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Special Events

FLUSH – a film about poop.

Saturday, August 25th, 1 – 3pm FLUSH - The Documentary is the surprising story of what happens after we “go," and a growing movement to change the way we think about waste. Filmmaker Karina Mangu-Ward wonders if the unprecedented damage from Superstorm Sandy, the drought out West, and the future of our food supply has [...]

Partners Massage Techniques

Saturday, September 1st, 3 – 5:30pm For couples, friends, or partners. In this workshop you will receive basic instruction in massage techniques that you and your partner can do at home without a massage table. We will use yoga mats, chairs and props. As most of the work will be done on the floor, please [...]

Bootstraps: An American Fable

Saturday and Sunday, August 25th and 26th, 7:30 – 10pm 2 NIGHTS! August 25 and August 26. After playing to sold-out crowds last summer and a successful NYC premiere, BOOTSTRAPS returns to the Triangle - smarter, sharper, a direct love letter to the painful contractions that are birthing a new America. After clawing their way [...]

FLUSH – a film about poop.

Partners Massage Techniques

Bootstraps: An American Fable

About the Living Arts Collective

The Living Arts Collective supports local artists and promotes community engagement by offering accessible space and resources for socially progressive arts, culture, conscious living, and wellness practices.

We host regular movement classes, workshops and retreats; community socials, dances and jams; providing creative space for artists to create, rehearse, teach and perform; as well as a special event space for organizations and communities. Forms of Art that we and our community of artists practice include African dance, modern dance, partner dance (fusion, blues, salsa, bachata, zouk, kizomba, swing and more), ecstatic dance, contact improvisation, culinary arts, massage, yoga, martial arts, theatre and acroyoga.

We are located at 410 W. Geer St, Durham, NC.

Events

Classes, Workshops, Dance Socials, Live Music, Dance and Theater shows and performances, Community Gatherings and more!

Weekends

These events repeat monthly or bi-weekly, so they're different week to week

Orquestra GarlDel Monthly Residency

Sunday, June 24th, 3:30 – 6:00pm Both Orquesta GarDel and Living Arts Collective are thrilled to announce an exciting collaboration for 2018 - GarDel is the salsa-band-in-residence at LAC. Every fourth Sunday we will perform in this intimate, inviting dance studio. All are welcome - social salsa dancers, dancers of all backgrounds and skills, people who just want to [...]

Durham Bodywork

Durham Bodywork group clinics offer personalized treatments within a supportive community on certain Saturdays at the Living Arts Collective. Durham Bodywork honors the importance of individual health and personal sustainability as part of a greater vision of community wellness. You must schedule a session to attend! Schedule a session here: http://www.durhambodywork.com/schedule/ YOUR SESSION 60 minutes in session [...]

