About this Event
Physical storytelling is a beginner-friendly movement workshop series at focused on exploring storytelling through movement and developing your own freestyle. Every third Sunday, we’ll have Physical Storytelling or Group Movement Lab.
Workshop:
In this workshop, the embodiment of words, and body language collide. Participants will be encouraged to find the intersection of physicality and phrases - exploring the language of the body and playing with both literal and abstract interpretations of text.
Please bring 2 pieces of diverse texts that inspire you - anything from song lyrics, to news articles, text messages, to poetry. Participants will use these texts as the basis of their writing and movement inspiration. Beginners to skilled practitioners are welcome. Open minds and an interest in movement are required.
Breakdown of the day:
12-12:30 movement practice and welcome
12:30-1 remix of texts
1-1:30 exploration mentored by Moscelyne
1:30-2 sharing of materials and discussion2 onwards: optional social!
Artist:
Moscelyne ParkeHarrison (she/her) is a choreographer, director, and dance artist based in NYC. She is the former Associate Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of Post:ballet (2022-25), and Artistic Director of NYC based dance company BODYSONNET (2019-present). She is a graduate of The Juilliard School with the Joseph W. Polisi Artist as Citizen Award. She recently choreographed Magma, an evening length immersive dance theater show at SF’s premiere nightclub, The Midway. In May 2026 she produced New York Now, a celebration of BODYSONNET’s 7th season and establishment as a NYC based company, at Judson Church.
In July 2025 she was asked to serve as Interim Rehearsal Director of AXIS Dance Company, one of the nation’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled, non-disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse performers, whom she has collaborated with since 2023 as a teacher and performing artist.
Moscelyne has received support from Anthony Quinn Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, Adobe, and MassCultural Council, and commissions from The Juilliard School, Skidmore College, Joffrey NYC, Metropolis Ensemble, Merde Project, LINES Training Program, Center for Creative Technology at Juilliard, and Post:ballet. She has taught at ODC, The Juilliard School, LINES Dance Center, The Training Ground SF, Broadway Dance Center, UC Davis, and UC Berkeley. Moscelyne’s dance films have been featured at The San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Dance Camera West, and ADF’s Movies By Movers. She has been a guest at Intuit, The Alan D. Marks Center for Entrepreneurship at Juilliard, Dance/USA, and Yale University.
She currently teaches at Joffrey NYC Jazz & Contemporary Training Program, Gibney, School of American Ballet, and Steps on Broadway. She is the choreographer and creative supervisor for Filling the Shell, techno-choreographic work produced by ARESPHERE with BODYSONNET in New York City.
Website: https://www.mzparkeharrison.com/
https://www.bodysonnet.org/
Instagram: @moscelyne_ , @bodysonnet_
What to bring?
- Wear clothes you can move in :)
- Optional: snacks
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1175 Folsom St, 1175 Folsom Street, San Francisco, United States
USD 33.85
