Using dance as a vessel for queer self-discovery, this workshop focuses on waacking foundations and improvisational movement techniques that informed the creation process of Juan’s commissioned film “The Meeting Place”. Posing, flow, and circular and non-linear ideas will be investigated through the lens of queer embodiment. How can these concepts intersect with weighted and explosive movement qualities?

This year, our annual FORMations Jam is back in-person with the help of Barangay Project! Barangay’s Creative Director Sophia ‘Sosa’ Gamboa will lead us through a jam-packed 4 hour movement and filmmaking jam, where participants will move, groove, create and present their own short movement video by the end of the jam. Utilizing Sosa’s deep knowledge of street dance, participants will explore movement through the camera while experimenting with concepts, freestyle, and grooving foundations.