Fatima Logan-Alston

Valkyrie Yao

Holly Heidt

Darian Parker

Cheryl Rowley-Gaskins

Ingeborg Kolstad

Roots Intertwined Workshop Series

Threads of Truth

Get your body moving, your rhythm flowing in our afternoon workshop series in cultural, traditional, and contemporary forms.

Gibney 280 Broadway

Roots Intertwined

Join us at Roots Intertwined, for two concerts Saturday and Sunday and a Monday afternoon full of diverse cultural and contemporary workshops. This event will root you in tradition, transform you with culture, and inspire you! Make sure you are there!

See the workshop series agenda for class type, description, time, and instructor.12-1pm: Yoga w/Holly1-2pm: Contemporary with Valkyrie Yao2-3pm: Contemporary w/TBD3-4pm: Contemporary w/TBD4-5pm: West African-(Traditional) with Darian Parker5-6pm: Contemporary-Rooted to Flow/Logan Technique: Fatima Logan-Alston

Agenda

This will be an open-level, hour-long flow class designed to regulate the nervous system and build resilience. 

Yoga

Step into a dance experience where ancient traditions and contemporary forms converge. This
open-level contemporary dance workshop invites movers of all backgrounds into a rich and
nuanced exploration of form, flow, and cultural memory, rooted in Eastern aesthetics and
interwoven with contemporary technique.
Drawing from the meditative energies of Tai Chi, the dynamic expressivity of Classical Chinese
dance, and the grounded expansiveness found in Mongolian and Tibetan movement
vocabularies, this class centers both clarity of intention and embodied imagination. Participants
will explore how breath, rhythm, and gesture can be shaped into intricate physical poetry,
balancing softness with strength, release with control, and tradition with experimentation

Contemporary Dance

This intermediate contemporary dance class is an exploration of movement inspired by Norwegian music, culture, and climate. We will work on the contrast of tension and release, finding deep groundedness and exploring the shifts of weight to create percussive and explosive movement. The class will challenge you to let go and embrace a sense of weightiness and suspension. Wear something comfortable and come ready to sweat and have fun.

Designed for the beginner dancer, this class is an introduction to the technique, music, and folklore of dances from select regions of West Africa.  Class begins with a warm-up, proceeds to a break-down of dance technique and history, and concludes with progression lines across the floor.

West African: Traditional

Rooted to Flow is a contemporary dance experience, blending African Diaspora traditions as we ground ourselves to find the freedom to flow with movement that elongates and aligns the body and reduces stress and tension. Open level class- all are welcomed.