Saturday, April 26, 2025, 10 AM – 12:30 PM EDT

Join choreographer and dancer Jacque Pritz (Catching Mangoes Dance Company, Emory Arts) for an excerpt performance of her original work, I'm sorry for your loss: A movement memoir, an intimate exploration of grief, self and communal care, ancestral relationships, and cultural perspectives of life and death. This powerful duet portrays one individual's journey through loss, capturing the evolving dynamics of a cherished yet complicated relationship. 

During the post-performance workshop, "Dancing with Our Ancestors," participants will reflect on their own ancestral relationships and honor them by contributing to an altar art installation, followed by light movement prompts and walking patterns. Participants are invited to consider and investigate concepts like: How do inevitable endings shape our relationships? How does grief manifest in the body, and how does it transform over time? How do the ways we care for others reflect how we care for ourselves? 

This program is designed for adult audiences. Space is limited and registration is required. 
Fee: $18 for members, $25 for nonmembers, free for Emory students. 

This program is part of "Art for Our Sake: Creative Wellbeing at the Carlos," a day of workshops and pop-up programs throughout the galleries and across the museum that incorporates dance, visual art, writing, music, and more. Participants are encouraged to engage in art forms that they feel drawn to, led by practicing artists, and utilize the arts as a tool to support mental wellbeing, process grief, and healing. 

Image credit: Shannel J Resto, Beacon Dance's Moving Bodies/ Moving Minds/ Moving Hearts II