Queer Contact Improvisation Class + Jam – Queer Bridges

December 02 2024

on Monday (once a month)
18:00 – 19:30
free
registration required

| LGBTQIA+|

Focusing on community, empowerment, and trust, this Queer Contact Improvisation Class + Jam class is open to all skill levels and provides a welcoming space for Queer individuals with experiences of migration and/or displacement. Come dance, share, and thrive together.

Description

Queer Bridges: Queer Contact Improvisation Class + Jam

with Yusa Jacobo

The Queer Contact Improvisation Class + Jam offers individuals who identify as Queer and who have experienced displacement and/or with a migration background a space of learning and practicing Contact Improvisation with others who also share these intersectional identities.
Contact Improvisation is a research based improvised dance form that includes touch, momentum, physics, consent, risk and play. The class centers queer BIPoC folx to create a space of empowerment.
No previous experience is necessary.
The space will focus on dancing, sharing, moving at the speed of trust (adrienne maree brown), community dreaming, and thriving as we empower each other through community and dance.

Yusa Jacobo (she/they) : I’m a queer bipoc artist from Argentina based in Germany. I hold a degree in Choreographic Composition with a somatics & improvisation perspective from the National University of the Arts of Buenos Aires. I’m dedicated to artistic and pedagogical research considering the body as the matrix of my practices that circulate between dance, ceramics and poetry. I’m interested in creating spaces that connects micropolitics, art, somatics and social change.

Queer Bridges: Forging connections and providing resources for LGBTQIA+ people with migration experience.
Queer people with migrant backgrounds in Berlin often face unique challenges in their daily lives that can limit their access to supportive communities and inclusive environments.

With the support of the Deutschen Fernsehlotterie Stiftung, we have developed the Queer Bridges program to overcome these barriers. We provide resources, networking and support in a welcoming environment for queer immigrants and refugees through our special program. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging to the local LGBTQIA+ community, enabling smooth integration and an improved quality of life for queer folks with experiences of migration and/or displacement.
✅ Our Queer Bridges program will continue to evolve and we are always happy to hear about your needs. If you are interested, you can send us an e-mail to stay informed about further updates.

General Information
Language
: We’ll speak English and/or German, depending on the needs of the group.
Registration: Due to limited space for the event, registration is required. Please email us at .
Participants: This workshop is for all who identify as LGBTQ+ and have experienced migration and/or displacement. If you don’t share these experiences but are interested in joining please reach out to us first to see if space is available. We ask that all participants honour the program’s core focus and contribute to fostering an open respectful space.
Cost: The event is free of charge.