Workshop
CLASSSS // Halie Bahr
Dates
Thu, Apr 16, 11:30 pm
Registration is strongly encouraged and helps us prepare. That said, if you are unable to plan ahead and or find yourself free, walk-ups are always welcome at the door!
photo by Hailey Caminiti
This is what we're made of now [change your mind later]
This is a guided movement improvisation CLASSSS that is playful, sincere, reflective, not-so-serious-yet-earnest, and FUN! I'll collide a few distinct practices from my creative process over the years for us to experiment with together. We'll ask ever-evolving questions I can't seem to shake. We'll investigate our multitudes. We'll practice defying/rebuilding/re-constructing our collective voice. This is part of an ongoing investigation -- how communities care together.
The details? Absolutely no experience dancing, creating, or writing necessary. Come as you are! There will be 3 "rounds" of instant performances -- all guided by Halie and using movement/writing/improvisation prompts. You can expect to move your body (with options to be as physical or subtle as you desire). You can expect to reflect on the people/places/things that shaped you. You can expect to share laughter and earnest-ness together. You can expect to trial (3) distinct collections, we'll move the personal to the collective, "puzzle together" through a variety of prompts, and follow our moving bodies as our guide.
Bring a notebook and pen, and wear something you feel comfy moving in. CLASSSS will happen for the first 90 minutes and we'll end with a short discussion of what's emerging from this practice and what it wants to become in future iterations.
Funding
City of Minneapolis
Accessibility
Red Eye’s space is fully wheelchair-accessible. Masks are highly encouraged. Some events require masking and masks will be available at the venue if you don't bring your own. Please only attend if you are feeling well, and if not, we are happy to change your tickets to a different day at no charge.
About the Artists
Halie Bahr
Halie Bahr (she/hers) is a multidisciplinary artist and performance studies scholar who researches the socio-political implications of trauma in the creative process. She loves creating both performances and educational communities that are playful, sincere, candy-colored-bright, visceral, over-the-top-spectacles that pull at your heartstrings or make us re-think our world. She has presented work and performed nationally in venues such as The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), Movement Research at the Judson Church (New York, NY), Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI), Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (Salt Lake City, UT), Midwest RAD Dance Festival (Kalamazoo, MI), The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN), and Links Hall (Chicago, IL). Halie is a Professor of Dance within the Department of Performance, Production, and Community at Hamline University. She is also the Associate Director and Editor of loveDANCEmore, a dance + new media publication committed to forwarding the professional work of experimental dance artists. She has held professorships within a variety of academic institutions, including Davidson College, University of Kentucky, Southern Utah University, and the University of Utah Prison Education Project, which provides higher education to students currently incarcerated in the Utah State Prison. Halie has published scholarship with Dance Studies Association (2024, vol. 43, Ethics, Risk, and Safety in the Field). Halie holds her MFA from the University of Utah School of Dance and her BFA from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. www.haliebahr.org