UBW BOLD is proud to be the artist-in-residence at the 2025 Young Dancer Workshop Conference hosted by Santa Fe College and the University of Florida from Tuesday, October 21st to Saturday, October 25th!
* = This is a private engagement and not open to the public.
COLLAB LAB
Urban Bush Women facilitates artistic creation based on themes that emerge from the group. With an emphasis on dance and song, we use various artistic genes including creative writing and visual art, to process, synthesize, and communicate. Through the Collab Lab, participants create an artistic product reflecting both their learning and their vision for the community.
Dates
Tuesday, October 21st*
Wednesday, October 22nd*
Thursday, October 23rd
At the end of the residency, the dance students of Santa Fe College and the University of Florida will present their collaboration at the Young Dancers Workshop on Thursday, October 23rd at 8 PM. You can purchase tickets to the performance below.
dance For Every Body
This movement jam/dance class embraces the ideas that each individual has a unique and powerful contribution to make, and that our bodies are a powerful source of agency. The goal is for "every body" to find their level of challenge and comfort and partake according to their abilities, and to appreciate the groups’ diversity as an attribute to their community. This is a movement class designed for the community so no prior dance experience is needed. Participants explore UBW's technique with close attention to the use of breath, weight, call and response and polyrhythm.
Date
TBD*
TECHNIQUE & PROCESS
Participants will engage in a pre-professional movement study rooted in UBW methodologies. Class begins with a warm-up that prepares the participants for full-out dancing in the UBW technique with close attention to the use of breath, weight, embodied call and response, and polyrhythm. The second half of the class focuses on our movement practice and may include improvisation, phrases from UBW repertory, vocal work, and movement creation and phrase generation by participants. We embrace the idea that each individual has a unique and powerful contribution to make. Our classes invites dancers to investigate personal rigor, comfort, and creativity.
Dates
Tuesday, October 21st*
Friday, October 24th
Saturday, October 25th
MEET YOUR FACILITATORS
Love Muwwakkil
BOLD Facilitator
Mikaila Ware
UBW Company Member
Keola Jones
UBW Company Member
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Contact us at bold@urbanbushwomen.org to learn more about UBW BOLD workshop offerings.