Category: Move Together

  • You Belong in This Circle: Collective African Dance

    You Belong in This Circle: Collective African Dance

    This interactive 90-minute workshop will reflect the communal nature of ancestral West African dance traditions. The event is people-inclusive. We hope to welcome all generations in your neighborhood, diverse states of wellness and mobility, the entire gender spectrum, LGBQTIA+ friends, and every ancestry. Guests will be introduced to the legacy…

    Ages:
    All ages and abilities
    Participants:
    Eight to 45
  • Explore Freedom Together: Ready, Release, Restore

    Explore Freedom Together: Ready, Release, Restore

    In this 90-minute somatic movement workshop, we will explore various types of movements with the emphasis on the awareness of our bodies. Participants will begin with a warmup and then move into three healing movements that can be done in combination or separately for grounding, calming and finding respite from…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Seven to 25
  • Hip Hop Community Dance Workshop

    Hip Hop Community Dance Workshop

    Bring an all-ages hip hop dance workshop to the neighborhood. There will be three back-to-back one-hour sessions for three different age groupings from the neighborhood. (For instance, Saturday morning sessions could occur at 10:00am-11:00am for ages 6-10, 11:00am-12:00pm for ages 11-18, and 12:00pm-1:00pm for ages 18 and up). Participants will…

    Ages:
    All ages and abilities
    Participants:
    25-100
  • Rhythms for Roanoke: A Latin-Infused Ballet Show and Dance Class

    Rhythms for Roanoke: A Latin-Infused Ballet Show and Dance Class

    Nothing brings people together like a good beat! In this 90-minute dance experience, Roanoke Ballet Theatre (RBT) will inspire your neighborhood with a petite performance by the professional dancers of RBT. This show will feature dances from Latin countries including Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba and more. After the show, a Salsa…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    10 to 40 (space dependent)
  • Y(our) Mental Health: A Dance Story Production

    Y(our) Mental Health: A Dance Story Production

    Do you have a mental or social health topic that feels important to explore and learn about with your neighbors? Mental Health in Motion can work with you to develop a one-of-a-kind educational dance production for your neighborhood, in which audience members will be able to not only hear about…

    Ages:
    The workshop is typically structured for adults, but a youth-oriented event is possible.
    Participants:
    For 20 to as many participants as the space can accommodate