12 Mar The Silent Dancer In All Of Us: Claire Tonna for Movimento
ŻfinMalta have the privilege of hosting the beautiful Claire Tonna for our next Movimento/ Talking Dance session on the 21st March. We caught up with Claire to see what we can expect from her session/workshop, and why there is ‘a silent dancer waiting to be unleashed’ in all of us.
About Claire Tonna
Claire is a queer Maltese singer, songwriter, performer renowned internationally for her distinctively contralto voice and writing, considered to be one that transmits the plural facets of human emotion and empowerment. Tonna ’s works and performances have been taking place all over the globe in the last two decades inside theatres, festivals, LGBTQI+ spaces, prisons, slums, refugee centres, mental hospitals and many other spaces resonating with her truth filled music and vocation. The facets of her presence and voice are acclaimed to present the audience an experience of incomparable empowerment. In 2019 she won the title and award of ‘Best European Singer/Songwriter’ rewarded by the Tour Music Fest, Sony (Italy) and Berklee College from Boston, United States.
‘ I sing what heals my broken bones and sing them in the one voice we are; Human.’ CT
We hold the words that we need to hear, say, cry to, laugh at, be strengthened by, even embraced and belong with. The truth is that we each are the only ones that know those words, that silent dancer waiting to be unleashed.
Why is this art form so important?
Songwriting is a tool for discovering the words and power one needs to tell themselves or maybe even ‘stop’ telling themselves. It is a release, an insight, a very important conversation one can have with themselves to see how and where they are, what they need, what changes can be made to lead to a happier state of being.
We hold the words that we need to hear, say, cry to, laugh at, be strengthened by, even embraced and belong with. The truth is that we each are the only ones that know those words, that silent dancer waiting to be unleashed. The songs / and art created through such process carries a genuine narrative, emotional, physical, human, one that never fails to resonate with all who are witnessing and experiencing its delivery.
In this workshop Claire Tonna shares this practice and ways of how it can be applied to dance and other forms of creative work.
What can we expect?
A master class/workshop sharing the tools in songwriting that Claire uses, develops and shares, the foundations of which can benefit any dancer, artist, creator and any human being. Participants engaging with this experience may dive deeper into their emotional intelligence a may discover the songwriter in them.
A listening journey leading to the creation of words, songs, and dances we want to experience; to be and to become. The workshop will deliver tools that strengthen the genuinity and emotional narrative communicated in the arts.
Who can benefit from songwriting?
Everyone.
‘There is a silent choreographer in each one of us that our own words can unveil. The sound and meaning of such words is the big conversation we might need to hear. An interior dancer manifesting how we live and what we are creating with our movement and thoughts; for and beyond the stage’.
Don’t miss the third Movimento/ Talking Dance appointment of our 2023/24 season!
