bodymind building: a queer affinity Contact Improvisation workshop 

Friday May 19th 5:00-8:00pm & Saturday May 20th 2:00-5:00pm

suggested sliding scale: $40-80 for both sessions or $20-$40 for a single session, payable by cash or venmo day-of

*Max capacity is 25 participants. No one turned away for lack of funds.*

Email: hannah.elizabeth.k@gmail.com to register, for questions, and to share specific access needs. Pre-registration is encouraged to secure your spot! 

In this workshop we will work toward dancing in partnership with sensitivity: We will begin by attending to our individual anatomies. As we move toward partnering, we will practice loosening our grip on assumptions and channeling our intuitions. We will invite surprising movement pathways to become more possible through instinctual choice-making. 

Contact improvisation spaces are often dominated by heteronormative patterns that lead to coercion, but we seek an alternate container: We name this workshop as a queer affinity space and invite people identifying as LGBTQAI2S+ to join. Open lines of communication with dance partners and the group will be promoted to ensure accountability. Participation in exercises will not be compulsory, and witnessing will be encouraged. 

Hannah (they/them) and Emily (they/she) will bring their individual inquiries and over 6 years of collaboration to facilitate solo scores, duets, and group dancing. It is possible to only attend one session (Friday or Saturday), but we encourage participants to attend both. Those with and without prior contact improvisation experience are welcome. If you have been unsure about whether or not to try out contact improvisation, we encourage you to come! We will call on the intelligence of each participant to actualize this offering and encourage individuals to determine what satisfaction and success looks like for themselves. 

COVID-19: Participants may choose whether or not to mask during this workshop. Due to the spatially intimate nature of contact improvisation and, therefore, high risk environment for spreading viruses, we request participants take a COVID-19 test prior to the workshop if they plan not to mask (honors system). Do not attend if you have fallen ill.