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

1st + 3rd Sunday of each month: January 4th + 18th

NOTE: 4th is part of CI festival
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 January 6th + 20th // 6:30pm-7:45pm // FLOCK

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.

Earth /Sky with Tahni Holt

Tuesday January 13th // 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

The UNDERSCORE container held by Aaron Finbloom

February 7th // 1:30pm-4:00pm

Cost: $10-$20

You can read more about the score
https://nancystarksmith.com/underscore/

THE UNDERSCORE is a long-form dance improvisation structure developed by Nancy Stark Smith. There are 20+ phases of the score—each with a name and a graphic symbol (glyph)—which create a general map for the dancers. Within that frame, dancers are free to create their own movements, dynamics, and relationships—with themselves, each other, the group, the music, and the environment.

The most essential part of UNDERSCORE is that it is a closed container. And that while it's open to new dancers, those who have never danced it before must arrive early to familiarize themselves with the score.

***TIMING***

1:30-2pm Score explanation (mandatory for those who never did underscore before)

2-2:15pm Arrivals for everyone else

2:15pm Door Closed

2:15pm UNDERSCORE begins

4pm UNDERSCORE ends w/ harvests

***PRICE $10-20***

Container will be held by Aaron Finbloom

Alignment is a Felt Sense with Emily Jones

Sunday February 8th + March 8th + April 12th + May 10th
9:30-11:30am
Drop-in sliding scale $15-$30

Please email to pre-register: ejones248@gmail.com

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.

Graphic by Hannah Krafcik