WORKSHOPS

SATURDAY, JUNE 17 & SUNDAY, JUNE 18

10AM – 3PM

BALLETCENTER STUDIOS & VISIONARY DANCE THEATRE

These free workshops are a true highlight of Queer Mvment Fest! We can’t wait for these talented and mindful practitioners to share this diversity of offerings with you. Workshops offered are of varying lengths, styles, and themes. Read the details below and check out the schedule to find workshops that work for you!

Things to note: While many of these workshops are open to all, please note that some of these workshops are intended to be spaces for specific affinity groups. Read the workshop details before registering to mindfully observe the participation conditions.

Virtual options: Workshops taking place at Balletcenter Studios are available for online participation. Should you be interested in registering for virtual participation, please be sure to RSVP accordingly!

Saturday

10am IMAGINARY BODIES WITH MUFFY KOSTER (SHE/HER): Imaginary Bodies is a somatic movement workshop designed to give marginalized artists tools to explore gendered embodiment with a sense of play. Participants incorporate poetic images, gestures, even objects from nature or infrastructure into their body, and we learn to listen and respond to the body in turn. WHO IS THIS GATHERING FOR: This workshop is intended to be an affinity space for queer folx. workshop length: 120 minutes. workshop location: Balletcenter Studios

12:30pm PELVIC FLOOR AWARENESS WITH SAM ARROW (THEY/THEM): A gender inclusive, trauma-informed, movement based class where you can learn about pelvic floor anatomy, bring awareness to your pelvic floor with gentle stretching and activation of muscles in and around the pelvis. Yoga mat or towel recommended. workshop length: 60 minutes. workshop location: Balletcenter Studios

12:30pm NAKEDANCE: WHERE NUDISM CELEBRATES W/ MOVEMENT WITH MARTIN A. DORADO (HE/HIM) & NATHAN SERRATO (HE/THEY): This clothing-optional all-levels class is open to anyone interested in exploring movement that celebrates the body/spirit at its purest. We’ll move w/ yoga movements, flow into guided improvisation and finish w/ free dance and meditation. Option to undress will be encouraged to enjoy a naked movement practice. Ages 18+. workshop length: 90 minutes. workshop location: Visionary Dance Theatre

Sunday

10am GIGGLES N WIGGLES WITH DERRICK PARIS (HE/THEY/SHE): LET’S MOVE. This class begins with an improvisation and somatic based warm-up followed by task-based across the floor explorations. Then, let’s round the class out with a fun, upbeat and exhilarating combination allowing us to live in the unknown, make the silliest mistakes and giggle at our ability to be everything that we are in that moment. workshop length: 90 minutes. workshop location: Balletcenter Studios

12:30pm JAZZ DISCO WITH GABRIEL MATA (HE/HIM): It is not just a jazz class to disco music but a complete restructuring of experiencing “class” and “technique.” It attends more the communal and social aspect of jazz and honors its foundation as dance forms from the African American community while providing space for queerness. It is not product or shape bound but a movement form that offers the movers a range and agency in how much they choose to explore. workshop length: 60 minutes. workshop location: Balletcenter Studios

2pm CONTEMPORARY BALLET W/ JOSEPH LISTER (HE/THEY): A mix of technique and just letting go, we will spend time at the barre, floor and just grooving (open level). workshop length: 60 minutes. workshop location: BalletCenter Studios