Intro to Play with Power & Gender through Dance (Sebastopol)

Do you love connecting on the dance floor?

Are you interested in Dominance & submission as a spiritual path?

Do you want to learn & practice presence skills in community?

Are you interested in heart-centered liberation?

If your heart lights up reading these... come join us for the intro to see if the 3 month immersion is for you! This will be our 6th cohort as we grow incredible community in the larger bay area.

The intro includes:

• the story of how I came to create this (ballet as my intro to kink)
• a devotional performance ritual
• guided consensual dance duets to explore the archetypes of the Dom & sub
• Q&A about the 3 month immersion (Play level 1)

We ask everyone to rapid covid test right before coming & to show your test when you arrive.

Learn about the 3 month immersion here (and watch the trailer that's too spicy for ebrite!)

2026 cohort dates

All applicants are required to attend 1 intro, if you have not already.

Intros

• Sat, Jan 10, 5 - 8:30 pm (Berkeley)
• Sat, Jan 17, 12 - 3:30 pm (Oakland)
• Sat, Feb 7, 2 - 5:30 pm (Sebastopol)

Immersion (Sebastopol)

1. Sat, Feb 14, 2 - 7 pm

2. Sat, Feb 21, 2 - 7 pm

3. Sat, Feb 28, 2 - 7 pm

Optional Relational Mapping: Mon, March 9, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (online, open to loved ones)

4. Sat, March 14, 6, 2 - 7 pm

5. Sat, March 28, 2 - 7 pm

6. Sat, April 11, 1 - 7 pm DEEP DIVE WEEKEND

7. Sun, April 12, 1 - 7 pm DEEP DIVE WEEKEND

Optional Grief Eros Ritual: Sat, April 18, 1 - 8:30 pm (not included in tuition)

8. Sat, April 25, 2 - 7 pm

9. Sat, May 9, 2 - 7 pm with a graduation party til 11 pm (invite your loved ones)

10. Sat, May 23, 2 - 7 pm

How to Join Play:

1. Hold the dates in your calendar & budget for tuition
2. Register for an intro
3. Apply (applications open in January!)
4. Select applicants will be invited to interview
5. If you are invited to join, confirm your space with payment

Facilitation Team

🏳️‍🌈 Z (aka Zahava Griss, lead facilitator, they/them) dancer, love coach, & kink educator for personal & cultural liberation. Z has delighted in guiding erotic community ritual for 25 years.

🏳️‍🌈 E. Lowry (assistant, they/them) trauma informed kink explorer & guide for 12 years.

photo of Z & E by @fourcubes.photography