IMAGE DESCRIPTION OF BANNER: Luke Anderson carries Kathleen Rea as she leverages off of his wheelchair.
EVENT DESCRIPTION: A dance jam that is disability lead and welcoming dance jam
MASKS ARE REQUIRED due to vulnerable populations
REGISTRATION: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/every-body-can-dance-jam-a-disability-welcoming-dance-class-and-jam-2138596273 Drop-ins are also welcome.
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1244170799545669/1244170806212335/
FACILITATORS: Luke Anderson and Kathleen Rea
DATES: Saturdays May 13, 2023 - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Sept 9, 2023 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm October 7, 2023 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Nov 11, 2023 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm December 9, 2023 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
TIME: 11:00 dance class led by Kathleen Rea and Luke Anderson 12:00 to 1:30 Dance Jam with live music 1:30 to 2:00 Closing circle and hang out
DROP-INS WELCOME.
SIZE LIMIT: 30
GUIDELINES You will need to read RDDP's Dance Jam Guidelines prior to your first time attending: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VvM85pJ_2gE58dANWztFLy5N4KoAZ49U/view?usp=share_link
BEGINNER POINTERS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fkmC2yTfJUUDSEIVls5UtqC0Ke1F_A3C/view?usp=share_link LOCATION: Society Club House 967 College Street (at Dovercourt) Toronto, ON M6H 1A6 (Wheelchair accessible) PRODUCED BY: REAson d'etre dance ACCESS: Wheelchair-accessible studio and washrooms. Please contact us at kathleen.rea@reasondetre.com.com if you require accommodation or if you have any questions about access. Kathleen has experience teaching dance to those that are blind and deaf. However ASL interpretation is not provided at this point but let us know if you need it and we shall see what we can do.
COST: Sliding scale - Free to $25 $35.00 Giving extra support Please choose the rate that works for you.
WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING: Comfortable clothes. You might want knee pads and a bottle of water
COVID POLICY :
- All levels of vacations and non-vaccination are welcome
- two industrial HEPA will be running in the studio.
- Attendees and teachers will be masked
- Do COVID test at home or at door
REFUND POLICY All refunds will be minus a %5 admin fee charge.
FUNDING This dance jam is supported by the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and Canada Heritage Foundation.
BIOGRAPHIES Luke Anderson (he/him/his) has a background in civil engineering which helped him foster a respect for the importance of quantitative science in our external world and it's part in helping create an environmentally and socially healthy planet. In 2015 he left his structural engineering gig and took on the role of Executive Director of Toronto's StopGap Foundation, which he co-founded, working with communities across the country to raise awareness about the importance of accessibility, inclusion, and barrier-free spaces. That same year he was introduced to the world of Contact Improvisation and soon developed a deep respect and interest in the somatic realms of our qualitative human experience. Luke identifies as someone living with a profound physical disability and uses a wheelchair to aid his mobility. Luke's lived experience working with and gaining wisdom from his own physical and emotional pain, encounters with systemic inequity for people with disabilities, and personal suffering fuels his desire to contribute to the well being of various communities including the Toronto Contact Improvisation community. Finding joy, weirdness, mystery, and massive amounts of hilarity are some of Luke's personal and professional daily intentions. Luke's movement practice at home and at jams incorporates a playful mix of his passions for dance, nonviolent communication, focusing, harmonica, and didgeridoo virtuosic aspirations.
Kathleen Rea danced with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, National Ballet of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). She fell in love with contact improvisation 22 years ago & has been involved in the community ever since. She has choreographed over 40 dance works and has been nominated for 5 DORA awards. Kathleen has a learning disability which means writing takes 6 times longer than average. It is one of life’s mysteries that despite this struggle she loves writing and is a published author (The Healing Dance). She has a Master’s in Expressive Arts with a minor in Psychology. She is a certified teacher of the Axis Syllabus and Buteyko Breathing. She is the director of REAson d’etre dance, a Toronto not-for-profit dance company that is contact improvisation based and produces a weekly jam, a Film Fest, and dance theatre productions. She has autism & works to educate the world about neurodiversity. She developed the well-read REAson d’etre dance Dance Jam Guidelines (download here) which over the past 20 years have influenced consent culture in the contact improvisation worldwide community. She also is the founder of the Contact Improv Consent Culture Blog. PRE-SCREENING
QUESTIONS:
- Do you agree to read through and comply with our RDD's dance Jam Guidelines at the point of purchase?
- If you are a beginner to CI do you agree to read through RDD's Beginner Tip Sheet prior to entrance to the event?
- Do you agree not to attend if you are sick with a virus, flu, or cold?
- Do you recognize that despite these screening and mask-wearing, and antigen-testing protocols there is still some risk in meeting socially indoors to practice contact improvisation? Do you accept this risk as part of your participation?
- Do you agree to wear a mask due to at-risk populations who attend these jams? Please note that non-masking accommodations can be made by request to kathleenrea@rogers.com.
- Do you agree to do a COVID test at home or at the door? Do you recognize that despite these screening, disinfecting, mask-wearing, and antigen testing protocols there is still some risk in meeting socially indoors to practice contact improvisation? Do you accept this risk as part of your participation?
