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Collective Reflection
Movement Workshops
Photography by Boy Howdy Co.
Collective Reflection workshops offer improvisation-based dance 'classes' to help you find empowerment and new perspectives through movement.
Each session starts with a guided warm-up - incorporating elements of meditation, Gyrokinesis, Feldenkrais (Awareness Through Movement), and modern/contemporary dance. After bringing awareness to our mental focus and physical alignment, participants receive prompts to explore various elements of movement (time, weight, momentum, direction, and more) individually, and as a group. Each session concludes with a wind-down meditation and time for journaling or reflective conversation.
This space is sometimes silly, sometimes serious, and always trying something new. Workshops are open to all experience levels- whether you have never taken a dance class or are a full-time performing artist, you are welcome here! Please reach out through the contact form with any questions or accommodation requests.
About Collective Reflection
Previous Workshops
Choreo Lab
Conceived by Lauren Kravitz with considerable support from Rai Barnard
Choreo Lab is an experiment in short-term, low-stakes creative processes mutually benefitting dancers and dancemakers.
Led by a new choreographer each month, we’ll create instant ensembles, giving the choreographer an opportunity to test out creative ideas on bodies other than their own and dancers the opportunity to meet collaborators, learn new movement styles, and be in a process-oriented environment. Dancemakers might ask participants to create their own material, play with spacing/facing, and engage with other compositional elements.
Each session will start with a 15-30 min warm up depending on the needs of the process. Before each session participants will receive more details about what to expect including notes on apparel and other elements that might be involved like writing, speaking, and/or physical contact.
Since every person will bring and receive extraordinary value to the space, we will ask for a donation from everyone participating each month–both dancers and choreographers. A sliding scale of $10-30/person for each month will help cover the cost of studio space and admin while cultivating mutual respect and commitment between the performers and choreographer. Choreographers for May, June, and July are already confirmed, and we hope to continue labs long-term in the future with rolling submissions from choreographers.
Schedule:
September 13
Oak Cliff Cultural Center (223 W Jefferson Blvd Dallas, TX 75208)
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September 27
Sammons Center for the Arts (3630 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75219)
2 PM - 5 PM
Choreographer: Larissa Fong
Come dance and explore movement that plays with momentum, weight and textures. This lab will also explore light floorwork and partnering, improvisation and how an environment/site can inform creative decisions and storytelling. Intermediate level: Dancers should have some knowledge of technique, willingness to improvise and ability to pick up choreography.
October 5 & 19
Arts Mission Oak Cliff (410 S Windomere Ave Dallas, TX 75208)
11 AM - 2 PM
Choreographer: Alexis Stus
We’ll explore collaborative partnering and set material through the lens of spatial relationships, and how we move with and around one another in specific environments. Expect shared learning and a generative space for connection and curiosity.
November 8 & 22
Arts Mission Oak Cliff (410 S Windomere Ave Dallas, TX 75208)
11 AM - 2 PM
Choreographer: Claire Augustine Hixson
Working with memory excavation using contemporary modern movement phrases, improvisation, and chance dance procedures. Be ready to be in touch with your surroundings as we use the space for choreographic material.
Registration:
$10-30, sliding scale for all participants, including choreographers. Registration for a lab includes two
3-hr sessions within one calendar month, and participants are encouraged to attend both.