Aeris Körper, Hamilton, ON (2026)

01/22/2026

📣 Now Open: Prospects — Expressions of Interest ,📣

We’re so excited to share that Prospects, a signature Aeris Körper event within the Here&Now Festival, is now open for Expressions of Interest!

Prospects invites choreographers to share a work-in-progress, and engage in a facilitated dialogue with the audience—posing three guiding questions and receiving reflections that support clarity, curiousity, and the next phase of creation.

What to know:
✨ $500 CAD honorarium + applicable taxes
✨ Open to choreographers who self-identify as Hamilton-based (in all the ways that relationship may show up)
✨ New works or existing works with a specific new question or element
✨ 4–25 minutes in length
✨ All dance & movement-based artists are encouraged to apply

Timeline:
🗓 EOI Deadline: February 20 at 11:59pm
💌 Notifications by April 11
🔗 Apply via the link in bio
📩 Accessibility needs or questions: mayumi@aeriskorper.com

We can’t wait to witness the pieces you're creating, the questions you’re holding, and the conversations they open ❣️

DanceProcess WorkInProgress ChoreographicInquiry CommunityCare DanceDialogue

Photographer: Drew Berry
Choreographer/Performer: Jenna Harris

01/19/2026

🤗 Hey community! Meet Priyanka, this month’s Neighbourhood Moves facilitator. She might already look familiar... as AK Board Member, and past participant in the hArt Dance Film Series AND Prospects: Here&Now 2025, we are super pumped to bring her teachings to our workshop series!

👣 Priyanka is an emerging Kathak artist, choreographer, vocalist, and dance educator originally from New York, now based in Hamilton, Canada. She began studying Kathak at a young age under Pandita Guru Archana Joglekar and has continued her training for over a decade with her teacher and mentor Parul Shah. Priyanka has also trained in Bharatanatyam under Smt. Guru Satya Pradeep.
When Priyanka moved to Hamilton in 2022, the city lacked a Kathak community. Since then, she has made it her mission to foster a growing community through teaching at her home and McMaster University. Priyanka’s aim is to raise awareness of Kathak and strengthen Hamilton’s diverse arts scene.

💌 Join Priyanka on January 31st for Introduction to Kathak at Magnolia Hall, and participate in embodied learning of the North Indian classical dance form known for its rhythmic footwork, expressive storytelling, and dynamic play between structure and improvisation.

Reserve your spot today at the link in our bio ❤️

📸 Photo by Erick Torres

01/15/2026

✨ Before our workshop this weekend, we wanted to introduce you to the stunning space we’ll be moving together in... this is Magnolia Hall!

Magnolia Hall, built in 1877 in the Gothic Revival style, is a beautiful adaptive re-use of a former church with colourful stained glass windows, stunning woodwork and beautiful gardens. It is now ran as a rental venue by the City of Hamilton, and we feel so lucky to get to host movement in it with the community!

Experience the space for yourself this Saturday...
👣 Introduction to Kathak with Priyanka Topé
📆 Saturday January 31st
⏰ 2-4PM
📍 Magnolia Hall,115 Hunter St. W
💸 Pay-what-you-can
👯 Ages 16+

🖇️ Link in our bio to pre-register!

01/14/2026

💫 We’re thrilled to welcome Priyanka, Aeris Körper board member and Kathak artist and educator, as this month’s Neighbourhood Moves Workshop facilitator. Priyanka will guide us through an introduction to Kathak, a North Indian classical dance form blending footwork, gestures and storytelling. Come explore rhythm and celebrate diverse movement traditions with us!

As always, no experience needed, just a willingness to move with community!

✨ Introduction to Kathak with Priyanka Topé
📅 Saturday January 31st
🕛 2-4PM
📍 Magnolia Hall,115 Hunter St. W
💸 Pay-what-you-can
👯‍♀️ Ages 16+

Neighbourhood Moves is made possible through the generous support of the Incite Foundation for the Arts.

🔗 Link in our bio to pre-register!

AerisKörper

01/09/2026

Witness some of the magic from last week’s Neighbourhood Moves workshop with Heryka Miranda 🍃✨

🌬️Heryka guided us through her practice in Honouring the Land Through Movement Inspirations - a gentle journey of movement, connection, friendship, respect and peace. Special thanks to the Cotton Factory for hosting us!

Missed us this time? Neighbourhood Moves is a monthly series, and we may just be popping up in your neighbourhood next! 🗺️

Check out our website, linked in our bio, for the full series schedule, or stayed tuned on instagram for details of our next offering, coming soon!!🪩

🕺Facilitator: Heryka Miranda
🎥 Video shot and edited by Clairandean Humphrey
💫 Space: The Cotton Factory

12/22/2025

🌟The Holidays are just around the corner… and so is our final Neighbourhood Moves workshop of the year!! We thought we’d introduce ya to this month’s venue... the iconic Cotton Factory 🌟

The Cotton Factory is a Creative Industries complex in East Hamilton. In the heart of lower Hamilton, this former cotton mill built in 1900 is a prime example of adaptive reuse. The former site of the Imperial Cotton Co. has been transformed into a creative industries complex, with space for workshops, studios for artists and office space for creative professionals. Film and TV productions, photographers and special events are also drawn to the building by its unique aesthetic and its historic charm.

We hope you can enjoy this unique space with us as we move & groove through that odd time between Christmas and New Years 🌀

🍃 Honouring the Land Through Movement Inspirations with Heryka Miranda
📅 Saturday, December 27, 2025
📍 The Cotton Factory — 270 Sherman Ave N. Hamilton
🕛 2–4PM
💸 Pay-what-you-can
👯‍♀️ Ages 16+

🔗 Link in our bio to pre-register!

