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) |
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Richard Paz
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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. Body Curiosity |
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