Ollin Yollistli: Embrace the Sacred Movement
with Izayotilmahtzin Mazehualli
at El Paseo Community Garden
Free; online advance registration encouraged.
Location: El Paseo Community Garden, 944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
"Ollin Yollistli: Embrace the Sacred Movement," is an immersive workshop that delves into the profound wisdom of the Mexican Nahua Indigenous tradition. Participants can prepare to embark on a transformative journey as we explore the harmonious fusion of movement, breathwork, and posture techniques deeply rooted in Indigenous cosmology and its connection to the natural world.
Immerse yourself in intentional movement and alignment, guided by the sacred teachings of Ollin—the Nahua concept of cosmic movement and transformation. This workshop invites you to forge a connection with your inner self, the environment, and the cosmic forces that shape our very existence.
No prior experience is required to participate in this workshop. Come with an open mind and a willingness to explore and embrace the sacred movement within you. Please dress comfortably that allows free movement.
Curated by Marcela Torres
part of Links Hall’s Co-MISSION Curatorial Residency program
Ofrendas en Sinestesia; experiments in shared dance rituals, considers how communities in Pilsen and Little Village practice spirituality as ancestral technology and create contemporary storytelling through transcendent dance ceremonies. The artists will blend together different cultures and their forms of ancestral connection.
In Pilsen, they will curate an outdoor ceremony, inviting artists–including Izayo Mazehualli and Kinniari Vora–to present traditional dances and assist in fire services and sacred objects. Indoor performances at Links Hall include dance and storytelling rooted in ceremonial research and practice. Members of the public are invited to join the artists, exploring how diasporas living in the U.S. create new viewpoints and new genres of performance.
Featured Artist
Partner Organization: El Paseo Community Garden
El Paseo Community Garden’s mission is to strengthen environmental stewardship and civic engagement while protecting equitable green space on behalf of the community. Their governance and leadership structure allows for anyone with a desire to make an impact to do so, growing not only healthy food, but community leaders as well. The outdoor space has become a community center and partner for anyone willing to share accessible community resources. Their goal is to Empower through Nature. Since 2009, El Paseo Community Garden (founded as Growing Station) has been fostering community and wellness for Pilsen residents through stewardship, conservation, placemaking, partnerships, programming, and community gardening. The garden is one of many NeighborSpace protected and community managed spaces in Chicago, with over an acre of equitable greenspace maintained by volunteers and donations. The garden is a converted brownfield site and sits along a path with a native prairie and permaculture food forest on one side and raised beds and an apiary on the other.
Links Hall’s Co-MISSION Curatorial Residency program supports independent, Chicago dance curators, producers, and social practice artists in presenting new and existing performance by their communities, for their communities. In collaboration with Links Hall and a local organization in their own Chicago neighborhoods, the 2022-2023 resident curators will invite artists from their communities to present new or existing performance work at both Links Hall and a neighborhood location. Projects include engaging community events outside of the formal theater environment. Residency awards include artist fees for curators and participating artists; direct funding for neighborhood-based partner organizations; and administrative support, rehearsal space, marketing, and technical production services.
Additional Events in the Curatorial Residency program:
HL Doruelo | KO-MISSION: Event Series
May 5th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
May 6th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
May 27th, 2023 - 2pm virtual on Zoom
May 28th, 2023 - 2pm at Horner Park
Take Some Leave Some | The Shwang Out
May 19th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
May 20th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
June 29th, 2023 - 7:30pm at The Block House Gallery
June 30th, 2023 - 7:30pm at The Block House Gallery
Marcela Torres | Ofrendas en Sinestesia; experiments in shared dance rituals
June 2nd, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
June 3rd, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
June 4th, 2023 - 11am at El Paseo Community Garden
June 9th, 2023 - 5:30pm at El Paseo Community Garden
June 10th, 2023 - 12:30pm at El Paseo Community Garden
Christopher “Mad Dog” Thomas | Juke 4 Liberation
May 26th, 2023 - 6pm at The Honeycomb Network