About this Event
From its very beginnings, the blues has stood alongside those whom mainstream society has refused to truly see. It emerged from poverty, racial oppression, lives shaped by movement, bodies worn by labour, and desires that could find no place in the language of respectability. In times when people were not permitted to “speak”, they carved out spaces for themselves through sound and the body. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Gladys Bentley… Loves that could not be openly acknowledged, bodies that did not conform to gender norms, people who refused to submit to the expectations of marriage, family and respectability, all have found reflections of themselves in the blues.
蓝调，从诞生开始就和那些不被主流社会认真看见的人站在一起。它来自贫穷，来自种族压迫，来自流动的生活，来自劳动后的身体，也来自那些无法被体面语言安放的欲望。在不被允许“说话”的年代里，人们用声音和身体给自己留出来的缝隙。Ma Rainey、Bessie Smith、Gladys Bentley…那些不能被公开承认的爱，那些不符合性别规范的身体，那些不愿意顺从婚姻、家庭和体面秩序的人，都曾经在蓝调里找到过自己的影子。
What the blues preserves is never just a musical form or a vocabulary of movement. It also reminds us that we do not have to make ourselves neat, whole, or easily understood to earn the right to express ourselves. Our bodies are no different. Blues dance does not make the body uniform; it allows contradictions to emerge. The body can move closer on one beat while holding its differences within. It allows softness, and it allows us to remain sharp. If the body has only one centre, we can speak only one sentence. But if the body has many centres, we can speak many sentences at once. Each has its own tone, each holds its own sense of time, and yet, in certain moments, they hear one another. The body can respond while continuing to ask questions. Our bodies hold different desires, memories and hesitations. Every joint can become the beginning of a sentence. Every separation need not mean isolation; even within complexity, new connections can be made.
In this blues dance workshop, we will take the body apart and return it to its original complexity, just as we are never linear beings.
蓝调所保存下来的从来不只是一套音乐形式或者舞蹈语汇。它更像是在告诉我们，一个人不需要把自己整理成单一完整或是可以被解释的样子才拥有表达的资格。我们的身体也是如此。蓝调舞不会让身体变得统一，它允许矛盾发生。身体可以在同一拍里靠近，也可以在内部保留分歧。允许柔软，也允许保持锋利。如果身体只有一个中心，我们只能说一句话。但如果身体有了很多中心，我们可以同时说很多句话。它们各自拥有语气，各自保存时间，又在某个瞬间彼此听见。身体可以一边回应，一边又继续提问。我们的身体会有不同的欲望，记忆和迟疑。每一个关节都可能成为句子的开头，每一次隔离都并非孤立，而是在复杂之中重新建立联系。这次关于蓝调舞的工作坊，我们将把身体重新拆解，还给它原本的复杂性，就像我们并不是一个线性的人。
Facilitators:
Chester番茄
他是流动在亚欧各国的蓝调舞者、老师、DJ及组织者，多城蓝调文化讲座及工作坊发起人。他不断探索蓝调与现代情感的连接，深挖蓝调音乐和历史文化。他的教学风格经常以一些幽默独特的方式表达，注重于身体开发和多中心性等蓝调基础美学。
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🇨🇳Groove the Blues Bay 2026 Solo Final
🇮🇹Good Time Blues 2026 Open M&M Final / Solo 3rd
🇨🇳Beijing Blues Bush 2026 Solo Top 4/ Invitational Final
🇹🇼Cross Road Blues 2026 Guest Instructor
Murphy飞
她是伦敦Side by Side Swing Dance Community的主要负责人，致力于推广舒适多元的社群文化，与伦敦本地以及世界各地的舞者合作，通过爵士乐、蓝调、摇摆舞以及更多艺术形式将人们连接在一起。
📅 Date & Time: 4.30pm - 6.30pm, Friday 20 Nov 2026
📍Location: Basement, the Outsiders Gallery, 64 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 7XB
Please note that the basement venue is not wheelchair accessible.
🗣️ Language: Mainly English, with some Mandarin.
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64 Stoke Newington Rd, 64 Stoke Newington Road, London, United Kingdom
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