MIAO MASTER: Dancing Curiosity (Open Level) by Belinda He

✨🦋MIAO MASTER: 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 (Open Level) 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗛𝗲🦋✨ Solo and Partnered Inquiries through Improvisation . . 📅𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬 𝗦𝗲𝗽 | 🕗 𝟯:𝟯𝟬 - 𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 : 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝘆 📅𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬 𝗦𝗲𝗽 | 🕗 𝟳:𝟬𝟬 - 𝟵:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 : 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 . . 📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: MIAO DANCE (18 Boon Lay Way, #10-123, TradeHub 21 609966) . . ✅These sessions are open to both beginners and experienced practitioners of movement improvisation✅ . . 📖𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: We will be investigating, through somatic exploration, improvisation and movement motif recapitulation, ways of following our curiosity. Drawing partially from the Feldenkrais Method, we harness the capacity of our nervous systems to adapt to situational necessities, allowing for sensitivity to be foregrounded in this playground for emergent adventures in movement. Beginning slowly and gently, we invite states of readiness for introspection, nuanced attention, and spontaneity, fostering the conditions for expansive alertness so that we may approach dancing decisively and precisely. . . This workshop is offered in two sessions: 1. Solo Inquiry & 2. Partnered Inquiries. . . 🐞𝟭. 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝘆 offers opportunities to practice organizing our attention in movement within and without, for lucidity and responsiveness in solo improvisation. It holds the question "how can musicality demonstrate virtuosity?" . . 🪲𝟮. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱Inquiries utilizes the potency of curious touch as a vehicle for learning and community building, as we investigate how to direct and integrate the forces coming from the ground through our individual and collective structures, for supported falling and failing. . . Taken together, the sessions lead us to dance towards togetherness even as we solidify our individual sovereignty. . . 🐦‍⬛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗢 (Until 18 Sep) One session of your choice at 𝗦𝗚𝗗 $𝟰𝟬 Both sessions at 𝗦𝗚𝗗 $𝟳𝟬 . . 🎫𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 (19 Sep onwards) One session of your choice at 𝗦𝗚𝗗 $𝟰𝟴 Both sessions at 𝗦𝗚𝗗 $𝟴𝟴 . . 🎓𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁/𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 is available, please contact 'Ice' directly via WhatsApp at (+65) 8768-8824 . . 🟢To reserve your spot in this workshop, please express your interest to our Assistant Director, Titisa 'Ice' Jeamsakul. You can reach her via email at [email protected] or by WhatsApp at 8768-8824. . . 💖𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿: Belinda He is a Singapore-born dance artist of Chinese descent. She received a bursary from the National Arts Council of Singapore to pursue an MFA in Dance at Sarah Lawrence College under the directorship of Sara Rudner. While based in NYC, she was the Artistic Director of SINecdoche Dance, and also performed in the works of Sara Rudner, Jon Kinzel, Parijat Desai, Kathy Westwater and Anneke Hansen. In 2017, she relocated to the Bay Area. There, she has presented her work at various venues while continuing to perform, and provide dramaturgical support to colleagues. Belinda utilizes pedagogical and improvisational structures to support her creative processes, which often reflect her deep concern of the weaponization of “fake news” as propaganda, and her desire to diversify ways of seeing as an antidote to the violence of erasure. Her physical practices of qigong and the Feldenkrais Method deeply influence her creative work, in the ways she relates to time, space, scale and self. She thrives in collaborative relationships, and enjoys current collaborations with Karla Quintero (as one half of alloyed mettles), Hope Mohr, Heidi Carlsen, Mohammadreza Akrami and Nuria Bowart, which have recently taken her to artist residencies at The Finnish Hall, Berkeley, USA (2025), SARUYA, Fujiyoshida, Japan (2024), The Old Mines, Outukumpu, Finland (2024), The Field Center, Vermont (2024) and Dance Nucleus, Singapore (2023). As a teacher, Belinda facilitates movement practices through the lens of the Feldenkrais Method and her experiences with diverse dance forms, including ballet, contemporary techniques and partnered dances such as salsa and contact improvisation. She maintains a lively teaching practice of both the Feldenkrais Method and contemporary dance technique through improvisation in the US and internationally. Belinda also founded the nurture collective for pedagogical exchange in San Francisco, and co-founded The Lead LLC, a collective for Feldenkrais practitioners of the global majority. Belinda continues to be an active performer in the Bay Area and beyond, and considers the totality of all aspects of her life to be her artistic output. . . Video credit: Heidi Carlsen