	August 2018
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		1 Brazilian Zouk Level… Brazilian Zouk Level 2: Traveling and Shaping! August 1, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Living Arts Collective In this four-week series, you will explore ways of traveling in zouk and how to use shaping to add dynamics and expression to your dance. This series is suitable for anyone who has completed an introductory series in Brazilian zouk or has comparable experience. The class includes free entry to our weekly practica and social, so you'll have plenty of time to practice what you've learned! Four-Week Brazilian Zouk Advancing Fundamentals Series Living Arts Collective Durham, NC July 11-August 1 Series cost: $48, including all classes, practicas, and socials Drop-ins: $15 (includes practica and social that day) Social information: https://www.facebook.com/events/388874388231522/ Add to Google Calendar See more details International Folk D… International Folk Dancing August 1, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Wednesdays at 7:00 - 9:30 PM The Durham/Chapel Hill International Folk Dance Club is a fun social group for international folk dancing. Newcomers welcome! Schedule 7:00 - Easy dancing 8:00 - Teaching of a new dance 8:30 - Announcements 8:40-9:30 - More dancing See website for more information: http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/chifdc/chifd.html Add to Google Calendar See more details Zouk Night Practica … Zouk Night Practica downstairs studio August 1, 2018 at 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA We will be mixing the best Zoukable music from neozouk and ghetto zouk to hip-hop, R&B, kizomba, and your favorite zouk remixes and cover songs! We can Zouk to it all! Cover $7 or $5 for those attending Zouk classes before the social. Find out about the next Zouk Night on the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1705199716425459/ Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •	2 Acro Jam at Living A… Acro Jam at Living Arts Collective August 2, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Come play with us this Thursday in Durham! Acro jams are non-structured events where we share skills and learn from one another. Cost is $7-15 sliding fee at the door! Add to Google Calendar See more details •	3 Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 3, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 410 West Geer St, Durham Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Every Friday, 7:30-9pm at The Living Arts Collective, near downtown Durham. Suggested donation, $7-$10. Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here: http://durhamdancewave.com/www.durhamdancewave.com/Durham_Dance_Wave.html link: https://www.livingartscollective.com/friday-night-durham-dance-wave/ Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w/ Frien… Nourishment w/ Friends August 3, 2018 at 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	4 First Saturday Salsa… First Saturday Salsa Social August 4, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Living Arts Collective Cost $10 Hi everyone! The first Saturday Social will be moving to the Living Arts Collective! We are really excited about this new opportunity and working with LAC to keep the 1st. Saturday Social going. We will update the event page once we have all the details. Hope to see you on March 3rd! Add to Google Calendar See more details •	5 Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 5, 2018 at 11:11 am - 12:45 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Cost $7- 10 Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here. Check out the Durham Dance wave Facebook Group to find out more about this week’s dance! Add to Google Calendar See more details •
6 Transformation Medit… Transformation Meditation August 6, 2018 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Join me for a lunch time meditation practice to awaken your inner landscape, connect with your body & transform the way you experience being. This meditation isn't about sitting like a statue or struggling to arrest your thoughts. You will move into a peace filled release of stagnant emotions, while increasing awareness of energy circulating throughout your being. Come, open to explore. There's no judgement. All are welcome. Add to Google Calendar See more details BollyX with Lara BollyX with Lara August 6, 2018 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Experience a Bollywood-inspired dance fitness program that combines exhilarating choreography and calorie-burning workouts with upbeat music from around the world. Come dressed to sweat and ready to dance! All levels welcome. See more details on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1448814385217489/ Add to Google Calendar See more details Durham Dance Wave at… Durham Dance Wave at LAC August 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •	7 Melodic Breathing Me… Melodic Breathing Meditation downstairs studio August 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Melodic Breathing Meditation Tuesdays 7:30-9pm What if you could experience some of the benefits that meditation has to offer immediately, and in a single session? This is exactly what we are offering in our workshop: a tiny peak into what meditation is like. Through conscious breathing you can silence your mind and feel what it would be like if you cultivated a practice of meditation. Guided by Theo Feaster and live music provided by Donovan Moran, we'll take you on a melodic journey through diaphragmatic breathing that has been shown to combat anxiety and bolster the immune system. 