Movement Exploration with Sav and Matthew
November 18
1PM-4PM EST
St. Luke’s Church on the Avenue
800 W. 36th Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
Cost: Sliding Scale $15-50
(nobody turned away for lack of funds)
Got questions? email tammrwilliams@gmail.com
About this Workshop
We (Matthew and Sav) are body nerds and movers, researching the subtle relationship between what we know and what we express in our bodies. This workshop will explore what choices and agency become possible when we strengthen the connection between anatomy (muscular skeletal and nervous system) and expression (posture and movement). We welcome all levels of experience–this workshop requires no specific level or type of training. It is geared toward people who are curious to discover deeper connections to their bodies within a group setting.
This workshop will draw on tools from:
Somatic Experiencing (nervous system regulation/healing)
Contact Improvisation (a form of dance)
Experiential Anatomy (learning about our bodies through the felt sense)
What to bring/expect
Warm comfortable clothing you feel good moving in
We will spend some time laying on the floor. Feel free to bring a blanket or yoga mat if that would increase your level of comfort
There may be an invitation during the class to be in physical contact with other participants. Participants will have the option to opt in or out. Contact is not required to fully experience the workshop, though.
If you are experiencing symptoms that resemble COVID-19 please do not attend.
About the facilitators:
Sav/Lark (they/xe) moves and wriggles and rolls on the earth mostly in rural Wisconsin. They are excited to bring the fruits of a year+ of deep solo exploration to this workshop, building deeper relationship with the body’s subtle cues together.
Xe is informed by contact improvisation (dance), Somatic Experiencing (nervous system resilience training), posture-based approaches to healing pain (egoscue, anatomy trains, original strength, intuition and lot of stones and trees across the Western Hemisphere.
Matthew Williams (they/them/theirs) is a Baltimore-based dancer, somatic facilitator, and lifelong student of the body. Their performance practice is inspired by the human body as a site for choice, liberation, and a means to be in relationship with place and community across differences. Matthew is engaged with Western Somatics, choreographic and improvisational movement arts, voice work, and the study of functional anatomy. They are currently a student of Somatic Experiencing and the Axis Syllabus. They are a longtime member and organizer of Move Move Collaborative, an annual movement intensive where artists gather in Baltimore to make a performance by consensus. Matthew has taught in various universities and organized community-based educational opportunities. Their performance work has been supported by Labbodies Performance Art Review, Transmodern Festival, Baltimore Independent Dance Artists, Move Move Collaborative, and Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts. Matthew holds a BA in Cultural Studies from Bates College and MFA in Theatre Arts from Towson University.