Free by Donation Dance Workshop with Megan Lowe Dances

Gathering Pieces of Peace - Dance Workshop #1 with Clarissa Rivera Dyas and Megan Lowe Event Timing: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 | 10:30am-2pm Event Address: Bancroft Studio at UC Berkeley 2401 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 Registration: Free/by Donation https://forms.gle/ijtYa4m7ZBcZqTzU8 Megan Lowe Dances is excited to share some of the creative process, dance movement, and community building practices we have developed during the creation of “Gathering Pieces of Peace” (premiering September 1-9, 2023)! You are invited to engage with explorative writings, conversations, and movement that considers complex identities, and that has the potential to develop into spoken text, dance (centered in contact improvisation/partnering and modern/contemporary dance, as well as each participant’s movement lineages), and maybe even song. We want to collaborate with you in generating a supportive environment for creation and connection! All dancers are welcome to join this workshop, and it is our mission to facilitate spaces with a BIPOC majority. A previous MLD workshop participant wrote: “It’s so rare for me to see my background reflected in movement instructors. The safe container cultivated through the gentle buildup of warm-up exercises and explicitly practicing verbal cues of boundary-setting empowered me to try new things and go beyond my usual notions of what I can and can't do. I also appreciated the presence of many POC helping me feel less like an outlier.” MLD creates spaces of dance study where BIPOC are not the minority, de-centering normative white/eurocentric experiences and cultivating diversity in Bay Area dance. In consideration of this mission, if you identify as white and would like to attend the workshop, we enthusiastically encourage you to reach out to your POC friends and have them join along! P.S. In true MLD fashion, there will be snacks provided. 🙃