12/18/2025

AK's 2025 WRAPPED 💫

THANK YOU to everyone who made 2025 an INCREDIBLE year for us here at Aeris Körper. Whether you attended our festival, moved with us at a workshop, or contributed to our work through a donation, you played a huge part in supporting empowered expression here in Hamilton ❤️.

The year isn't quite over yet! And we wanted to let you know that there is still time to contribute financially to our work, and receive back one of the amazing perks we've got lined up...

💌 Donations made through our Canada Helps page before December 31st are eligible for the following...

💫$50+ will be named as a Community Supporter on our website.

⭐️$100+ will also receive free access to our online movement workshop Dancing is for Everyone and a personalized notebook.

🌟$500+ will also be named the Artistic Associate Sponsor, announced at every 2026 public event.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to contribute today!

📸 Many of these photos were captured at our AK team shoot back in May by the incredible

12/02/2025

It’s Giving Tuesday! 💌
And we’re asking for your support 🫱🏾‍🫲🏻

We at Aeris Korper have the mission to bring people into empowered expression through movement. We do this through three main activities: Workshops, Performances and Mentorship. ✨

Aeris Korper provides services that directly improves the quality of life for Hamiltonians. This Giving Tuesday, show your support for dance; your gift will directly fuel creative inquiry, connection and community care. 🌀

We welcome your contributions to the development of accessible, mindful communities, artful experiences and artistic leaders. Join us in sustaining this work. ❤️

Follow the link in our bio to donate today and receive a charitable receipt and our deep appreciation. 🥰

🎥 Video footage by multiple contributors across our various projects, including:
Clairandean Humphrey
Joel Galenkamp
Drew Berry .photography
Taylor Wallace

11/28/2025

Giving Tuesday is approaching, and this year, we’re asking for your support 💗

Now a registered charitable organization, not only do your donations greatly impact our work & the landscape of dance here in Hamilton, but it also gives you a charitable tax receipt 🤩

😎 We’ve got a couple of other perks lined up for you, if you make a donation to us before December 31st on Canada Helps…

💫$50+ will be named as a Community Supporter on our website.

⭐️$100+ will also receive free access to our online movement workshop Dancing is for Everyone and a personalized notebook.

🌟$500+ will also be named the Artistic Associate Sponsor, announced at every 2026 public event.

This Giving Tuesday, show your support for dance (or make your donation early at the link in our bio🔗!)

📸 Photo of Soraya Lee Wo, LOR, and Mayumi Lashbrook by Marlowe Porter

11/25/2025

With just 4 days till our next workshop, Unbound: Dance & Release with LOR & DJ Savage Good, we thought we'd introduce you to our very special venue partner, Ore Movement Studio! 💫

Ore Movement Studio is home to many different ways to move, offering a variety of Mat and Reformer classes to promote health and wellness. Come check out this stunning Locke St. studio, as we dance and groove our way through a curated sonic landscape!! 👣

💃🏽 Unbound: Dance & Release with LOR
📅 Saturday, November 29, 2025
📍 Ore Movement Studio — 174 Locke St S., Hamilton
🕛 2–4PM
💸 Pay-what-you-can
👯‍♀️ Ages 16+

🔗 Link in our bio to pre-register!

11/23/2025

Can you believe it? Our next Neighbourhood Moves workshop is only ONE WEEK AWAY & we're nearly sold out!! 🥳

This workshop offering is super special, because not only do we have our INCREDIBLE Artistic Associate, LOR , facilitating, but also, they're bringing in a VERY SPECIAL guest... DJ Savage Good 🤩🤩

❤️ LOR (she/they) is a Filipino q***r embodiment artist and facilitator, who invites people to move freely, breathe deeply, and feel more at home in their bodies. She weaves mindfulness, functional movement, free-form dance, and ritual into experiences that celebrate embodiment and authentic connection. Rooted in trauma awareness and guided by curiousity, LOR's offerings inspire self-exploration, play, and creative care, making space for movement that feels both nourishing and liberating. She's trained with GOODBODYFEEL, The 360 Emergence, The Embody Lab, Somatic Soul Coach School, and Downward Dog Yoga Center. LOR aims to empower folks, especially those made to be marginalized, to reconnect with their inherent wisdom, agency, and expression, and to build more trust and tenderness with themselves, their communities, and the world around them.

LOR has been collaborating with DJ Savage Good to bring a super special curation of music so you can move freely, in joyful dancing & release! 💫

Join us for Unbound: Dance & Release next Saturday, November 29th, but make sure you register ahead of time!! We're nearly sold out 🤯

🔗 Link in our bio to pre-register!

📸 Photo of LOR by Marlowe Porter
Photo of DJ Savage Good by Katie Rawn

10/01/2025

🌟 We are proud to present you with our first workshop of the Neighbourhood Moves series... Open Choreography with Jenna Harris! .x

Jenna will be sharing choreography influenced by her diverse dance background, incorporating elements of Contemporary, Hip-Hop and Street Dance. With emphasis on storytelling, Harris will cover approaches to movement texture, style and performance. Be sure to come with comfortable sneakers! Open to all levels. 🕺🏻

We'll be moving & grooving at Studio Zee Pilates on October 25th from 2-4pm. Participation is PWYC! Come for the dancing, stay for the snacks! 🤭

Registration for every workshop in the series is LIVE on Eventbrite. Click the link in our bio 🔗

Thank you to the Incite Foundation for the Arts for their funding support for this program!

📸 Image of Jenna Harris by Trinity Lloyd .a.lin

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