Your Freedom to Be: Discovering Truth through Breath (Play|Ground Series)

, with partners and the , is very excited to launch a new initiative in spring 2024: Play|Ground, a series of dynamic workshops for performing artists with free, onsite, arts-based childcare!

Adults deserve the opportunity to play as much as children, and play is integral to our growth and sustenance as artists! We know how difficult it can be, especially for artists who are caregivers, to find the time and resources to prioritize play as part of their artistic practice. Enter Play|Ground! Taught by members of Fiasco’s Faculty, Play|Ground workshops will be rooted in play, embodied practice, and community. Free childcare is available (with advance sign up) for children ages 3 months to 12 years, facilitated by Broadway Babysitters. Each workshop will include refreshments, a community gathering, and resources from the Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL). This workshop series will center artists who are caregivers of all kinds, but registration is open to all. Play|Ground is supported with funding from DCLA.

It takes practice and courage to allow oneself to exist truthfully under imaginary circumstances. We must first get out of our own way and allow our impulses to shine bright. That means inhaling the given circumstances of the world and allowing your response to ride on the exhale. In this workshop, we’ll move through a series of exercises designed to bring awareness to the breath and begin the journey of releasing unhelpful habits that intrude upon our personal and artistic lives. We will learn how breathing is not only necessary but required to exist truthfully on stage, screen, and everywhere in between.

A note about BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange space. BAX is on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building, accessible by stairs with no lift or elevator. However, BAX is committed to accessibility and makes every effort to help folks with mobility challenges reach the space. Email [email protected] with any questions.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), 421 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, United States