GATHER by Kaleid Dance Collective 

Studio Practice * Resource Sharing * Community 

GATHER is a winter workshop series for professional dancers and choreographers to build professional skills, develop as creatives and movers, and share in community together. Each GATHER session includes studio practice, resource sharing/professional development, and intentional community building within the NYC dance world. Attend one or all sessions to enrich your creative, technical, and professional practice!

Session Dates:

January 10th 3-5 pm 

January 24th 3-5 pm 

February 7th 3-5 pm 

Location: ESTIA House of Movement, 369 Hooper Street Brooklyn, NY 11211

ESTIA House of Movement is ADA accessible and the studio is on the ground floor

Cost: $20/session, email kaleiddancecollective@gmail.com if cost is a barrier to discuss options!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gather-a-winter-workshop-series-by-kaleid-dance-collective-tickets-1977714689876?aff=oddtdtcreator

Read more about each element of GATHER below:

Studio Practice:

GATHER's Studio Practice element lasts for 60 minutes (3-4 pm) and consists of a contemporary dance theatre class with skill building exercises, set choreographic phrases, and scored and/or free improvistation. This is a professional level class with advanced choreography; however, there is also room for you to explore your own ideas, have fun and play, apply modifications, and honor your capacity as it shifts and moves day to day. This practice is designed to bring us together as dance practitioners in both skill building and community building. 

 

Resource Sharing 

In the dance world, and in NYC especially, it can be so easy to fall into a scarcity mindset with resources and opportunities when truly we need each other to succeed. The resource sharing potion of the workshop takes place for 25 min (4:05-4:30 pm) and consists of a short presentation from Kaleid Dance Collective's Artistic Director Rush Johnston on systems and tools that work for them in building a life as a professional dancer and dancemaker in NYC. The floor is also open if anyone wants to share thoughts or tools that work for them, but sharing is not a requirement of the workshop. 

 

Community Building

The final portion of the workshop is a community round table along with time to connect personally. Participants will spend approximately 10-15 minutes talking as a group about what they are looking for in their practice right now (such as recommendations for classes to take, opportunities to perform, looking to cast a piece, etc.) as well as what opportunities they may know about and wish to share. Then we will use the remaining time to mingle and talk casually about these opportunities, needs, and resources without the pressure and formality of "networking." Finally, Rush will lead a breif closing circle and final breath togther to conclude the workshop. 

A Note About GATHER

GATHER is a workshop series, but each class stands alone and contains different information and movement material following the same structure listed above. Feel free to sign up for just on class or two or all three! We can't wait to dance and build community together, and we hope you will join us this Saturday to kick off the series strong. 

 

Questions?

Email kaleiddancecollective@gmail.com