7:30-8:30: Breathing meditation 8:30-9:00: Group discussion $10 suggested donation iBreatheConsciously.com SoundCloud.com/xylem89 Add to Google Calendar See more details Contact Improv Lab +… Contact Improv Lab + Jam August 7, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective 30 min lab skill refresher 7-7:30p jam to follow up until closing circle at 9:15p more info coming soon! Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w Microg… Nourishment w Microgreenery + SUPERFREE ! August 7, 2018 at 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •	8 International Folk D… International Folk Dancing August 8, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Wednesdays at 7:00 - 9:30 PM The Durham/Chapel Hill International Folk Dance Club is a fun social group for international folk dancing. Newcomers welcome! Schedule 7:00 - Easy dancing 8:00 - Teaching of a new dance 8:30 - Announcements 8:40-9:30 - More dancing See website for more information: http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/chifdc/chifd.html Add to Google Calendar See more details Zouk Night Practica … Zouk Night Practica downstairs studio August 8, 2018 at 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA We will be mixing the best Zoukable music from neozouk and ghetto zouk to hip-hop, R&B, kizomba, and your favorite zouk remixes and cover songs! We can Zouk to it all! Cover $7 or $5 for those attending Zouk classes before the social. Find out about the next Zouk Night on the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1705199716425459/ Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	9 Acro Jam at Living A… Acro Jam at Living Arts Collective August 9, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Come play with us this Thursday in Durham! Acro jams are non-structured events where we share skills and learn from one another. Cost is $7-15 sliding fee at the door! Add to Google Calendar See more details Cobo Salsa Social Cobo Salsa Social August 9, 2018 at 10:00 pm - 12:00 am Living Arts Collective Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	10 Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 10, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 410 West Geer St, Durham Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Every Friday, 7:30-9pm at The Living Arts Collective, near downtown Durham. Suggested donation, $7-$10. Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here: http://durhamdancewave.com/www.durhamdancewave.com/Durham_Dance_Wave.html link: https://www.livingartscollective.com/friday-night-durham-dance-wave/ Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w/ Frien… Nourishment w/ Friends August 10, 2018 at 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	11 Shaga Commuity Class… Shaga Commuity Class at LAC August 11, 2018 at 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Shaga is inspired by the movement language of Gaga, developed by Ohad Naharin. Durham-based Shaleigh Comerford, who trained with Ohad, has created an accessible, empowering and fun practice for anyone interested in liberating their body & their mind. In this 2 hour workshop we begin with an hour Shaga class, as we learn to approach movement as a dynamic, healing, and ever-changing power, using evocative ideas and imagery in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Class begins slowly and builds in intensity to continuous motion, providing enjoyable exercise for both body and soul. The second half of the class offers a deep exploration of the movement language with sequences that allow us to actively explore our habits, expand our range and discover the endless possibilities of healing ways of moving in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere. This workshop is for individuals who wish to open themselves to movement in new ways. Dancers, yogis, and movers of all kinds and abilities are invited to participate. No prior experience necessary. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and to move barefoot or in socks. Price: Sliding-scale $10-25 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds) About ShaLeigh: ShaLeigh Comerford is an Irish & Native American dancer, choreographer and artistic director of ShaLeigh Dance Works in Durham, NC. ShaLeigh was personally invited to train in the Gaga movement language with Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv Israel for… Add to Google Calendar See more details •	12 Sunday Contact Impro… Sunday Contact Improv Jam! August 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Join us for 2 hours of connection and contact! Play, share, learn, explore, and deepen your practice. All are welcome and actively included, regardless of race, gender, orientation, physical abilities, skills, etc. $7 – $15 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds) Contact improvisations are spontaneous physical dialogues that range from stillness to highly energetic exchanges. Alertness is developed in order to work in an energetic state of physical disorientation, trusting in one's basic survival instincts. It is a free play with balance, self-correcting the wrong moves and reinforcing the right ones, bringing forth a physical/emotional truth about a shared moment of movement that leaves the participants informed, centered, and enlivened. —early definition by Steve Paxton and others, 1970s, from CQ Vol. 5:1, Fall 1979 Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes quiet and meditative, it is a form open to all bodies and enquiring minds. —from Ray Chung workshop announcement, London, 2009 Add to Google Calendar See more details •
