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spring outdoor dancing series: Ayano Elson
tue 4.13 6-7:30p location: Vale of Cashmere, prospect park bk ny/ land of the Munsee Lenape & Canarsie people gather at Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park 5:45-6p & walk in together OR google map to 'Vale of Cashmere' masks + distancing required about Ayano's class: My class invites every beautiful living body! During our time together, we will move through physical exercises that build heat, find articulation, and support our bodies for improvisation. We will then dance together through guided scores, questions, and imagery that I use in my studio practice. We will prioritize ease, joy, and clarity. I am most interested in moving together in a comfortable environment in which healing is encouraged and individuals feel empowered. payment: donations for class can be made to Ayano's venmo: @Ayano-Elson looking ahead- 4/13 Ayano Elson leads 4/20 marion leads 4/27 Ogemdi Ude leads tuesdays 6-7:30p this is a safe space for all humans, all levels welcome. come get what you need Ayano Elson photo by David Gonsier, collaged by mar |
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about marion's c l a s s /
offering what I am learning & investigating / constantly working to decolonize the c l a s s space / we receive & ask questions together as community
a collaged practice of embodied rituals for /showing up/- for self, for community, for home/household, for art, for empathy, for action. this continues to be an experiment- a laboratory to move, feel and get what you need. we will dance, sweat, listen & make together. we might sing, write, draw, or make collages. we will work to undo and rewrite understandings of postmodern dance technique that serve our own unique and perfect bodies. there will be improvisation scores, alignment practices, composition games and phrase material offered. as we collectively swim through the pandemic and all her portals, I continue to ask – what is possible? how can we cultivate collective resilience to support our own work outside of class – whether it be artmaking, protesting, healing, organizing, dismantling, learning – through showing up to practice together? week one of the pandemic, dear mentor/teacher/friend Michelle Boulé said- 'community is what happens when we continue to show up'...may we continue to learn from and be challenged by her offering.
this is a safe space for all humans. all levels welcome. come get what you need.
my teaching practice is influenced by continued lessons from mentors/teachers/friends - Kendra Portier, Michelle Boulé, Jennifer Nugent, Joanna Kotze, Samita Sinha, Miguel Gutierrez, John Jasperse, Anna Sperber, Yanira Castro, Janet Panetta, Lisa Race
payment info for marion's classes:
BIPOC & AAPI folx- you are invited to take class free of charge (any contribution will of course be accepted, but is not requested) /
white folx- suggested contribution $5-20
venmo/ @marion-spencer
paypal/ marion.l.spencer@gmail.com
25% of class proceeds will go directly to the @freeskewl Reparations Fund
/see fall outdoor dancing series HERE/
/see indoor class (dreaming of...) HERE/
offering what I am learning & investigating / constantly working to decolonize the c l a s s space / we receive & ask questions together as community
a collaged practice of embodied rituals for /showing up/- for self, for community, for home/household, for art, for empathy, for action. this continues to be an experiment- a laboratory to move, feel and get what you need. we will dance, sweat, listen & make together. we might sing, write, draw, or make collages. we will work to undo and rewrite understandings of postmodern dance technique that serve our own unique and perfect bodies. there will be improvisation scores, alignment practices, composition games and phrase material offered. as we collectively swim through the pandemic and all her portals, I continue to ask – what is possible? how can we cultivate collective resilience to support our own work outside of class – whether it be artmaking, protesting, healing, organizing, dismantling, learning – through showing up to practice together? week one of the pandemic, dear mentor/teacher/friend Michelle Boulé said- 'community is what happens when we continue to show up'...may we continue to learn from and be challenged by her offering.
this is a safe space for all humans. all levels welcome. come get what you need.
my teaching practice is influenced by continued lessons from mentors/teachers/friends - Kendra Portier, Michelle Boulé, Jennifer Nugent, Joanna Kotze, Samita Sinha, Miguel Gutierrez, John Jasperse, Anna Sperber, Yanira Castro, Janet Panetta, Lisa Race
payment info for marion's classes:
BIPOC & AAPI folx- you are invited to take class free of charge (any contribution will of course be accepted, but is not requested) /
white folx- suggested contribution $5-20
venmo/ @marion-spencer
paypal/ marion.l.spencer@gmail.com
25% of class proceeds will go directly to the @freeskewl Reparations Fund
/see fall outdoor dancing series HERE/
/see indoor class (dreaming of...) HERE/