Silks & Sounds

Core Collective Entertainers Presents: Silks & Sounds, a beginner-friendly silk fan workshop benefitting Casa San Jose, a local nonprofit that connects, supports, and advocates with the Latino community of Pittsburgh through vital services such as food assistance, educational programs, and immigrant rights advocacy. We will explore concepts of self-love and sensuality through a guided movement and sound meditation with silk fans and singing bowls.

This workshop will help participants enhance mind-body-spirit connection, boost self-love, and enhance feelings of safety in the body and community through the magic of movement, silk fans, and a relaxing meditative sound bath! Silk fans are the perfect medium to explore these concepts in an accessible, beginner-friendly way. We know you will fall in love with this prop. Therefore, participants will be able to take their new pair home with them at the end of the event!

Host TigerLily will lead you through a grounding opening ritual, gentle warm ups, explorative movement and discussion prompts, and simple choreography. Host Solstice will also provide non-alcoholic tea elixirs for the opening, and close the event with a relaxing sound bowl meditation. Come learn, dance, express, love, and support a worthy local cause with new friends on February 21st from 5-7 pm at Art in Motion!

In order to keep this offering accessible to all, there are multiple ticketing options: If you don’t see a price that works for you, please reach out to TigerLily directly, or via email at [email protected]

• Full admission (suggested): workshop participation + your own pair of silk fans to use & take home!
• Without fans: just the workshop. This option is for those that want to use their own fans, or can't afford the full admission price. The next option is designed to help offset the cost of the fans for those in need.
• Pay it forward: helps cover the cost of another community member’s participation or fans.

Additional donations to Casa San Jose can be added on to every order, or purchased separately to support the immediate needs of our immigrant community even if you can’t be present for the workshop!

Bring a water bottle, a journal, yoga mat (limited quantities provided by studio), and anything you might normally need or want for a movement class or workout. This class will introduce silk fan movement in a manner that is very wrist and shoulder-focused, and we will sit on the floor to start. Wear comfy clothes that allow you to move and stretch comfortably and allow you to feel comfy and confident in your own skin!

Art in Motion is located in Sharpsburg, PA just across the bridge from Lawrenceville/Morningside. Street parking is available and it is located along a bus line. The entrance to the studio is in the alley way past the Art in Motion balloon mural. There are steps in the entrance leading you upstairs to the studio space. There is a private bathroom and kitchenette with a sink for water. There are cubbies for shoes and jacket hooks for your belongings at the top of the stairs- please no shoes on the studio floor. This studio is a NO FRAGRANCE space in order to keep our workshop allergen friendly, and support overall environmental & dancer health :) If you must smoke or vape, please do so outside. There is an additional smaller studio room that may be used as a quiet/decompression space to retreat to if needed.

If you have additional questions, concerns, or accommodation needs, please reach out to [email protected] or our event's accessibility liaison, bailz at [email protected] and we can discuss finding solutions to help keep this workshop inclusive to a range of mobility needs!

Please be advised, this event is for adults 18+, and is not limited to any gender. Due to the personal and participatory nature of the concepts explored in this workshop, please do not bring friends/family, partners, children, etc. who are not participating: no spectators, and absolutely no photos or videos should be taken without full consent of participants. Be respectful, consent is at the forefront of this event in every and all ways it may apply.

Event Venue

Art In Motion Pittsburgh Dance Studio, 1001 Main Street, Pittsburgh, United States

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