13 Transformation Medit… Transformation Meditation August 13, 2018 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Join me for a lunch time meditation practice to awaken your inner landscape, connect with your body & transform the way you experience being. This meditation isn't about sitting like a statue or struggling to arrest your thoughts. You will move into a peace filled release of stagnant emotions, while increasing awareness of energy circulating throughout your being. Come, open to explore. There's no judgement. All are welcome. Add to Google Calendar See more details BollyX with Lara BollyX with Lara August 13, 2018 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Experience a Bollywood-inspired dance fitness program that combines exhilarating choreography and calorie-burning workouts with upbeat music from around the world. Come dressed to sweat and ready to dance! All levels welcome. See more details on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1448814385217489/ Add to Google Calendar See more details Durham Dance Wave at… Durham Dance Wave at LAC August 13, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •	14 Melodic Breathing Me… Melodic Breathing Meditation downstairs studio August 14, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Melodic Breathing Meditation Tuesdays 7:30-9pm What if you could experience some of the benefits that meditation has to offer immediately, and in a single session? This is exactly what we are offering in our workshop: a tiny peak into what meditation is like. Through conscious breathing you can silence your mind and feel what it would be like if you cultivated a practice of meditation. Guided by Theo Feaster and live music provided by Donovan Moran, we'll take you on a melodic journey through diaphragmatic breathing that has been shown to combat anxiety and bolster the immune system. 7:30-8:30: Breathing meditation 8:30-9:00: Group discussion $10 suggested donation iBreatheConsciously.com SoundCloud.com/xylem89 Add to Google Calendar See more details Contact Improv Lab +… Contact Improv Lab + Jam August 14, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective 30 min lab skill refresher 7-7:30p jam to follow up until closing circle at 9:15p more info coming soon! Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w Microg… Nourishment w Microgreenery + SUPERFREE ! August 14, 2018 at 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •	15 International Folk D… International Folk Dancing August 15, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Wednesdays at 7:00 - 9:30 PM The Durham/Chapel Hill International Folk Dance Club is a fun social group for international folk dancing. Newcomers welcome! Schedule 7:00 - Easy dancing 8:00 - Teaching of a new dance 8:30 - Announcements 8:40-9:30 - More dancing See website for more information: http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/chifdc/chifd.html Add to Google Calendar See more details Zouk Night Practica … Zouk Night Practica downstairs studio August 15, 2018 at 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA We will be mixing the best Zoukable music from neozouk and ghetto zouk to hip-hop, R&B, kizomba, and your favorite zouk remixes and cover songs! We can Zouk to it all! Cover $7 or $5 for those attending Zouk classes before the social. Find out about the next Zouk Night on the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1705199716425459/ Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	16 Acro & Handstand… Acro & Handstand Conditioning at Living Arts Collective August 16, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Living Arts Collective Join us for a fun pre-jam class on partner conditioning and handstand training! Katie Veleta, certified AcroYoga instructor, and Aimee Kresica, certified Lift Acrobatics instructor, will offer partner and group exercises and drills which increase strength, alignment, grip, balance, and dynamic movements fundamental to the practice of acro. No experience needed for this all levels class! Partnerships will be honored but no partner is required. Cost is $15 cash at the door. Stay for the jam for free if you come to the class! UPDATE: Please bring socks or a towel/rag for some of the drills we will do tonight in class! Thanks 🙂 Add to Google Calendar See more details Acro Jam at Living A… Acro Jam at Living Arts Collective August 16, 2018 at 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Come play with us this Thursday in Durham! Acro jams are non-structured events where we share skills and learn from one another. Cost is $7-15 sliding fee at the door! Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	17 Durham Art Walk at L… Durham Art Walk at LAC August 17, 2018 at 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Living Arts Collective We will have an open house highlighting: Artwork created and displayed by Taylor White + Catherine Kramer LIVE piano by Donovan Moran Nourishment provided by The Microgreenery + SUPERFREE Durham Dance Wave- Ecstatic Dance in Durham starting at 7:30-9:00pm The After Wave Music Sharing Taylor White: http://www.taylurk.com/ Taylor White is a figurative artist who utilizes the human form to depict conversations, explore fields of consciousness, and realize the cathartic points at which the soul confronts its physical form. Heavily influenced by improvisational dance, her work bases its vocabulary on the exquisitely expressive movements of the human figure. Combining refined techniques of classical training with bright, unexpected color choices born from the residue of street art and pop culture, White’s work is a bold and kinetic pursuit of the delicate harmonies that exist in that sweet spot between order and chaos. Catherine Kramer: –– treehouse gardens gourd and fiber art –– Historically, gourds have been cherished and used wherever they could be grown. There are many different types, shapes and textures of gourds, influenced by both variety and growing environment. Inspired by ancient techniques used to decorate gourds intended for both daily and ceremonial use, various medium, techniques and materials, including botanicals, fiber, beads and found objects are used to emphasize and enhance the natural organic beauty of each gourd. We are proud to support and collaborate with Third Friday Durham! Add to Google Calendar See more details Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 17, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 410 West Geer St, Durham Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Every Friday, 7:30-9pm at The Living Arts Collective, near downtown Durham. Suggested donation, $7-$10. Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here: http://durhamdancewave.com/www.durhamdancewave.com/Durham_Dance_Wave.html link: https://www.livingartscollective.com/friday-night-durham-dance-wave/ Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w/ Frien… Nourishment w/ Friends August 17, 2018 at 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details The After Wave The After Wave August 17, 2018 at 10:00 pm - 12:00 am Living Arts Collective This is a safe space to explore creative evolution. Add to Google Calendar See more details • • • •	18 Shake Your Soul! A Y… Shake Your Soul! A Yoga-Based Dance Experience! August 18, 2018 at 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Living Arts Collective Shake Your Soul is a dance class where we practice moving from the inside, out. We'll take time to stretch our fascia (mostly on the ground) to begin the class. Then we'll come to standing and explore various movements. There will be periods of guided movement and times to explore on your own or in small groups. This is a wonderful class for those looking for joy, connection, and peace. Shake Your Soul is based on moving and experiencing the fluids of the bottom. We use world music to complement these fluids and move the way the fluids move. This lets us feel different ways the body can move. Come join us if you want time to play, to build energy, to find connection, or any other reason! ♥ Add to Google Calendar See more details Contact Improvisatio… Contact Improvisation Bring-a-Friend / Basics Class August 18, 2018 at 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Living Arts Collective This 2.5 hour class is designed to give a basic overview of the practice of contact improvisation and to get you ready to further explore the dance through jamming. More experienced students are invited to come with a newbie friend to help ease them into the practice. Beginners are also welcome to bring themselves, one friend, or a gaggle of friends to enjoy the experience! DETAILS: * Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to be ready to begin at 1:30. * No experience necessary. All body types, ages, and abilities are invited to participate. * Wear comfortable clothing that covers your shoulders and knees (a t-shirt plus sweats or pajama pants is ideal). PRICING: Class is $15-50 sliding scale, suggested amount is $25. SISTER CLASS AT THE FLOWJO: I'll be teaching a similar class at the Flowjo on Sunday the 19th from 2-4:30. The level and concepts will be similar, but the material and approach will be different - coming to either or both will be fun ( : https://www.facebook.com/events/252933498656539/ Add to Google Calendar See more details The Westie Party The Westie Party August 18, 2018 at 6:00 pm - August 19, 2018 at 2:00 am Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Add to Google Calendar See more details West Coast Swing Wor… West Coast Swing Workshops (downstairs studio) August 18, 2018 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Add to Google Calendar See more details • • • •	19 Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 19, 2018 at 11:11 am - 12:45 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Cost $7- 10 Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here. Check out the Durham Dance wave Facebook Group to find out more about this week’s dance! Add to Google Calendar See more details •
