POP IN / POP OUT 

Beginner/Open Level Contemporary Partnering

with Ilyana Carlee & Iverson “Nosrevi” Harding

Sunday, July 12, 2026

12 - 3pm

at 1100 Kettner Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101

DISCO RIOT's POP IN/POP OUT series offers community workshops from trusted teaching artists to promote a culture of sharing, exploration, diversity, expanding perspectives, and building community. We learn more from one another. We grow together. Join us!

All proceeds from this workshop will support DISCO RIOT's Education & Outreach programming. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please reach out to Nicole at education@discoriot.org for a waiver code.

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

Beginner/Open Level Contemporary Partnering

Beginner/Open Level Contemporary Partnering is a partnering workshop rooted in touch and improv. We will take a non-gender focused approach to partnering rooted in mutual weight sharing between both parties. This class is available to dancers who have worked together before as well as those looking to get into partnering. (feel free to come without a partner!)

Class will begin with a brief warmup, followed by dedicated time to pair up and discuss consent with your partners before we move into the partnering portion of class. We’ll move and groove together in a guided touch-based improv session before moving into a series of set exercises based in weight sharing, designed to gain trust and comfortability with your partner. Feel free to bring a notebook, as we’ll take some time mid-workshop to share our thoughts. We’ll end class with a final combo and another opportunity to reflect and share our thoughts and feelings!

Ilyana Carlee (she/her)

Originally from Dayton, Ohio, Ilyana Carlee is a performer, choreographer, and teacher in San Diego. Since a young age, she has trained at various studios, her most influential training being under DeShona Pepper Robertson at Stivers School for the Arts. Ilyana continued her dance training and choreographic exploration at Howard University, earning a BFA in Dance. Since moving to San Diego in 2023, she has trained at DISCO RIOT, Malashock Dance, and San Diego Dance Theater, and has performed with DISCO RIOT, San Diego Dance Theater and NACHMO. Most recently, she was an intern in the (R)Evolution Artist Program with DISCO RIOT, and is currently a founding collaborator with Negative Space Dance Collective. Her art is deeply influenced by her experiences as a Black woman. She is inspired by both her ancestral lineage and surroundings, creating work inspired by love, grief, community, and the Black experience.

Iverson “Nosrevi” Harding (he/him)

Iverson “Nosrevi” Harding has been moving and creating through physicalization for thirteen years. He is trained in an abundance of styles not limited to ballet, modern, contemporary, tap and hip hop. Graduating from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA circa spring of 2024 he has evolved in his personal style which is a mixture of hip hop, contemporary and tap dance. His movement has a melancholy yet sharp qualities that excite the satisfaction factor made in one's eyes and brain. His teaching style is based more on having an understanding of the music so therefore he can translate the quality of movement better and if that doesn't help, he’ll try and find a hundred other ways to get you to succeed.