Fusion Dance Gent | all (partner)dance styles mix on the floor!

Over dit evenement

Mix your (partner)dance ingredients, every 1st Tuesday of the month, in an epic Church!
Bring your folkie funk, connect through contact impro, throw in a tango touch, spice it with salsa, give it a hop & there we go!
EveryBody is welcome! No (partner) dance experience or partner needed!

6:45 PM - Doors
7:00 PM - Class "Cross-Step-Waltz" with Corentin Dachy
8:00 PM - DJ-set by Corentin Dachy
10:00 PM - End


TEACHER + DJ Corentin Dachy

Corentin is one of the best dancers I've ever danced with. Ever so gentle he suggests my body to move in ways that my mind can't grasp. He will teach us the "Cross-Step-Waltz" to be able to move swiftly through the space in our fusion explorations.

Corentin is ALSO my favourite DJ. He is a wizard!
“I slow-cook my sets as complete journeys through different moods and atmospheres: gathering dancers from wherever they come from, taking them by the hand, and inviting them along a road made of distinct chapters yet tied together by a consistent thread. The destination is home: into our bodies. I'm especially drawn to transcendental, witchy, and dark-sexy vibes.”


EPIC LOCATION

Hartetroef, Heilig-Hartkerk, Heilig-Hartplein, Ghent
(15 min walk Gent Dampoort Train Station)
A wonderful restored church!


TICKETS

20 euros - Social (low income, for the first 3 people)
25 euros - Early Bird (until 7 april noon)
30 euros - Standard (after 7 april noon)
35 euros - Support (so we stay break-even offering social price)


LET'S BLEND ALL DANCE SCENES INTO A NEW TRIBE!

‘Kula’ means community, tribe friendship, school, to stick together. My vision is to bring people of all cultures, ages, backgrounds, dance scenes & schools together in a playful, tender, adventurous, steamy, safe, heartfelt dance night.
Come with an open heart. No judgements, only free expression within the safe boundaries of consent.


KULA DANCE
https://linktr.ee/kuladance

I'm Lene Van Steenwinkel, a Dance/Movement Therapist & Anthropologist, who loves dancing with tribes/cultures all over the world, to explore the healing power of dance.
In 2018 I founded Kula Dance to create a conscious community in Ghent. I offer Embodied Dreamwork, Consensual Intimacy, Women Circles, Nature Connection & individual/group Dance/Movement Therapy. I discovered Fusion Dance at Burning Man and would love to create a Fusion scene in Ghent!


GUIDELINES EVENT

- Consent is key. Ask & respect a "no”.
- Everyone can invite each other (non-)verbally to dance a(nother) song.
- Check in with your dance partner: do you want to lead, follow or switch roles?
- Ask if your partner is comfortable with a close embrace, with lifts or dips.
- Does a dance feel uncomfortable? Be creative: how can I make it a pleasant/inspiring experience? Express your needs and boundaries. At any time you can end a dance.
- There are spaceholders you can ask support to & that insure a safe concensual space.
- If someone felt uncomfortable in the interaction with you, listen attentively, give apologies if needed & learn from the experience.
- This is an alcohol-free dance party.
- Between the opening and closing circles, conversation is kept to a minimum, for example, to ask consent or to ask a question during the class. We stay as much as possible out of the mind, in the body.