DANCE DANCE CLASS CLASS RETURNS
THURSDAYS JANUARY 8 - MARCH 26, 6:30-8PM
AT THE BRICK HOUSE - 24 3RD ST, GREAT/TURNERS FALLS, 3RD FLOOR
WITH EDDY + MARA + SPECIAL GUEST HANA
$5-15 NO ONE TURNED AWAY
BODY STUFF AND DANCE EXPERIMENTS.
EVERYONE WELCOME, NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED.
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1/8 - Dance Rave with Eddy + Mara
1/15 & 1/22 - Eddy teaches
1/29 & 2/5 - Mara teaches
2/12 - Dance Rave with Hana + Mara
((No Class 2/19))
2/26 - Mara teaches
3/5 - guest teacher Hana
3/12 - Dance Rave
3/19 & 3/26 - Eddy Teaches
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at dance rave we’ll offer some simple and expansive movement invitations, and just freaking dance to house/electronic music, get into it, get what we need. all proceeds from dance rave go to the sameer project and operation milkweed. masks required.
with eddy we'll embark on a series of playful rituals, embracing the wisdom of the physical, with a soundtrack to guide us through. we will shake, undulate, sway, pulse, slow dance with gravity, invite suspension and release, sparkle awake into a more attentive and available body, slip in and out of our multiple beings, and come as we are.
with mara we’ll rest, play, dream, make creative containers and let them spill over. we’ll work with embodied practices that unfold — breath, sound, touch, writing/drawing, moving without knowing. we’ll fuck around and find out what invites us to be present in the moment as it deepens/dissolves/transforms.
with hana: radial diamond kinetics is an ever-evolving approach (since 2009) to sweating/dancing/working out in connection with others/as a ritual/folk dance. In an rdk session we explore imagination-centering prompts and practices as a way to jostle/expand how we move/feel in/about our bodies and we do a simple dance workout that focuses on strength, coordination, endurance, moving with/through inhibitions, playful drama, and fun. Together, we cultivate a supportive environment for collective alchemy, all to a carefully selected accompaniment of music.
access info:
please test or mask for dance dance class class - tests and masks provided.
masks required at dance rave.
if you feel sick or have been exposed, please stay home. an air filter will be running and windows will be open as the weather allows.
the studio is up a flight of stairs - please let us know if this is a barrier for you, and we’ll look into other options.
about us:
Eddy Levin's practice is expansive and various, a playground for cross-disciplinary collaborative making, rerouting, slowing down, deep listening, queer neurodivergent expression, and personal / communal transformation.
Mara Poliak practices with and among human and more-than-human collaborations, and with the body as an uncontainable collective presence. they are committed to art as a practice inseparable from the world we live in and the worlds we make together.
Hana van der Kolk is a queer dancer, artist, and embodied learning, ritual, and celebration facilitator living, working, and collaborating on unceded Nipmuc, Pocumtuc, and Nonotuk lands (Western Massachusetts) and Mohican and Haudenosaunee lands (Hudson Valley). Hana spends time listening for/co-creating bridges through pedagogy, dance, performance, language, healing, celebration, transformation, and dismantling empire inside and out.
