Upcoming Events
Ongoing: Classes offered every Monday and Friday, with rotating teachers. Formats include both contemporary modern and improvisation-based practices. We also offer Sunday pop-up classes!
Events
POP IN / POP OUT with Jane Blount: Authentic Movement open s p a c e l o n g circle
Sunday, November 9, 9:30am to 12pm at 1100 Kettner Blvd.
What might happen when we weave the somatic wisdom practices of Contemplative Dance and Authentic Movement? In the 70s, Barbara Dilley (Naropa Institute) created the Contemplative Dance Practice, merging Buddhist teachings of presence and meditation with movement, a form which she described as a “dancer’s meditation hall and a meditator’s dance hall”. This multipart form begins with an opening circle and sitting meditation, then transforms from stillness to a Personal Awareness Practice with self-oriented attention and movement, and then evolves into a community oriented Open Space where relationality between self and other is foreground.
moving with and through collective liberation workshop
Sunday, November 30, 10am to 5pm at 1100 Kettner Blvd.
We will dream to life collective liberation through movement and dance practices. Using yoga, contemporary dance, improvisation, somatics, and partnering practices, we will cultivate the space that is needed to build collective liberation, building our community together. What if our dreams were brought to life? What if we interacted in different, more community centered ways, with more compassion, caring, and empathy? What does it mean to lean into community? What does it feel like to be supported? Let’s move, reflect, and dream together to build the world we hope to live in!