LEARN WITH AIANO
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Education as the practice of freedom affirms healthy self-esteem in students as it promotes their capacity to be aware and live consciously. It teaches them to reflect and act in ways that further self-actualization, rather than conformity to the status quo.
- bell hooks, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
COMBAT ACTIVIST BURNOUT (movement based: masterclass, workshop, or series)
This is an offering for activists and community organizers for a night of self care, connection, and grounding. For centuries, dance has been used a form of resistance as well as a way to connect to deep wisdom, intuition, and ecstasy within the body. Through a progression of free movement activities, we will move from operating in the head into the body and explore how embodiment is a crucial component of making this work sustainable. Being embodied is a direct way to counteract oppression, for if oppression serves to disconnect us, then finding connection within ourselves and those around us - embodying connection - is a radical act. Give yourself the gift of getting grounded in yourself, your vision, and your activism. Reconnect to the power, intuition, and fire within your body. No dance experience required. All bodies welcome.
WHAT I WISH MY [WHITE] MOTHER KNEW: A WORKSHOP SERIES FOR WHITE PARENTS RAISING CHILDREN OF COLOR (series)
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JOYOUS EXISTENCE (movement based: masterclass, workshop, or series)
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AWAKENING INTUITION: EMBODYING PLEASURE (movement based: workshop, or series)
This workshop is an exploration into the underworld of ourselves - the place of intuition, deep knowing, and full pleasure. Bridging movement activities, somatic practices, and other creative mediums participants begin to tap into the wealth of healing and transformative power that lives within us all. Join me for an awakening and see where it leads you. All bodies welcome, no dance experience necessary.
ACTIVATE YOUR ART (movement based: workshop, or series)
This workshop offers artists interested in arts and activism an opportunity to reinvigorate their creative process and activate their art. Participants will use improvisation, dance composition, writing, and drawing, as well as personal and group reflections to develop a more clear, embodied understanding of the personal, social, and political transformative power of dance. Experience dance through a feminist, decolonial, and transformative lens and come to understand the history and legacy of dance as a tool of resistance, liberation, and peace making.
YOUNG ARTISTS & ACTIVISTS (movement based: workshop, or series)
This workshop is designed for middle school and high school aged dance artists who are interested in exploring how their creativity and artistry act as a change agent in the world. This workshop generates opportunities for participants to explore the intersection of art and activism and begin to uncover how dance is capable of personal, social, and political transformation. Developmentally appropriate practices of Improvisation, dance composition, writing, and drawing are used to connect to power within. Participants will develop as thoughtful, creative, and critical art makers. Integrating what they learn in their dance studies out into the world helps create positive change through an embodied understanding of themselves and the world around them.
(THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED)
This is an offering for activists and community organizers for a night of self care, connection, and grounding. For centuries, dance has been used a form of resistance as well as a way to connect to deep wisdom, intuition, and ecstasy within the body. Through a progression of free movement activities, we will move from operating in the head into the body and explore how embodiment is a crucial component of making this work sustainable. Being embodied is a direct way to counteract oppression, for if oppression serves to disconnect us, then finding connection within ourselves and those around us - embodying connection - is a radical act. Give yourself the gift of getting grounded in yourself, your vision, and your activism. Reconnect to the power, intuition, and fire within your body. No dance experience required. All bodies welcome.
WHAT I WISH MY [WHITE] MOTHER KNEW: A WORKSHOP SERIES FOR WHITE PARENTS RAISING CHILDREN OF COLOR (series)
description coming soon...
JOYOUS EXISTENCE (movement based: masterclass, workshop, or series)
description coming soon...
AWAKENING INTUITION: EMBODYING PLEASURE (movement based: workshop, or series)
This workshop is an exploration into the underworld of ourselves - the place of intuition, deep knowing, and full pleasure. Bridging movement activities, somatic practices, and other creative mediums participants begin to tap into the wealth of healing and transformative power that lives within us all. Join me for an awakening and see where it leads you. All bodies welcome, no dance experience necessary.
ACTIVATE YOUR ART (movement based: workshop, or series)
This workshop offers artists interested in arts and activism an opportunity to reinvigorate their creative process and activate their art. Participants will use improvisation, dance composition, writing, and drawing, as well as personal and group reflections to develop a more clear, embodied understanding of the personal, social, and political transformative power of dance. Experience dance through a feminist, decolonial, and transformative lens and come to understand the history and legacy of dance as a tool of resistance, liberation, and peace making.
YOUNG ARTISTS & ACTIVISTS (movement based: workshop, or series)
This workshop is designed for middle school and high school aged dance artists who are interested in exploring how their creativity and artistry act as a change agent in the world. This workshop generates opportunities for participants to explore the intersection of art and activism and begin to uncover how dance is capable of personal, social, and political transformation. Developmentally appropriate practices of Improvisation, dance composition, writing, and drawing are used to connect to power within. Participants will develop as thoughtful, creative, and critical art makers. Integrating what they learn in their dance studies out into the world helps create positive change through an embodied understanding of themselves and the world around them.
(THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED)
FAMILY DANCE*
First Saturday Family Dance Jams at Luna Dance Institute
DANCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD*
I believe that through Early Childhood dance we can cultivate experiences of kinesthetic empathy, encourage creative problem-solving, exercise critical thinking, and explore Power – all of which are all critical components to actualizing a just and equitable future.
*CURRENTLY, ALL FAMILY DANCE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DANCE CLASSES ARE TAUGHT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LUNA DANCE INSTITUTE. PLEASE SEE THEIR WEBSITE FOR FULL INFORMATION.
