Sunday, June 2

Words and Movement: A One Day Mini-Festival

Workshops and dialogue that explore artistic expression through poetry, spoken word, dance, and beyond - plus an evening slam!

By The Dance Complex

Date and time

Sunday, June 2 · 11:30am - 7pm EDT

Location

The Dance Complex

536 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

7 hours 30 minutes

Words & Movement invites participants from all artistic backgrounds to explore how text and motion, as individual and combined practices, can be catalysts for deepening your creative process. How can movement inform your writing? How can writing inform your movement practice? Through this event, we aim to cultivate collaborations and strengthen an artist’s main focus through a fusion of forms.

The curators will lead sessions in yoga, text, movement, and poetry as well as mentorship in individual and small group settings. Other activities will include guided artistic “speed dating,” fostering connections between participants through short sessions of idea sharing and observation, and an end-of-day Words & Movement Slam. The Slam is a focused hour to informally perform existing works or works-in-progress inspired by the day’s events.

Tentative schedule:

11:00- 11:30 Registration/Arrival

11:30 - 11:45 Group Welcome

11:45- 12:40 Yoga/Meditation/Words

12:45 - 1:30 Text/Poetry Workshop

1:30- 2:30 Break/Observe Classes on own

2:30- 2:45 Reflection on morning sessions

2:45 - 4:00 Movement/Text in Relationship

4:00- 4:45 Creative "Speed-Dating"

5:00-6:00 Break/preparation for slam

6:00 - 6:50 Movement and Words Open Slam

6:50 Ending circle

All events take place in Studio 7, located on the ground floor of The Dance Complex.

More Information about the Day's Events:

Yoga/Meditation/Words with Denise Washington, Akili Jamal Haynes and Born Bikim

Description coming soon!

Let Us Unload Before The Light with Jean-Dany Joachim

-A self-reflection on the known and undiscovered burdens that one carries

-A writing invitation via poetry & other genres...

-A meditation invitation via writing and spoken words

Movement/Text in Relationship with Peter DiMuro and members of PDM

This section of the day will be a crash course in methods and strategies on how to create text from movement, movement from text, and plant the seeds of a relationship of these elements in performance. The focus will be on what participants build organically, avoiding formulaic approaches.

Creative "Speed-Dating"

Continuing on the theme that “experts are among us”, participants will be led through a series of one on one meetings with other participants in quick active rounds of time, with the goal of sharing ideas, observations and tools that can help deepen each artist’s practice, and add to their creative toolbox.

Words and Movement Slam

A performance slam will combust from the day’s proceedings, with the focus on inspiration, rule-breaking and sharing a range of tried and true works as well as things newly made that day. We will have only 60 minutes - so under 5 minutes per person encouraged, and great things have been known to occur in a minute or less!

Curators:

Jean Dany Joachim

Anita Morson-Matra

Denise Washington

Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion

Organized by

The Dance Complex

Online ticket sales end 2 hours prior to the start of the event. Pre-registration is only available online via credit card payment. Tickets may still be purchased at the door using cash, check, or credit card.

Late seating is at the discretion of the artist and The Dance Complex, and may not be available after the start time of a performance. In general, we advise arriving at least 15 minutes before the show start time. Doors open 30 minutes prior to show, at which time our bar is open in our lobby space. After the show has begun, entry is not guaranteed and refunds are not available. You may receive a refund through Eventbrite up until 24 hours prior to the event.

Our ground-level lobby area and performance space is ADA compliant. Gender-neutral accessible bathrooms are located on both the ground and second-floor levels of the building. There is a motorized lift that can bring one person at a time from the ground floor to the second floor should a guest wish to use it. There is no elevator.

If you have any further questions or concerns about refunds or ticketing, or if you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility at The Dance Complex, please contact Jake Crawford, Front of House Manager, at jake@dancecomplex.org.

$100 – $400