You’re invited to a Mixed Movement Arts workshop at the Yaw Theater in Seattle, WA on March 11, 2023 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Registration and event details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/882613266317492
Hello Seattle, I’m looking forward to coming back to visit! Since moving to Boulder, I’ve had the opportunity to learn from and play with some of the best movement & contact improvisation teachers in the world, deepening my movement practice as a student and teacher, and I’m excited to share my take on some of the highlights with you in this workshop.
The emphasis will be on partnering and contact improvisation. We’ll play and explore different contact (and no-contact) improv entry points, movement games, feel-good somatic shapeshifting, nervous system education & recovery techniques, sharing weight & moving on/close to the floor, and more.
This workshop is intentionally designed for all bodies/abilities- to both benefit “beginners” and stimulate advanced practitioners. This is my ongoing best effort to create a trauma-aware container-you won’t be put on the spot for anything, everything is an invitation, always a wide variety of options to engage with. Be curious, listen to your body, enjoy.
Perhaps the 2 most foundational orientations of a healthy movement/dance practice that we will guide the workshop material:
#1: Feeling good (enough) in our bodies: developing the toolkit + skillset to move well and take care of this miracle we call a body, to be able to sense and then give ourselves what we need in any moment, cultivating the ability to shift/modulate our states.
#2: Playing/moving well with other humans: developing listening and nonverbal communication capacity, coregulation through play-based scenarios, enjoying collaborative creative movement expression.
No need to bring a partner, but may recommend signing up with a friend.
Recommended to bring: long sleeves, pants, kneepads, water, snacks, & notebooks
Cost: $75 (Sliding Scale $45-125)
To register, please send payment to:
Venmo: David-Gallina
PayPal: david.gallina@bastyr.edu
Write “MMA Seattle + (email)” in the description
I’ll be in Seattle for 2 weeks with more class/private session opportunities.