Free community dance event featuring live music and dance, kids activities, and more!

On Saturday, April 20th, dancers and community members across the United States from Seattle to Mississippi, from Maine to Miami, will engage in a nation-wide simultaneous dance event at water sites, rural, urban, remote, and public, to bring attention to the water that sustains us.

National Water Dance is an artist-driven collective of dancers, students, educators, and community members who create simultaneous performances across the country. We invite everyone to come dance with us and engage in actions on climate change that will help bring us back into balance with this precious planet that we all call home.

This event is FREE and open to public. Family-friendly with special activities for kids, live music, special performances and more.

Can’t attend in person? View the livestream here.

Share the joy of movement and promote clean water in our community!

Explore fun and creative movement activities and learn about the National Water Dance Project. All ages welcome. No previous dance experience necessary!

This workshop is free, but space is limited. RSVP to save your spot!

Please join me for my annual FREE Winter Solstice Community Class:

This all-levels class is a gesture of gratitude and a gift for your year ahead. It includes contemplation, gentle movement, and reflection as we travel toward the longest night of the year.

Space is limited so RSVP to save your spot!

Join us for an flash(light)mob / movement choir in collaboration with Cumulus Dance.

Free Admission

PERFORMANCES AT 6:30, 7:30, & 8:30 PM.

PVCC's 17th annual outdoor exhibition of light-centered artworks illuminates the grounds surrounding the V. Earl Dickinson Building as the longest night of the year approaches. The exhibition features the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' Artmobile traveling gallery, glowing art installations, performances and more.

Please remember to bring your own flashlight and feel free to add to the festivities by dressing as an "enlightened being." Visit https://www.cvillelight.org/ for more information including a printable map and guide to the event.

Curated by James Yates and Fenella Belle

Photo credit: Will May

wednesdays, 7-8:30 pm

August 2 & 9

This class integrates principles from experiential anatomy, eco-somatics, and release-based approaches to modern dance techniques. Floor, standing, and traveling exercises build in complexity, challenging dancers to develop quick pick-up skills, efficient transitions, and dynamic approaches to movement. Solidly intermediate, with modifications provided for beginner and advanced level students. Classes take place at BalletSchool, 2409 Ivy Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903.

OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CUMULUS DANCE

Register here

July Series at Common Ground Healing Arts

Suitable for a wide range of backgrounds and abilities, Movement Medicine integrates approaches from dance, yoga, and somatic movement education into simple progressions you can adapt for your body and apply in everyday life. Please wear comfortable clothes for movement and, if you like, bring a yoga mat for floor work.

COST: PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN

At Common Ground, our goal is to welcome everyone regardless of their ability to pay. This is only possible when everyone contributes what they can. For this series, the rates that sustain Common Ground and the important work done by staff and instructors are:

DROP-IN $15 PER CLASS

Please note: refunds are not available for missed classes. No substitutions. Cancellations for this series must be made 24 hours in advance of the first class, refunds will not be issued after this point.

register here

Please join me for my annual FREE Winter Solstice Community Class:

This all-levels class is a gesture of gratitude and a gift for your year ahead. It includes contemplation, gentle movement, and reflection as we travel toward the longest night of the year. This year’s class will be a hybrid format with limited spaces for in-person engagement. Reserve your in-person spot here. Register to participate online here.