Dance To The People is curating its second series of donation-based Open Classes at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange.

On April 4th we have Ethan Meigs teaching Martial Movements. We will see what happens when we take on the fighter's eyes in an improvisational dance scenario, seeing dance partner as opponent. We'll wrestle, strike and block, chase and run away, win and lose, surrender and have mercy, all with the utmost care for each other's wellbeing. I hope that we can find ways to complicate the dichotomy between conflict and cooperation, helping and hurting. This is more lab than class, since I do not intend to impart knowledge but rather to create boundaries in which I will ask participants to play.

The series geared towards the professional development of dance teachers, and offering of affordable training for the dance community. 

Classes are every Monday from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, from March 7 to April 25, 2016. 

Dance to the People, is part of a set of programs called Creating Space at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Funded in large part by the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Creating Space provides opportunities to support and develop artists of all races, backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and aesthetic traditions.