Queer Affinity Contact Improvistation Jam // Every other Sunday // 9:30am-11:30am

1st + 3rd Sunday of each month: July 5th + 19th / August 2nd + 16th
Contact improvisation is a form of improvised dancing involving the exploration of one's body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of sharing weight and touch. Deep listening, consent, self awareness, and play are integral parts of this dance form that will be highlighted at each jam. Every jam will include a mini class, open space to practice the form, and introductory lessons for those interested.

This jam space is exclusively for people who identify as LGBTQAI2S. Beginners and non-dancers are welcome.

Jam sliding scale $0-10

It's a Fucking Miracle!

Tuesdays July 7th, 14th + 28th // 6:30pm-7:45pm // FLOCK

Special Guest: Adrian Hutapea on June 2nd + 9th

REGISTER HERE // To get up-to-date info about class and registration get on Tahni’s e-newsletter: HERE

$15

Since December of 2022 10% of proceeds from class go to: Native American Youth and Family organization. We have donated over $1750 and counting…

Masks are optional

This class comes out of many years of movement study, curiosity and play. It weaves together my somatic leanings, movement improvisational scores, contact improv, authentic movement, contemplative dance, dance boot camp and fiercely dancing-my-ass-off-in-the-club.Original music compositions, pop-culture songs, and abstract sound weaves through each class. it is a mash up encouraging entanglement. It moves you and the class is moved by you.

Must pre-register. Let's figure out how to do this together.

Alignment is a Felt Sense with Emily Jones

Summer Series: Fridays 9:30-11:30am

July 10, 17, 24, 31 & August 14

Drop-in sliding scale $15-$30

In this class we will practice alignment as a dynamic process of sensing into ourselves, being present to our environment, and cultivating capacity to shift, as needed, to attend to our own physicality, energy and emotional states. Alignment describes relationships, it is self determined, from within, rather than imposed externally. In each class I will offer theory, choreography and improvisation scores to try on. This class is inspired by the Axis Syllabus, and will include concepts from anatomy, biomechanics and physics. Movement motifs will include rolling, crawling, spiraling and traversing through space. This class is open to all levels. Reach out with any questions: ejones248@gmail.com

Graphic by Hannah Krafcik

Earth /Sky with Tahni Holt

Tuesday July 21st// 6:30pm-8:00pm

$15-$30 // REGISTER HERE

Earth/Sky focuses on sensitivity practices through somatic inquiry, improvisational movement scores and Contemporary Alexander technique principles. Earth/Sky goes deep into inquires of grounding and gravitational support in one’s being. In Earth/Sky we swim into practices of embodiment where we sensitize into places we may be holding ourselves up, back, and/or in, and ask can we find movement through the cracks, can we rest into presence? Can we listen in on the dark recesses of our unconscious patterns? Can we integrate these practices in our everyday lives? Expect waves of rigorous movement exploration alongside slowed down sensorial capacity building practices. Prompts offer a starting point for exploration to facilitate new ways of moving and being. All are welcome, no prior movement experience needed.
Masks are optional.

$15-$30 (no one turned away from lack of funds)
 pre-registration required
To reserve your spot email Tahni at hello@tahniholt.com

Critical Engagement Series with Tahni Holt & shannon stewart

Wednesday, July 29th, 7:30 pm
Tickets at the door: By donation (suggested $5-20)

Tahni Holt and shannon stewart with Oscar Trujillo will perform aspects of their on-going performance research from FOREST. Following the showings, they will spend time conversing with each other and the audience. Drinks and snacks will be provided!

FOREST is part of multi-year, multi-locale project between choreographers shannon stewart and Tahni Holt and ecosystem collaborators called FOREST. As a collaborative team, their choreographic work resides in the study of interconnected systems–ecology, histories, performative bodies (including non-human), and expansive understandings of communication.

Our Critical Engagement series brings together audiences & choreographers to engage with the mystery surrounding the perceived illegibility of dance & the unique practices of individual choreographers. We start with the question: What does the choreographer need at this particular moment in their process & how might this also serve the wider community? The series encourages artists of all mediums, as well as curious individuals with no art background to attend and to take the opportunity to ask questions and make observations. As dancers, we often hear that audiences don’t know how to watch dance, or don’t know how to make sense of what they see when watching dance. This series celebrates the elusiveness of the medium and creates a supportive environment where the artist and audiences can unpack the complexity of the performing body and its politic.

photo credit: Sky Maggiore

Resonance & Response

an Axis Syllabus and Contact Improvisation workshop with Emily Jones and Marcus van Duren

August 7-9, 2026 in Portland, OR 

Friday: 9:30–11:30am, 12:30–3:30pm
Saturday: 10:30am–4:30pm
Sunday: 9:30am–2:30pm

Early Bird Price (before July 7) $180

Regular Price (after July 7) $230

Scholarships available, get in touch.

Details and Registration Here

Resonance & Response is an Axis Syllabus and Contact Improvisation workshop centered on physical conversation, both with ourselves and with the people we are dancing alongside. We practice listening through the body, noticing potential, and making movement choices that are supported by the physical conditions at hand.

Drawing on theory and practice from the Axis Syllabus, we deepen our understanding of anatomy, movement, and our relationship to physics through connections to the natural world, honoring complexity, nuance, adaptability, and interdependence within the body in motion.

In this workshop, we surf between solo improvisational explorations, set movement motifs, and Contact Improvisation practices, allowing these different modes to inform one another and create a richer palette for dancing.

Friday

9:30–11:30am
Surfacing Routes — sequential descents and departures

12:30–3:30pm
Maps of Motion — (anatomy picnic) presentation and group discussion of fascia, interstitium, spinal mechanics, and more!

Saturday  ·  10:30am–4:30pm

The Conversational Nature of Contact — Contact Improvisation as physical dialog: exchanges informed by noticing potentials, following impulse, making invitations, releasing expectations in support of genuine exchange.

Guided by the Curve — Exploring rolling, crawling, walking, jumping, and all the movement in between while following the nuances of our hips and shoulders.

Sunday  ·  9:30am–2:30pm

Earth to Flight Continuum — revisiting, further developing and expanding themes, movement patterns and scores from previous classes. Part solo dancing, part CI.

Closing Group Score: Overscore — group score ritual, improvise through a structure, accompanied by a live musician.