January Dispatch
Telescoping Awareness , GLIF from The Underscore
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Solo is Fiction
Type: Classes/Workshop
Date:
January 5, 3:30-5:30pm
January 12, 3:30-5:30pm
January 26, 3:30-5:30pm
February 9, 3:30-5:30pm
Time: 3:30 PM
Description:
A class series focusing on ensemble improvisation with Laura Grant and Londs Reuter, held at Living Arts Collective (410 W Geer St, Durham).
This workshop is open to individuals with experience dancing improvisationally, who are interested in expanding their consciousness to consider the larger designs that shape a dance. We will work to remain nimble to the realities of the room and each other, as it shifts and shifts and shifts again.
Accessibility Information: Living Arts Collective is located in a ground-floor space (no stairs) with an accessible restroom. The workshop is sliding scale $12/20/30 per class or $40/65/100 whole series.
Please reach out directly with any access requests/inquiries or refer to LAC's Braver Spaces Policy on their website.
Point of Contact: booking@livingartscollective.com
Website: https://livingartscollective.as.me/schedule/6064c372/?categories%5B%5D=SOLO%20IS%20FICTION
Seasons of Serenity Free Yoga at NorthStar
Type: Classes/Workshop
Date: January 06, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM
Description: Join us at NorthStar Church of the Arts for a year-long journey of mindfulness, movement, and connection with Seasons of Serenity: Yoga Series. This special program features three 12-week sessions throughout the year, each led by an experienced instructor and designed to align with the unique energy of the seasons.
Website: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVDCJ_j5Wh3EW7h9VXPlxvuqqQno7h2HSuQC9J6JClI9NE9g/viewform
Queer & Trans Dancewave
Type: Gathering
Date: January 11, 2025
Time: 8:00 PM
Description: Queer and Trans Dancewave is a non-judgmental creative space for queer, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, and trans folx to practice authentic self-expression and embodied liberation in community. Inspired by ecstatic dance, queer and trans dancewave is an immersive sound and movement experience with curated music woven in a wave format to help you get out of your head and into your body.
Accessibility Information: Sliding scale $5-25* (suggested $15)
*No one turned away for lack of funds Masking policy: Masking is optional and highly encouraged. If folx are sick or have been in large crowds, we ask that they test before coming to the event. If you are feeling sick, please stay home and join us for the next Queer & Trans Dancewave.
Point of Contact: Jay Schnaak
Website: https://livingartscollective.as.me/queerdance
Contact Improvisation Fundamentals
Type: Classes/Workshop
Date: January 19, 2025
Time: 3:30 PM
Description: This 2.5-hour workshop provides an immersive dive into the fundamental skills, concepts, and techniques of Contact Improvisation practice, providing the groundwork to safely continue learning the form in the context of jamming and ongoing classes. Great for those new to CI or anyone who wants to gently revisit the foundations of the form.
Point of Contact: ci@livingartscollective.com
Website: http://www.livingartscollective.com/contact-improvisation/
At Practice Space
Type: Classes/Workshop
Date: January 11, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Description: Join Kristen and Bex for our monthly somatic practice group. Together we’ll invite curiosity to finding our bodies in a collective space and notice the difference it can welcome.
Point of Contact: somatics@riseup.net
Website: http://Instagram.com/cypress.somatic
Open Level Contact Improvisation Series with Len Foyle and Em Liptow
Type: Classes/Workshop
Date: February 04, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Description: This series provides an immersive dive into the fundamental skills, concepts, and techniques of Contact Improvisation practice, providing a solid foundation for a lifetime of play. It is a great opportunity to get your CI practice started for the first time or to deepen your engagement with the form. 11-week series includes 10 classes with em and Len and 1 jam with live improvised music and a guided warm up.
Point of Contact: ci@livingartscollective.com
Website: http://www.livingartscollective.com/contact-improvisation/
Intermediate Contact Improvisation Series with Coda Badamo-Connors
Type: Classes/Workshop
Date: February 05, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Description: This series is designed for dancers with substantial experience in CI who would like to deepen their practice in an intermediate-level context. We will study: 1) Principles of inversions, lifts, and falling together 2) Conditioning of weight-shares with momentum, and 3) Readiness and response-ability in solo, with a partner, and with the group. 11-week series includes 8 classes with Coda and 3 jams with live, improvised music and guided warm-ups.
Point of Contact: ci@livingartscollective.com
Website: http://www.livingartscollective.com/contact-improvisation/
