. That year … More
Relationship in Movement: Working on relationship issues with couples through contact improvisation
Working in Toronto during the last year, Kathleen Rea, an expressive arts therapist, author, contact dancer and choreographer, and Brad … More
The Right Size: My Steps to Self-Acceptance
Frames of Control, photographer David Hou I wrote a post for the Love Our Bodies, Love Ourselves Blog (launched the B.C. Provincial … More
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