Upcoming Events and Past Events
Please keep up to date with the exciting events that Viva la Flying Vulva is hosting or participating in! There's so much awareness work to be done!
A Bold, Embodied Performance Reclaiming the Stories We Were Never Taught to Tell
Collingwood, Ontario - Feb. 10th - This Is My Vulva is a powerful and provocative performance that brings the voices of twelve women into the spotlight through story, movement, and cultural reflection. Blending intimate narrative with contemporary dance, the production invites audiences into a rarely spoken conversation—one that challenges shame, dismantles silence, and celebrates bodily autonomy.
Each vignette explores a woman’s relationship with her vulva—at times celebratory, at times complex, raw, humorous, or deeply moving. These stories are embodied by dancers Catherine Lafond and Jodi Behan, who interpret each narrative through expressive, emotionally resonant movement, giving physical form to what is often hidden or suppressed.
Woven between the vignettes, Fran Bouwman—artist, educator, comedian, and founder of Viva la Flying Vulva—offers historical and contemporary context, situating the personal stories within a broader cultural framework. Her reflections illuminate how social conditioning, language, medicine, and media have shaped our relationships to our bodies—and how reclamation begins with curiosity and compassion.
This Is My Vulva is not about shock value. It is about truth-telling. It is intimate without being insular, educational without being didactic, and radical in its simplicity: naming what has long been left unnamed.
“This work creates space for honesty,” says Bouwman. “When we bring these stories into the light, we begin to loosen the grip of shame—and that has a ripple effect far beyond the stage.”
The production welcomes people of all genders and all ages, offering an entry point into conversations about body literacy, self-worth, and collective healing. Audiences can expect a performance that is thoughtful, emotionally rich, and quietly revolutionary.
Performance Details:
📍 Resonance, Collingwood
📅 March 14: 8 pm & March 15: 3 pm
🎟 www.resonancecollingwood.com
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Please have a listen to learn more!
Reclaiming the Vulva: A Six-Week Journey
Join us for a six-week exploration that blends history, healing, creativity, and community. Together we will uncover the hidden stories of the vulva, honor her sacred power, and release the weight of centuries of silence and distortion.
Each week we’ll weave together guided meditation, journaling, circle dialogue, art-making, music, and movement. From ancient reverence to modern reclamation, we’ll explore how culture has shaped our relationship with the divine feminine—and how we can heal, celebrate, and reclaim her today.
This journey is more than learning—it’s transformation.
Through reverence, reflection, and joy, you’ll reconnect with your body’s wisdom, awaken new energy, and cultivate self-love rooted in empowerment.
Reclamation leads to vibrancy, confidence, and renewal. You will walk away a different person.
Join us for a transformative six-week journey designed to celebrate and reclaim the magic of the vulva. Together, we’ll weave history, somatic healing, meditation, art therapy, self-reflection, and open dialogue into a holistic experience that nurtures both mind and body.
We’ll explore why the vulva has been silenced in our culture, why its true name is so often lost, and why so many of us feel disconnected from her power. Through creative practices and embodied healing, you’ll be invited to reconnect with yourself in new and meaningful ways.
Reclaiming the vulva opens the door to a renewed—and sometimes never before experienced—energy, vibrancy, and joy. This workshop is more than learning; it’s an awakening. You’ll leave not only with insight, but with a deeper sense of empowerment. You will walk away a different person.
"Fran Bouwman is one of the finest educators I know, which is saying a lot considering I run an educational charity that recruits 100 teachers a year. For years our organization has used Fran as the standard of excellence we want all of our people to try and emulate. She is sincere, creative, empathetic, strong, smart, engaging, funny and more. She creates real, lasting, genuine, and effective bonds with her pupils. She quite frankly is as good as it gets, the complete package. If we all had teachers like Fran growing up, what a wonderful world it could be.”
-Jeremy Rhodes, Executive Director, Elephant Thoughts
2nd Annual Vulva Forest Walk 2025
I am thrilled to open this event to other artists. It is already turning into an INTERNATIONAL event, with two artists from The Netherlands and one from Argentina. There will be installations, painting, sculpture, poetry, music and live dance performance.
Please follow the MAP QR code or GPS the following address
076799, 11th Line, Markdale, ON
Excited to see you there!
Embodying the Divine Feminine: A Women's Health Conference
Join us for the 1st Annual Embodying the Divine Feminine Conference, a transformative weekend focused on women's health and empowerment inspired by yoni wisdom. This non-profit conference invites women and vulva owners to explore ancient practices and modern insights that connect them with their sacred feminine energy. Drawing upon a variety of creative and healing modalities, the weekend will include a keynote speech with Australia-based yoni artist, Katie Lloyd, panels with divine feminine practitioners, embodiment practices, inspiring music from a new album celebrating women's sexuality and bodily autonomy performed by Canadian, Nigerian, and Gambian artists, therapeutic arts, and in-depth discussions inspiring sisterhood and collaborative networking. Educational and workshop-based, this conference will inspire and empower attendees to come together to celebrate and embody the divine feminine within us all.
Dance, learn, laugh, and heal in communion with a yoni-centered community of women.
Embodying the Divine Feminine: A Women's Health Conference
Join us for the 1st Annual Embodying the Divine Feminine Conference, a transformative weekend focused on women's health and empowerment inspired by yoni wisdom. This non-profit conference invites women and vulva owners to explore ancient practices and modern insights that connect them with their sacred feminine energy. Drawing upon a variety of creative and healing modalities, the weekend will include a keynote speech with Australia-based yoni artist, Katie Lloyd, panels with divine feminine practitioners, embodiment practices, inspiring music from a new album celebrating women's sexuality and bodily autonomy performed by Canadian, Nigerian, and Gambian artists, therapeutic arts, and in-depth discussions inspiring sisterhood and collaborative networking. Educational and workshop-based, this conference will inspire and empower attendees to come together to celebrate and embody the divine feminine within us all.
Dance, learn, laugh, and heal in communion with a yoni-centered community of women.
Annual Witches Dance! Oct. 20
I'll be setting up a booth at Owen Sound's annual Witches Dance on Oct. 20th between 12-4 pm. I'll be selling merchandise, as well as delicious Vulva Waffles! Come find me and support Vulva Awareness, Self-Compassion and Esteem! Click here for more information. Annual Witches Dance
The Vulva Dialogues Nov. 21
I am super excited about this amazing event on Nov. 21, 2024 at The Simcoe Street Theatre in Collingwood, ON! I've got five stellar speakers that are joining me on stage to talk about everything VULVA. Each speaker is bringing to the table a question or concern they'd like to address. Then everyone gets the chance to comment and contribute. I will be hosting!
Vulva Forest Walk Aug. 4
This is an amazing opportunity to experience a magical forest and learn about the sacredness of the VULVA. The path leads you to various vulva art pieces that include written texts for you to learn about different perspectives from various people. You'll end up at the Sacred Vulva Fire where you get the opportunity to reflect and write about your experience.
Viva la Flying Vulva Launch April. 20
I am thrilled to launch my new Viva la Flying Vulva campaign at Mantra Studio in Thornbury, ON between 3-6 pm. There will be artwork, a fun Vulva toss contest, a talk from me, lots of very cool merchandise, like hats, t-shirts, and colouring books.