JUST MOVEMENTS | A Dance Lab

*** ALL CLASSES ON PAUSE TILL FURTHER NOTICE ***

4 groups of dancers creating an improv dance piece. About 17 dancers. Image is in Black and White. Dancers are at different levels, some are using wheel chairs and they are on a Plaza street corner in the streets of Eugene OR at the DanceAbility® Summer Intensive 2019
DanceAbility® 2019 Summer Intensive ~ Eugene OR


Weaving together practices of DanceAbility® and Soul Motion® Facilitated by Nik Kurtz & Richard Paz

When//
Every Thursday | 6:30pm-8:30pm

***Please arrive on time and SCENT / FRAGRANCE FREE***

Where//
Veterans Memorial Building | Oakland
2nd Floor ~ Hall 1
200 Grand Ave., Oakland CA 94610
*MAP*


Drop in//  $9 - 35*
We are offering a sliding scale as a way to support more folks on the financial spectrum (poor, working, middle, owning class) as well as ourselves. *Please consider where you are on the scale when making your contribution.  

~ Volunteering in exchange for classes is available ~ please email us

~This is a drop in class and it is our intention to provide a class that supports everyone, we ask that if you have specific needs (developmental/sensory disabilities), please email us your name, pronoun(s), age and needs.  justmovementsoakland@gmail.com 


*** No dance experience is necessary,
wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle.***

(Substance free event)

JOIN THE MOVEMENT!


Accessibility//

  • Interactive map of the building: https://lakemerrittdance.aiambiq.com/overview
  • Languages spoken: English and Spanish.
  • Free parking lot.
  • Wheelchair accessible | one elevator.
  • Ground floor has Gender Neutral Bathroom | Women’s & Mens on ground and 2nd floor. (All bathrooms are wheelchair accessible)
  • There is not an ASL interpreter for weekly classes. It might be possible to get an ASL interpreter for specific classes and if we are, we will let you know in advance.
  • Please arrive SCENT AND FRAGRANCE FREE (The building is older and is not fragrance free): Some of the bathrooms have scented products. We will have "Free and Clear” soap available.  The day of class, please refrain from using scented soap, shampoo, lotion, essential oils, hair products, cologne/perfume and laundry detergents.   https://eastbaymeditation.org/resources/fragrance-free-at-ebmc/ 
    http://brownstargirl.org/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-genius/


About the Classes

The instructors will lead a weekly dance class combining Soul Motion® and DanceAbility® to promote an inclusive environment where people of all physical and mental abilities, backgrounds and ages can come together for an enriching movement dance experience. 

Classes will consist of an opening and closing circle to share our experiences, starting with a guided warm-up and then some individual and groups’ movement improvisation exercises, exploring the basic elements of DanceAbility® and Soul Motion®.

Facilitators

Richard Paz

He | Him | His

Richard discovered his new path of life at 25, when Dance appeared as his new passion and way of expression. This is why he rather prefers to call himself a mover than a dancer. Richard is a deaf latin Certified DanceAbility Instructor and is currently the executive director of a non-profit organization “Proyecto Paz Danza Inclusiva A.C.”, a mixed-ability mexican dance project with a mission to sensitize about diversity and inclusion through artistic and social activities through inclusive dance.

Proyecto Paz

Niksen "Nik" Kurtz

They | Them | Theirs

Nik is a partner, sibling, friend, activist and practitioner for wellness on individual, interpersonal and systemic levels.  They are white, queer, able bodied, chemical and scent sensitive (MCS), a gender expansive being (trans), a learner of new things and an artist who enjoys connecting deeply.  They are an introvert with extrovert tendencies, a connector, a heart relater, an explorer and a curious being.  The love of their life, is their 11 y/o cat Luna! 

Nik enjoys their personal practice of dance and leading dancers as a way to create external expressions of inner experiences.  They experiences dance as a web of movement, stillness, sensing and building capacity for emotions, vulnerability and surrendering.  They have lead movement classes in the greater Bay Area since 2012 and are currently a Soul Motion® certified teacher, Esalen® Massage Practitioner (CMT) and newly certified in the DanceAbility® Method.

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