20 Transformation Medit… Transformation Meditation August 20, 2018 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Join me for a lunch time meditation practice to awaken your inner landscape, connect with your body & transform the way you experience being. This meditation isn't about sitting like a statue or struggling to arrest your thoughts. You will move into a peace filled release of stagnant emotions, while increasing awareness of energy circulating throughout your being. Come, open to explore. There's no judgement. All are welcome. Add to Google Calendar See more details BollyX with Lara 100… BollyX with Lara 100 class Celebration! August 20, 2018 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Experience a Bollywood-inspired dance fitness program that combines exhilarating choreography and calorie-burning workouts with upbeat music from around the world. Come dressed to sweat and ready to dance! All levels welcome. See more details on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1448814385217489/ Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	21 Awareness Through Mo… Awareness Through Movement: A Weekly Feldenkrais Class! August 21, 2018 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Feldenkrais classes emphasize learning to develop more refined movement patterns, designed to bring you more grace, flow, and power - in your dancing, athletics, and everyday activities like walking, turning, rock climbing, playing a musical instrument, and getting up and down off the floor. Rather than pushing to exceed, strain, and achieve, Feldenkrais engages the neuroplasticity of the brain to learn and re-learn how to move and function with more ease and efficiency. As sensorimotor function improves, we can enhance strength, comfort, suppleness, finesse , and... the joy of movement. Add to Google Calendar See more details Melodic Breathing Me… Melodic Breathing Meditation downstairs studio August 21, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Melodic Breathing Meditation Tuesdays 7:30-9pm What if you could experience some of the benefits that meditation has to offer immediately, and in a single session? This is exactly what we are offering in our workshop: a tiny peak into what meditation is like. Through conscious breathing you can silence your mind and feel what it would be like if you cultivated a practice of meditation. Guided by Theo Feaster and live music provided by Donovan Moran, we'll take you on a melodic journey through diaphragmatic breathing that has been shown to combat anxiety and bolster the immune system. 7:30-8:30: Breathing meditation 8:30-9:00: Group discussion $10 suggested donation iBreatheConsciously.com SoundCloud.com/xylem89 Add to Google Calendar See more details Contact Improv Lab +… Contact Improv Lab + Jam August 21, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective 30 min lab skill refresher 7-7:30p jam to follow up until closing circle at 9:15p more info coming soon! Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w Microg… Nourishment w Microgreenery + SUPERFREE ! August 21, 2018 at 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • • • •	22 Triangle Zouk Fundam… Triangle Zouk Fundamentals 6-Week Series! downstairs studio August 22, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Living Arts Collective Whether you're curious about Brazilian zouk, or wanting to learn this beautiful partner dance that can be danced to almost any music, here's your chance to dive in with us! This six-week series covers the fundamentals of Brazilian zouk connection and movement. You don't need a partner, but feel free to invite your friends! This series is suitable for beginners and anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of zouk technique. In addition, our practica and social occurs every Wednesday at the LAC from 8:30-11pm. The class includes free entry to the practica and social, so you'll have plenty of time to practice what you've learned! Six-Week Brazilian Zouk Fundamental Series Living Arts Collective Durham, NC August 22-September 26 Advance cost: $72, including all classes, practicas, and socials Drop-ins: $15 (includes practica and social that day) What is Brazilian zouk? If you have never experienced this beautiful and mesmerizing dance, you are in for a treat! Brazilian Zouk, also known as "Zouk-Lambada," is a partner dance with origins in Lambada and traditionally danced to "Zouk" music made popular in the French Caribbean. Brazilian Zouk can be characterized by its smooth and flowing nature as well as its circular upper body movements, dramatic hair whips, dips, and magical connection. As this dance has evolved along with popular music and dance trends, you will now see various styles where partners may deviate from the traditional rhythm to allow for musical interpretation and… Add to Google Calendar See more details International Folk D… International Folk Dancing August 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Wednesdays at 7:00 - 9:30 PM The Durham/Chapel Hill International Folk Dance Club is a fun social group for international folk dancing. Newcomers welcome! Schedule 7:00 - Easy dancing 8:00 - Teaching of a new dance 8:30 - Announcements 8:40-9:30 - More dancing See website for more information: http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/chifdc/chifd.html Add to Google Calendar See more details Zouk Night Practica … Zouk Night Practica downstairs studio August 22, 2018 at 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA We will be mixing the best Zoukable music from neozouk and ghetto zouk to hip-hop, R&B, kizomba, and your favorite zouk remixes and cover songs! We can Zouk to it all! Cover $7 or $5 for those attending Zouk classes before the social. Find out about the next Zouk Night on the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1705199716425459/ Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •	23 Acro Jam at Living A… Acro Jam at Living Arts Collective August 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Come play with us this Thursday in Durham! Acro jams are non-structured events where we share skills and learn from one another. Cost is $7-15 sliding fee at the door! Add to Google Calendar See more details James Cobo Salsa Soc… James Cobo Salsa Social August 23, 2018 at 10:00 pm - 12:00 am Living Arts Collective Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	24 Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 410 West Geer St, Durham Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Every Friday, 7:30-9pm at The Living Arts Collective, near downtown Durham. Suggested donation, $7-$10. Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here: http://durhamdancewave.com/www.durhamdancewave.com/Durham_Dance_Wave.html link: https://www.livingartscollective.com/friday-night-durham-dance-wave/ Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w/ Frien… Nourishment w/ Friends August 24, 2018 at 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	25 "Flush" Do… "Flush" Documentary Director's Screening August 25, 2018 at 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Living Arts Collective FLUSH - The Documentary is the surprising story of what happens after we “go," and a growing movement to change the way we think about waste. Filmmaker Karina Mangu-Ward wonders if the unprecedented damage from Superstorm Sandy, the drought out West, and the future of our food supply has a lot to do with how we flush. So she gives herself a challenge: follow one flush from beginning to end. FLUSH - The Documentary is the story of everything that happens next, and the cultural, political, and corporate forces shaping the way we deal with bodily waste in America today. Doors open at 12:40pm, Screening 1pm Cover Charge: $7+ sliding scale Contributions of $25 receive an "I'm A Pooper!" t-shirt The hour-long documentary will be followed by a conversation with Shawn Shafner from The POOP Project, whose work is featured in the film. Other experts TBA. Add to Google Calendar See more details Bootstraps: An Ameri… Bootstraps: An American Fable August 25, 2018 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Living Arts Collective 2 NIGHTS! August 25 and August 26. After playing to sold-out crowds last summer and a successful NYC premiere, BOOTSTRAPS returns to the Triangle - smarter, sharper, a direct love letter to the painful contractions that are birthing a new America. After clawing their way to the top in pursuit of the "American Dream”, a white man and a white woman start to wonder whose backs they’re standing on. In tender silence, brutal slapstick and with soaring voices performers Kaitlin June and Raphael Sacks scour their own lived experiences to tell the story of white middle-class Americans building their lives while deconstructing their privilege. Directed by Shawn Shafner, BOOTSTRAPS was collaboratively created by the Art Monastery Project. For more info: https://www.artmonastery.org/projects/bootstraps BOOTSTRAPS performances are followed immediately by an experiential facilitated talkback. TIMING BOTH NIGHTS: Doors: 7:30 Show 8:00 Post-show discussion: 9:00 TICKETS: (at door) $10 subsidized $15 at cost $20 subsidizing No one turned away. Dear future audiences, especially white folks, If you are tired of the white walls in your heart keeping you separated from others, from your own humanity, from your own voice; if you are tired of the ways white supremacy has kept you separated from the Earth and Source, come join us. We invite you to grieve with us, feel with us, heal with us and sing with us as we offer this performance in… Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	26 Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 26, 2018 at 11:11 am - 12:45 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Cost $7- 10 Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here. Check out the Durham Dance wave Facebook Group to find out more about this week’s dance! Add to Google Calendar See more details Orquestra GarDel Orquestra GarDel August 26, 2018 at 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Both Orquesta GarDel and Living Arts Collective are thrilled to announce an exciting collaboration for 2018 - GarDel is the salsa-band-in-residence at LAC. Every fourth Sunday we will perform in this intimate, inviting dance studio. All are welcome - social salsa dancers, dancers of all backgrounds and skills, people who just want to chill and groove to the Latin rhythms. This is a social artistic experiment - GarDel will use the residency to take chances, try new arrangements, workshop original songs in progress and ask for feedback. Overtime, the LAC community will co-locate dance lessons, painters, artisans from many disciplines. Doors open: 3:00pm Live Music: 3:30pm-5:30pm *FREE salsa dance class Admission - pay what you can to support the artists, suggested $7 to $25. Add to Google Calendar See more details Bootstraps: An Ameri… Bootstraps: An American Fable August 26, 2018 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Living Arts Collective 2 NIGHTS! August 25 and August 26. After playing to sold-out crowds last summer and a successful NYC premiere, BOOTSTRAPS returns to the Triangle - smarter, sharper, a direct love letter to the painful contractions that are birthing a new America. After clawing their way to the top in pursuit of the "American Dream”, a white man and a white woman start to wonder whose backs they’re standing on. In tender silence, brutal slapstick and with soaring voices performers Kaitlin June and Raphael Sacks scour their own lived experiences to tell the story of white middle-class Americans building their lives while deconstructing their