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outdoor dance class practice in Prospect Park, Brooklyn- this will be a space for us to gather safely- to be together & work together. This will be a space to move and feel your feelings and get whatever it is you need from dance class. There will be improvisation scores, stretches & strengthening & alignment practices, and an offering of phrase material. We will work to undo and rewrite understandings of postmodern dance technique that serve our own unique and perfect bodies. There might be some writing, there might be some drawing, there might be some singing. We will move, imagine, sweat, listen, feel and make dances. We will hold space for each other. We will tenderly interact with and learn from the environment we move in, the stolen land we move on. Suitable for every level of mover, every kind of artist, every human wanting to show up in space safely with other folx. october tuesdays 5-6:30p (oct 20, 27,/+ as long as we can!) Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY (gather at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to the park 4:45-5pm, we will walk into the park together) *MASK REQUIRED recommended: water, writing utensil and note pad/sketch book, fabric or a mat/towel if you don't want to sit/lie directly on grass. please wear comfortable footwear to move |
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payment:
BIPOC 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 october outdoor class proceeds will go directly to the Freeskewl Reparations Fund: Freeskewl is currently engaged in a pilot reparations initiative. white teachers (and non-Black/non-Indigenous POC teachers at their own discretion) who receive direct payments for their classes are transferring 10-60% of their monthly Freeskewl earnings to a fund that is distributed among Black and Indigenous instructors via a tipping/shares system. If you would like to contribute directly to the Freeskewl reparations fund, you may send payment to freeskewl@gmail.com on PayPal. Please note that this is a different address from the one listed for general Freeskewl donations. Announcements of September BIPOC spaces supported through this initiative will be coming soon!
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BIPOC 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 october outdoor class proceeds will go directly to the Freeskewl Reparations Fund: Freeskewl is currently engaged in a pilot reparations initiative. white teachers (and non-Black/non-Indigenous POC teachers at their own discretion) who receive direct payments for their classes are transferring 10-60% of their monthly Freeskewl earnings to a fund that is distributed among Black and Indigenous instructors via a tipping/shares system. If you would like to contribute directly to the Freeskewl reparations fund, you may send payment to freeskewl@gmail.com on PayPal. Please note that this is a different address from the one listed for general Freeskewl donations. Announcements of September BIPOC spaces supported through this initiative will be coming soon!
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excited to be returning to Freeskewl to offer a weekly virtual class series every thursday morning in October-
/showing up/ practice, october 2020- a collaged practice of embodied rituals for showing up- for self, for community, for home/household, for art, for empathy, for action. this will continue to be an experiment- a guided space to move and feel your feelings and get whatever it is you need from dance class. we will move, sweat, listen, feel & make dances. we will work to undo and rewrite understandings of postmodern dance technique that serve our own unique and perfect bodies. we might write, draw, sing or make collages from week to week. there will be improvisation scores, alignment practices, composition games and phrase material offered. as we collectively head into month 8 of the pandemic and the umteenth portal of 2020, 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 in virtual space? week one of the pandemic, 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 class will happen every thursday morning (10a est) for the month of october. suitable for every level of mover, every kind of artist, every human wanting to show up. hope to /see/ you there... please reach out with any comments/questions. thursdays in october 10-11:30a est (oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) hosted by Freeskewl via Zoom Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/3093774924 Zoom password: 640262 payment: BlPOC 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 october class proceeds go directly to the @freeskewl Reparations Fund |
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/photos above courtesy of Whitney Browne Photography ('WOLF' photo collaboration, January 2018)/