Pollinate ~ Moving Between Worlds

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Pollinate returns to invite us to lean into the liminal and move between the worlds that we might celebrate our ancestors of blood and imagination and make an embodied offering of our dance.

In this modern, primarily secular culture with little ritual to remind us, our beloved dead fall away from us. Let us turn towards them, uplift them by recognizing the fullness of their being, dance with them in the luminous dark, lit by our loving attention and delight.

If there is grief, let it crack us open.
If there is not knowing, let it fill us with wonder.

My grandfather (Pops) said to me, not long before he left this earthly realm,

“I choose to believe everything happens for a reason, and if I just stay with it, it will probably reveal itself.”

Let’s allow our knowledge of our own death to reveal the many parts of ourselves to us, the archetypes and myths that want a space to move and be expressed.

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🍄This Pollinate we are deeply excited to move to the live responsive soundscapes of Erwan Noblet, Joel Brubacher, Todd Scheidel, Philippe Samutin & Alex Bossi on electric violin, cello, percussion, accordion, guitar, loops, keys, voice and other sweet instrumentations.

Followed by... DJ Bossi Nova, coming to us from Montreal with layers of sound and groove to move your body to unexpected places.

🍄 The Purpose of Pollinate is to create a space in KW where lovers of dance & music improvisation can come together in embodied research of what generates co-intelligence, flow and collaboration.

🍄 What is Pollinate? Pollinate is a monthly dance event for those who enjoy moving in a focused creative space in collaboration with other dancers and with improvised sound. This includes solo, duo, group dancing, conscious witnessing & stillness.Each event hosts veteran musical improvisers to support the space with inspiration for movement, expression, surprise and delight. This could include both acoustic & electronic sound.

And each month there will be a different themed focus and guided warm-up to stimulate new ideas & practice. As usual, there will be nibbles & spring water to energize our bodies, art supplies to entice our creative spirit, a cuddle zone to rest & co-regulate, and a tickle trunk to play with identity.

Bring your water bottle to hydrate your dance. Children are welcome with supervision.

All ages, abilities & backgrounds enrich our dance.

🍄 The Arc of the Night:

7:00 Doors Open ~ let go of words & land in the body, with a personal warm-up to live soundscape

7:30 Opening Circle (note that doors will be closed during circle)

7:50 Guided Warm-up for the Collective Body

8:00 Dance to Live Music

9:00 Dance to DJ

10:20 Closing Circle

10:30 Pack up & mingle

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🍂 Principles that support our vision of collaboration & improvisation in this space:

1) Learning: I see myself & everyone as learners, and everything that happens as an opportunity to learn.

2) Honour & Nurture Self-Trust: Everyone's experience & needs matter to the well-being of the whole. I will honour & nurture a space where I, and we, listen to and honour our needs.

3) Curiosity: When faced with the choice between curiosity & judgment or defensiveness, I choose curiosity.

4) Response-Ability: We are all interconnected and affect what happens.

5) Creative Tension: I can embrace both what is happening AND my vision of what I want (& don’t want) as a creative tension.

6) Subjectivity: And when we do have occasion to speak, we speak from our own experience & perception of what is happening.

7) Practice & Play: These are core to how we learn.

8) Focus on Non-verbal Conversation: Let go of the urge to speak, unless it’s necessary, so that we can deepen our experience of our dance.

🍂 Pollinate welcomes everyone who embraces these principles in & around the dance space.

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🍂When: Saturday November 15th, 7:00 -10:30pm

🍂Where: Church of the Good Shepherd, 116 Queen St N, Downtown Kitchener.

🍂Cost: Sliding Scale: $25-$35

Pay-what-makes-deep-sense:

We invite you to be present with~ your own capacity to pay,~ the energies & resources that go into creating Pollinate, and~what you wish to sustain & grow in your community

If you can't pay the lowest amount, talk to us to see if we can get creative with it.

Eventbrite: pollinatekw.eventbrite.comCash at the door, orE-transfer: friendsofthefloor@gmail.com

🍂We love feedback and we are interested in your experience of Pollinate! Access our feedback form HERE.