khalas fest // workshops

khalas fest is a terrain where:

subversive and defiant embodied performance confronts ripples of violence spilling from rupturing systems

artists wielding performance as weapon towards creating cracks in illusions of empire, settler colonialism, and whatever else is in the way

generating echoes rebounding into dreams of future world

( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( PALESTINE IS FREE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

a curation born out of a group of artists who decide to put their work in conversation — rather than waiting for someone to do it for us.

Hosted by Body Watani Dance Project in Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce, khalas fest will consist of 7 works, featuring both local and visiting artists. The performances range from defiant stances, to subversive dark comedy, to deeply sacred spells / prayers / visions of healing.

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More info and tickets for performances, click link!

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WORKSHOP: Sumud, Tarab, Tarweeda · Leila Awadallah

Tuesday, September 29 · 5:30–7PM

This workshop engages in research that is seeded by 3 concepts of embodiment. Sumud صمود | an unyielding, enduring, ongoing, sustained and steadfast rootedness. Tarab طرب | an ecstatic enchantment, or trance brought on by feelings invoked by music. Tarweeda ترويدة | a type of Palestinian resistance song that involves inserting secret codes into songs while confusing the occupier with a repetition of vowels.

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WORKSHOP: Objects as Storytellers · Mette Loulou

Wednesday, September 30 · 5:30–7PM

This workshop will explore storytelling with objects. Objects in theater are usually seen as props or scenery, however what if we also saw them as performers? Objects hold unaccountable stories within them waiting to be told. Through writing, collaborative-storytelling, and image-theater the workshop will invite participants to engage with objects as co-authors of their stories.

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WORKSHOP: Drop In, Spiral Out · Zaquia Luisa Salinas

Saturday, October 3 · 12–2PM

This workshop is aimed at supporting the development of dynamic and functional physicality through explorations of weight, momentum, attention, anatomy, and play. We'll use technical exercises, improvisation, phrase-work, and partnered feedback to explore space and dance fully in community with others.

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WORKSHOP: How We Move Together: Fortifying our Contact Improvisation practice with Feldenkrais and Body-Mind Centering Methods · Nicole Bindler and Chelsea Thaler

Sunday, October 4 · 12–2PM @ Threads Dance Studio (across the hallway from Red Eye Theater)

In this workshop Nicole Bindler and Chelsea Thaler will offer foundational Body-Mind Centering and Feldenkrais practices as scaffolds for our contact improvisation improvisation (CI) dances. We will look at a few common challenges in our CI dances and break down the mechanics of these sticky moments. We will use these somatic methods as roadmaps for moving in and out of the floor, through levels of weight sharing, and into more meaningful connection with each other.

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ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS: Zaquia Luisa Salinas · 1-on-1s

Wednesday, Sep 30 5-9PM

Thursday, October 1 · 9:30AM–noon

Join Zaquia, Sergio, and Guillermo to contribute an offering to the altar and experience a "1-to-1" ritual leading up to the performance of A Call to Prayer on October 1st at 7pm.

30-minute individual time slots are available on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

How to Participate 1) Sign up for a time slot: Reserve a 30-minute window for yourself or your group (we can accommodate up to 4 people at a time should you like to experience this with others).

2) Arrive at Red Eye: Please arrive 5 minutes before your scheduled time to help us keep things on schedule.

3) Bring an offering: You are invited to bring a small object, material, or artifact an offering to the altar. This can be something personal, symbolic, found, or made; an expression of memory, intention, grief, devotion, or transformation.

4) Enter the experience: Your offering to the altar will be translated into a moving meditation, shared with you directly during our time together. Come with an open heartmind, ready for connection, attention, and exchange.

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Dog hours

Saturday, Oct. 3 4-5:30PM

The self playing instrument, the dog, will be playing in the space. Come to move, sit, lay, be with vibrational sound.

FREE