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An evening of dance, movement, connection and tea, with a live DJ, offering a saucy bass music vibe in an ecstatic dance wave in our inspiring NEW downtown AVL venue at 49 Broadway St., Asheville, with more space for partner dance, contact improv, blues fusion, hooping, stretching and more! Please note that we often sell out! Secure your ticket in advance to ensure a spot! Go here for tickets: (available approximately two weeks before the event): https://beatchurchasheville.com/beat-church-asheville-music-events/
Amazing offerings for the evening:
Doors: 6:45p
Movement lab: 6:55-7:15p
Touched: A Contact Improv Fundamentals Series by Hana
In this series, participants will learn some foundational skills on how to touch and be touched. In this class, you will get a glimpse into the depths of this form - contact improvisation. The class will be taught with a playful lens and will focus on building capacities to track and sense while working with a partner. Hana's style of teaching is fun, with a foundation around anatomy and physics as well as deep somatic presence. These classes are for all levels, each class will build on each other but drop ins are welcome!
Hana is a dance and movement facilitator with a focus on somatics, embodiment, and trauma therapy. Hana’s background with movement began as a child, with 7 years of Bharatnatyam, a traditional South Indian temple dance. Hana’s upbringing in India was filled with yoga and meditation, inspiring her to obtain her Yoga Teacher Certification at 19 (2013) and initiating her passion for embodiment. In 2016, Hana began to explore somatic movement techniques, such as Body Mind Centering, Axis Syllabus, Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis and more, as well as contact improvisation. Since then, Hana has traveled the globe for several years of intensive study with world renown teachers such as Nita Little, Ray Chung, Kira Kirsch, Frey Faust, and many more. In the last two years Hana received her certification in integrative somatic trauma therapy and has been exploring the therapeutic benefits of embodiment and the arts. Hana has been teaching for the last 7 years with a focus on: sound and movement improvisation, expressive movement arts, exploring touch and sensation, solo improvisation, contact improvisation, anatomy in dynamic motion (influenced by the axis syllabus), fighting monkey, and Body Mind Centering.
Opening circle: 7:15p (doors closed temporarily for circle)
Live DJ : 7:25-9:05p: Nata Das Live Set
Please note that we often sell out! Secure your ticket in advance to ensure a spot at https://beatchurchasheville.com/
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Guidelines
-VOICES on the dance floor: The dance floor is a talk-free zone. This allows dancers to engage in movement as a meditation, to go within, and to be more embodied without distraction in proximity.
-VOICES off the dance floor: We have created a tea lounge and chill space off the dance floor and quiet voices are encouraged in order to engage with others in a different way when you're not dancing.
-SHOELESS: We ask that you are shoeless in the space. If you have a physical reason to wear shoes, you are welcome to - we simply ask that they are not shoes you wear on the street.
-RESPECT: Be respectful of yourself, of others, and of the space/venue.
-PHONES: the dance floor and chill spaces are phone free zones. This allows dancers to be present fully.
Beat Church was started in San Francisco in the early 2000s by the amazing DJ, Neptune, who saw a need for a new cutting edge underground dance offering.
We want to continue and build on that tradition here in Asheville for the existing vibrant dance community.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
49 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801-2915, United States
