CULTIVATE CONCEPTS OF CONSENT CULTURE IN YOUR DANCE, with 10x West Coast Swing Winner & Partner Dance Pro; SHANTALA DAVIS.
SHANTALA is passionate about giving dancers the tools to create authentic connection, rich communication and efficient consent practices in dance spaces.
She brings an understanding of embodied relating and movement that can be applied to multiple dance dynamics, styles and every day encounters.
SHANTI creates safe spaces for dancers to practice skill and technique while also providing tools for trust-building and authentic relating.
Shantala’s ability to translate social and mental concepts into embodied practices transforms dance partnership to a level that is both empowering and liberating.
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IN THIS INTENSIVE YOU WILL…
NAVIGATE and COMMUNICATE CONSENT in your dance connections and relationships.
BUILD SOMATIC AWARENESS TOOLS of self and others.
PRACTICE expressing and receiving ‘NO’s’, ‘YES’, and ‘MAYBE’s’, gracefully.
BUILD TRUST and CONNECTION in dance partnerships and relationships.
NEGOTIATE and adjust BOUNDARIES and DESIRES within a dance.
LEARN partner dance FRAME-WORKS, FUNDAMENTALS and TECHNIQUES.
REFINE your dance COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
EXPLORE realms of INTIMATE CONNECTION in a partnered dance.
DEEPEN skill of EMBODIED CONVERSATION.
CULTIVATE a practice in translating SOMATIC CONSENT.
GEEK OUT on somatic communication, DANCE LANGUAGE and techniques.
SMILE and DANCE, a lot.
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WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS INTENSIVE?
Social dancers
People who enjoy dancing with others.
Participants of social dance communities (ex: Ecstatic, Fusion, Zouk, Swing, Tango, etc)
Dancers of any level or skillset.
Organizers and leaders of dance spaces and events.
Anyone who wants to improve their communication and relating skillsets around consent culture.
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TICKETS:
Early Bird (Nov 1st.): $37
General: $50
At the Door: $60
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WHAT TO BRING:
Snacks and water bottle to stay nourished and hydrated.
Pen & Notebook.
Pillow or floor chair for support.
Comfortable slippers or shoes for support and movement.
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ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:
SHANTALA DAVIS
Shantala Davis is a Professional in Social Partner Dance. Her extensive training as a young dancer includes Classical Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Standard Ballroom & Latin, Lindy Hop and Salsa. Her dance career took flight when she discovered West Coast Swing and began moving through the ranks in competition. She began drawing attention when she joined with friend & dance partner of 7 years, Kevin Kane, creating multiple viral WCS dance videos, showing how the foundation of WCS established a playground of endless connected creativity.
(www.facebook.com/kevinshantiswing)
Shantala has been a part of the conscious, sex-positive community in the SF Bay Area for the past 5 years, studying consent culture, sexuality, trauma, body-positivity, embodied leadership and tantra. She has become a spokesperson in building better systems and education around consent culture in our dance spaces, while carving new dance modalities to better translate these teachings into our dance connections.
Moving through the ranks, collecting multiple wins and teaching as a Pro in many countries across the globe, Shantala has become a respectable, house-hold name in many social dancing communities. Her travels made her a dance nomad, sharing dances with 1000’s upon 1000’s of humans across multiple cities, dance genres; visiting communities, staying in homes of it’s local dancers, and learning of their cultures. Shantala has been influenced by various social dance communities for over 20 years now, with no intention slowing down. She continues to be a pro-active participant in various dance styles and communities including: Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, Blues, Fusion, Zouk, Kizomba, Ballroom and Ecstatic.
From Ecstatic Dance to Swing, her passion and curiosity lies within the layers of conversation and intimacy that can exist between people on both a somatic and energetic level through the language of dance and play. It is her dream to create a new modality of dance language that leads to more authentic and refined partnered connection; with balanced mind, body, & heart.
To contact Shantala directly, e-mail @: [email protected]