tender movements
with margit galanter
saturday april 13, 10am - 5pm
thayer hill studio, worthington ma
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gentle shoots rise from winter roots, the vital dynamics of spring
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a day for subtle and sensing movements, drawn from qigong, tuning, amerta movement, and the generative access of spring. both in studio and on land, we’ll explore together the pleasure of measure: gentle justice, reciprocity with our relations, and an earth eros rooted in dance with the surroundings, self, the collective, cosmos, and cultural life.
within the day, we will move with a simple elemental practice i learned from Steve Paxton, in honor of his life and his recent passing.
how do these practices offer tools for a nu world, a creative view, and move towards a tender and life-giving dialogue with place? let’s see what’s possible.
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Organized by hilary and mara, in partnership with Atland, and in conversation with SCDT's Small seeds gathering. We'll have an ample break for rest and lunch, hilary will provide a nourishing meal for those who wish, or BYO.
Rates + registration
Sliding scale: access rate - base rate - solidarity rate
Early bird, register by Friday April 5th:
$80 - $120 - $160
After April 5th:
$120 - $160 - $200
with lunch:
add $13
To register
Email mara poliak [at] gmail [dot] com to RSVP, and send payment to:
-Venmo: @Mara-Poliak (profile photo = mara's face behind a bunch of plants)
- Paypal: mara poliak [at] gmail [dot] com (choose the “friends and family” option)
- To pay another way, contact mara to arrange
-If the sliding scale fee isn't accessible to you, please be in touch and we'll work it out
Location + accessibility
The studio is located at 112 Thayer Hill Road in Worthington MA - we'll provide detailed directions after registration. There are 4 stairs to enter the dance studio. The bathroom is wheelchair accessible. If you're traveling from afar, there are limited options to stay the night, contact us to discuss.
Please take a rapid test the morning of the workshop, or wear a high quality mask. There will be an air filter running in the space, and windows will be open as widely as weather allows. Reach out with any further access needs or questions.
margit galanter is a dance poet and cultural instigator living on unceded Ohlone land, also known as California - East Bay. margit’s work is offered through the vivid grove — a live art school for moving, learning, creative evolution, and collective liberatory practices. the vivid grove offers a vision of vitality and exuberance – for individuals and for the collective body. margit’s syncretic approach is based on decades of practice in somatic, movement, and art lineages. these include years of study and collaboration with Suprapto Suryodarmo, Dr. Bingkun Hu, Dennis Leri, and Steve Paxton (may they rest in presence), lisa nelson, and so so many others.
margit is quite excited to return to the region and share movement together. locally they co-directed earthdance, co-created seeds festival and the julius ford harriet tubman healthy living experience. more recently at home, they instigated Tuning Culture/ Tuning4Armageddon, a collaborative inquiry that utilizes tuning practices in an inquiry of decolonizing through dance, and Cave Forms/ cave coast collective, explorations in performance, nourishment, fecundity and the environment. All of this is nourished through sharing in context, including long-term creative practice with mara and Hilary, …so the beat goes on…..
www.vividgrove.org
pronouns: ze/zir & they/them
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tender movements is in conversation with SCDT's Small seeds: a gathering of artists rooted in contemplative practices. Performances and conversation on Friday, April 12 at 6:30pm, with Sara Smith, Vanessa Anspaugh, Amber Bemak, Hana van der Kolk, Roz Driscoll.
More information here.