Movement Exploration

Wednesdays 6:30-8PM

Spring Dates:

April 3, 10, 24

Single class: $15-25

3 class package: $45

St. Luke’s Church on the Avenue

800 W. 36th Street

Baltimore, MD 21211

Got questions? email tammrwilliams@gmail.com

About this class:

In this class series we will explore what choices and agency become possible in our bodies when we form connections between our anatomy (musculoskeletal and nervous system) and movement expression.  We will explore through dancing simple movement motifs and improvisational structures.  All levels of experience/relationship to movement are welcome–this workshop requires no specific level or type of training.  It is geared toward people who are curious to discover deeper connections to their bodies within a group setting.  It is my hope that you leave this class with new options, pathways, and sensations in your body.   

This workshop will draw on tools from:

  • Somatic Experiencing (nervous system regulation/healing) 

  • Dance Improvisation

  • Experiential Anatomy (learning about our bodies through the felt sense)

About the facilitator:

Matthew Williams (they/them/theirs) is a Baltimore-based dancer, somatic facilitator, and lifelong student of the body. Their performance practice is inspired by the human body as a site for choice, liberation, and a means to be in relationship with place and community across differences. Matthew is engaged with Western Somatics, choreographic and improvisational movement arts, voice work, and the study of functional anatomy. They are currently a student of Somatic Experiencing and the Axis Syllabus. They are a longtime member and organizer of Move Move Collaborative, an annual movement intensive where artists gather in Baltimore to make a performance by consensus. Matthew has taught in various universities and organized community-based educational opportunities. Their performance work has been supported by residencies at the Ucross Foundation and Playa Summer Lake, Labbodies Performance Art Review, Transmodern Festival, Baltimore Independent Dance Artists, Move Move Collaborative, and Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts. Matthew holds a BA in Cultural Studies from Bates College and MFA in Theatre Arts from Towson University.