With Murielle Elizéon & Tommy Noonan

This workshop invites professional dance artists to explore their relationship to the often-dismissed stresses and entangled challenges of their careers using tools of embodied listening, somatic exercises, conversations and writing prompts.

Our time together will begin with a guided practice, which invites participants to sense more deeply into their own relationship with meaning, alignment and doubt in their artistic careers. Through discussion and exercises, the workshop will offer tools and perspectives to develop a more caring and compassionate relationship with the whole of one’s experience, building more capacity for resilience and renewed energy. As body-based artists committed to social practice and change, Murielle and Tommy will connect a set of internal techniques with a larger perspective on creating change in the world and reimagining what is possible by starting with a creative and care-ful, process of inner listening.

More About the Series: 
Continuing Dance/USA’s programming for and about independent artists, this series of critical conversations will bring together artists from diverse backgrounds to share and reflect on their journeys in dance, their artistic work, and their practice around wellness.  Guided by the artists’ experience and interests, these conversations center storytelling and invite deep listening and collective learning. Exploring these and other issues, this series of programs will offer a learning journey, with moderated and unmoderated conversations, opportunities for attendee participation, and curated readings. Thank you to the Wallace Foundation for their partnership in presenting this series in 2026.