Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann — Catchment Listening was a workshop offering a physical training practice towards performance, guided by the catchment of Ōtākaro.

The workshop involved working with objects, moving in dynamic and challenging ways, improvisation, partner work and voice work. It also included small moments of sharing and witnessing, inviting participants to move, play and be seen.

Drawing from somatic movement, contact improvisation and regenerative practice, the workshop was suitable for people curious about embodiment, performance and movement in dialogue with place. Whether participants came with formal training or simply a willingness to engage, they were welcome.

Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann is a movement artist, choreographer and researcher rooted in somatic practices, Māori worldviews and performance art. She works across performance creation, teaching, contact improvisation and site-responsive work, exploring how bodies, place and cultural narratives intersect in movement. Her performance work engages with whakapapa, ecology, myth and sensation.