Queering Dance Festival: Undercurrent (Adults, In-Person)
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at Berkeley Ballet Theater (1370 Tenth St, Berkeley, CA 94710 Berkeley, 06 94710)
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Undercurrent with Steph Hewett
Wednesday, June 7th 5-6:30pm
@ Berkeley Ballet Theater
FREE as part of Queering Dance Festival
This class will explore artistic practices of transgression through utilizing somatic and improvisational techniques. We will investigate the ways our bodies hold information and how our movements support our exploration of the body as a site of resilience and deep wisdom.
Wednesday, June 7th 5-6:30pm
@ Berkeley Ballet Theater
FREE as part of Queering Dance Festival
This class will explore artistic practices of transgression through utilizing somatic and improvisational techniques. We will investigate the ways our bodies hold information and how our movements support our exploration of the body as a site of resilience and deep wisdom.
Stephanie Hewett (she/they) is an multidisciplinary artist from the Bronx, New York (Lenapehoking territory) currently residing in Oakland, CA (Ohlone-Chochenyo territory). She is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts in New York City and has studied at the Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. They hold an MFA in Dance Studies and use both music and movement to access pathways towards liberation rooted in spiritual, physical, and sonic defense. Hewett DJ's and produces electronic music under the moniker, Madre Guía. Their Afro-Caribbean roots guide them towards polyrhythmic potentialities of intergenerational healing.
Tickets are FREE - please register ahead of time as classes fill up fast.
Contact clarissa@shawl-anderson.org for inquiries and access needs.
Masks are optional and dependent on teachers' requests.