Mondays: Slow Flow

☆ Slow Flow ☆

Mindful movement for everybody

with Nicole Oga and Azul Lopez

Open Level

MONDAYS 6:30PM – 8:00PM

at TranscenDANCE, 5700 El Cajon Blvd.

Slow Flow Class Description

Slow Flow is an open level space (no experience required) to explore the fundamentals of movement in community. Incorporating yogic and somatic teachings, we will cultivate embodied awareness by moving through improvisational inquiries. Through mindful movement, we will investigate movement pathways that support ease and safety. You will be invited to move laying down, sitting, or standing. Props, such as chairs, yoga mats, blankets, and blocks are available for use. Come as you are, leave with a grounded spaciousness in the body/heart/mind. 

Monday Teaching Rotation

Jul 6: Nicole Oga (mask-mandatory)

Jul 13: Azul Lopez (mask-mandatory)

*NO CLASSES Jul 20 & 27 due to studio unavailability

Access

• Face masks provided by DISCO RIOT 
• Slow Flow classes focus on making dance and movement accessible for people of all movement levels and abilities with the invitation to move sitting down, laying down, or standing up at any moment. Participants are also welcome to use a chair if needed.

DISCO RIOT classes are on a tiered payment scale ($10-30) because we believe that class should be affordable and accessible. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please reach out to Nicole at education@discoriot.org for a waiver code.

In alignment with the values of DISCO RIOT, this class centers access, bodily autonomy, consent, and the cultivation of safe(r) community space in an ADA accessible studio. During the RSVP process, there will be a chance to share any access needs you may have. Please reach out to Alyssa at operations@discoriot.org for further accommodation inquiries or requests.

If you have any questions about our classes or educational programming at large, please reach out to Nicole at education@discoriot.org.

IMPORTANT: Please complete this TranscenDANCE Participation Waiver Form before class. If you require support with filling out the forms, please reach out to education@discoriot.org. DISCO RIOT can also assist at the studio prior to the start of class. This form only needs to be completed one time. Please complete the Waiver in full.

Slow Flow Teaching Artists

Nicole Oga (she/her) is a Chinese/Japanese radical thinking dance educator and pedagogue who approaches her work through an intersectional lens that is founded upon abolition, collective liberation, anti-racist, black feminist praxis. She received a Master’s in Dance Pedagogy from the University of the Arts Helsinki and a BA in Dance from UC San Diego. Nicole is a constant student who believes life is a continuous journey of learning, growing, and evolving. When teaching she knows she will learn and grow alongside those in the class.

Azul Lopez (they/them) is a queer and gender expansive somatic practitioner, artist, and deathcare worker of mexican nationality and Indigenous roots. They hope to help people connect to their bodies and express their emotions through somatic practices and movement medicine. Azul's intention is to help people , take up space with their bodies, express themselves, and remember their power through movement. They often play their medicine drum to help participants connect to their heartbeat and life force. Their movement and facilitation practice is influenced by nature, latin dance, stimming, martial arts, Indigenous movement medicine, and somatic practices. They have been providing 1:1 services and facilitating group workshops for our queer community for the past 6 years.