Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Eddie Oroyan - Season 4, Episode 49

Oroyan is a founding mover and Artistic Associate of Black Label
Movement, a company with roots deep in his heart and body. In
2012, in joy and sadness, he moved to Brussels and worked with
Ultima Vez for six years, having toured and performed primarily
with What the Body Does not Remember and In Spite of Wishing and
Wanting. Oroyan, continues to dance in Europe and has been
working since 2017 with Emmanuel Gat Dance. His experience also
spans Creach/Company, Shapiro & Smith, ARENA DANCES, Zenon,
Andrea Miller, and Roberto Olivan. Oroyan has had collaborative
works presented at American Dance Festival 2014 (An Unkindness of
Ravens, BLM) and Zürich Tanzt 2015 (Borderland w/ Rakesh Sukesh).
He presented a solo, Polaroid, in 2016 at P12 Space in Brussels
and premiered a duet, Entropia, with Natalia Pieczuro at Dag van
de Dans 2017. In February 2018, Eddie was part of The Guest
Project in Thessaloniki in co-creation of a new trio, Poetics of
Relations. Recently, Oroyan is co-artistic director of the duo
project My Homeless Lover, which premiered their first work,
Pasta e Lava, in Genova, Italy as part of the 2018 Resistere e
Creare festival. For more info check, www.myhomelesslover.com.
Eddie is also teaching extensively the practice he continues to
research and develop, Animal Mindfulness. After an injury in late
2014, Oroyan began a practice of meditation and observation.
Animal Mindfulness came through his search for balance. His
performing and studies have long included animal reflex training
and proper response, but his new practice has and continues to
teach him curiosity and awareness of the more subtle and
delicate, the empathetic. After returning to performing and
teaching, Oroyan is moved to explore and share these discoveries
through the stage and classroom. More recently, with Jessica
Eirado Enes, he has been developing an empathic partnering and
Ideomotor motor training class they are calling Ouija.