Transvergence

An improvisational dance/movement space for queer and trans folks A monthly improvisational dance/movement space for queer and trans folks. The last Sunday of each month unless otherwise noted. Transvergence // challenging conventional divisions and embracing complexity, incompleteness, or even chaos, moving beyond artifical seperation. Buy your tickets on eventbrite or venmo at the door, NOTAFLOF. Ticket sales go towards renting the space and paying the organizers. This time our facilitated portion of the night before the jam will be held by: Max (they/them) is a genderqueer experiential educator and facilitator. Their inspiration for their work comes from the lived experience of finding wisdom, peace, and self-understanding through expression and intuitive storytelling through the body. Movement has always been Max’s teacher. They are inspired by the elements and the holding capacity of nature, reassured by the infinite uniqueness of others’ authentic expressions, and are guided by intuition rooted in love, care, and respect. Movement has always been a way to practice telling the truth. To express in order to feel, process, understand, listen, and validate self. They have navigated mobility and pain-based challenges related to their body, and have a deep devotion toward honoring the thread woven between the emotional, psychic, and somatic. They are informed by trauma-aware trainings, and honor this in their facilitation. They are soft-hearted, playful, grounded, and honest. They hold students dear to their heart in their facilitation style, and teach from a place of love and devotion. Access: Both Studios East and West, along with BANDALOOP Studios’s bathrooms are ADA Accessible. The bathrooms are gender neutral. Please click on this link to read more in depth about BANDALOOP Studios commitment to accessibility: https://www.bandaloopstudio.com/accessibility We ask that our space be a fragrance free space, please refrain from wearing scented products before coming. You are welcome but not required to wear a mask. Please do not attend if you have any symptoms of any contagious illness. Join us at BANDALOOP Studios to move, play, and dance with other trans and queer folks. No dance/movement experience is required! This space was born out of the desire to have an exclusive movement improv space for queer people that centers trans bodies to build comfort and trust outside of a cis/het centric space. The flow of the evening begins with an opening circle where names, pronouns, and introductions are shared as well as community agreements. After that, there will be a 45 minute arrival practice which aims to guide participants into settling into their bodies and the space. Partner work (contact improvisation/group scores) may be introduced during this, but all offerings are optional. Contact Improvisation (CI) is an element of our jams but not the sole focus, and is approached with consent at the center. After the arrival practice ends, we will go straight into an hour of uninterrupted open jam time. During the jam, a curated playlist follows a natural arc, beginning with slower paced music that builds into energetic beats, and then back to slowness to wind down. Individual, partner, and group movement and play emerge naturally in the jam, every time looking and feeling very different depending on the unique group of people in the space that night. While the jam is a nonverbal space, expression of sound through voice and body is highly encouraged and welcomed. Tal and Chloe facilitate the arrival practice regularly, and every other month, we aim to host guest facilitators to bring their offerings to the community. We hope to have live instrumental musicians occasionally if possible in the future, and right now recorded music is a part of the soundscape. Email us at transvergencedance@gmail.com with any questions!