Getting Comfortable with Touch  on the Dance Floor

Physical contact with other human beings is crucial for social bonding and individual development.  Contact is a basic human need and touch is a language all its own.  What are some of the elements needed to enjoy touching and being touched?  What are the ways we can use touch and contact to enhance the dimensions of our dance? How can we engage in physical contact with more awareness of our intentions and impacts?   And what do we really mean when we talk about consent?  In this workshop, we will explore these questions and more.  

 
While every part of our selves is welcome on the dance floor, this workshop is not about sexual touch.  This is not a typical "dance" workshop.  The format will include facilitated discussion and guided exercises for the first part of the workshop.  We will end with a dance, where we can practice and explore what we've learned.

The workshop will begin at 5:00.  Please come a few minutes early to settle in.   Dress comfortably in layers since we will be sitting for awhile.  Feel free to bring a notebook if you'd like to take notes. 

Trudes is a dancer, potter, and teacher.  She has been dancing for over 15 years and graduated as an Open Floor movement teacher in 2016.  In addition to teaching dance, she facilitates workshops on intimacy and consent.  

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Date & Time: Saturday June 15, 2019

Time: 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: Fusion 302 Columbia St NW, Olympia 98501

Cost: $25 if preregistered by May 25, 2019 / $30 after. If cost is the only reason you cannot attend, please talk to us. We want you to be there.

What to wear: Loose comfortable clothing suitable for moving and sitting.

 Contact and more info: Trudes Tango.

Advance Registration is Closed but you are very welcome to Register at the Door.

Please come a few minutes early to get all checked in and on the dance floor.