PARTNERING & PLAY Workshop Series

SPACES OF FONTANA is launching a monthly Partnering & Play Workshop Series held at First Street Studios every 3rd Saturday of the month from 10 am to 12 pm.

The first workshop on August 17th will be led by our Artistic Director, Evelyn Joy Hoelscher, and the subsequent workshops with feature company and guest artists to lead the community in an exploration of lifting one another up through partnering!

Dates - every 3rd Saturday of the month

• August 17th - Led by Evelyn Joy Hoelscher
• Sept 21st
• October 19
• Nov 16th
• Dec 21st

All workshops held at First Street Studios - $25 / workshop - SIGN UP - here

*If you are interested in leading a workshop please contact evelyn@spacesoffontana.com.

Partnering Workshops - Description

Partnering & Play Workshop is a space for artists to play with movement, make mistakes, discover new pathways and experiment with different ways bodies connect.

We approach partnering with the eyes of play and use the workshop as a place to build your toolbelt of knowledge to be a foundation to tackle any lift thrown your way. Become a master of your skill and hone your eyes and bodies to feel and sense new ways partnering can occur.   We start with a guided sensory exploration and partner connection and move through the workshop with a series of prompts, games and technical tools to explore. We offer tools to lead you into a structured contact improv, set partnering choreography and build your own new partnering phrase.

Our goal is to help individuals find the path of least resistance for all lifts by using body mechanics and understanding anatomically how to stack and support others without needing to muscle through it.

Leave the workshop with more of an understanding on how bodies connect to achieve the sensation of flying and weightlessness.

We Breathe. We Sweat. We Partner. We Play.

Childcare a barrier to attending? Email evelyn@spacesoffontana.com and she can help arrange something for you! We make every effort to support parents in the arts and want to help overcome any obstacles for you to be able to continue to hone your craft.

**Please contact evelyn@spacesoffontana.com if you are having financial difficulties and unable to pay for the workshop at this time. We offer this for YOU and can work something out if needed.