privilege. Directed by Shawn Shafner, BOOTSTRAPS was collaboratively created by the Art Monastery Project. For more info: https://www.artmonastery.org/projects/bootstraps BOOTSTRAPS performances are followed immediately by an experiential facilitated talkback. TIMING BOTH NIGHTS: Doors: 7:30 Show 8:00 Post-show discussion: 9:00 TICKETS: (at door) $10 subsidized $15 at cost $20 subsidizing No one turned away. Dear future audiences, especially white folks, If you are tired of the white walls in your heart keeping you separated from others, from your own humanity, from your own voice; if you are tired of the ways white supremacy has kept you separated from the Earth and Source, come join us. We invite you to grieve with us, feel with us, heal with us and sing with us as we offer this performance in… Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •
27 Transformation Medit… Transformation Meditation August 27, 2018 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Join me for a lunch time meditation practice to awaken your inner landscape, connect with your body & transform the way you experience being. This meditation isn't about sitting like a statue or struggling to arrest your thoughts. You will move into a peace filled release of stagnant emotions, while increasing awareness of energy circulating throughout your being. Come, open to explore. There's no judgement. All are welcome. Add to Google Calendar See more details BollyX with Lara BollyX with Lara August 27, 2018 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Experience a Bollywood-inspired dance fitness program that combines exhilarating choreography and calorie-burning workouts with upbeat music from around the world. Come dressed to sweat and ready to dance! All levels welcome. See more details on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1448814385217489/ Add to Google Calendar See more details • •	28 Awareness Through Mo… Awareness Through Movement: A Weekly Feldenkrais Class! August 28, 2018 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Feldenkrais classes emphasize learning to develop more refined movement patterns, designed to bring you more grace, flow, and power - in your dancing, athletics, and everyday activities like walking, turning, rock climbing, playing a musical instrument, and getting up and down off the floor. Rather than pushing to exceed, strain, and achieve, Feldenkrais engages the neuroplasticity of the brain to learn and re-learn how to move and function with more ease and efficiency. As sensorimotor function improves, we can enhance strength, comfort, suppleness, finesse , and... the joy of movement. Add to Google Calendar See more details Melodic Breathing Me… Melodic Breathing Meditation downstairs studio August 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Melodic Breathing Meditation Tuesdays 7:30-9pm What if you could experience some of the benefits that meditation has to offer immediately, and in a single session? This is exactly what we are offering in our workshop: a tiny peak into what meditation is like. Through conscious breathing you can silence your mind and feel what it would be like if you cultivated a practice of meditation. Guided by Theo Feaster and live music provided by Donovan Moran, we'll take you on a melodic journey through diaphragmatic breathing that has been shown to combat anxiety and bolster the immune system. 7:30-8:30: Breathing meditation 8:30-9:00: Group discussion $10 suggested donation iBreatheConsciously.com SoundCloud.com/xylem89 Add to Google Calendar See more details Contact Improv Lab +… Contact Improv Lab + Jam August 28, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective 30 min lab skill refresher 7-7:30p jam to follow up until closing circle at 9:15p more info coming soon! Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w Microg… Nourishment w Microgreenery + SUPERFREE ! August 28, 2018 at 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • • • •	29 Triangle Zouk Fundam… Triangle Zouk Fundamentals 6-Week Series! downstairs studio August 29, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Living Arts Collective Whether you're curious about Brazilian zouk, or wanting to learn this beautiful partner dance that can be danced to almost any music, here's your chance to dive in with us! This six-week series covers the fundamentals of Brazilian zouk connection and movement. You don't need a partner, but feel free to invite your friends! This series is suitable for beginners and anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of zouk technique. In addition, our practica and social occurs every Wednesday at the LAC from 8:30-11pm. The class includes free entry to the practica and social, so you'll have plenty of time to practice what you've learned! Six-Week Brazilian Zouk Fundamental Series Living Arts Collective Durham, NC August 22-September 26 Advance cost: $72, including all classes, practicas, and socials Drop-ins: $15 (includes practica and social that day) What is Brazilian zouk? If you have never experienced this beautiful and mesmerizing dance, you are in for a treat! Brazilian Zouk, also known as "Zouk-Lambada," is a partner dance with origins in Lambada and traditionally danced to "Zouk" music made popular in the French Caribbean. Brazilian Zouk can be characterized by its smooth and flowing nature as well as its circular upper body movements, dramatic hair whips, dips, and magical connection. As this dance has evolved along with popular music and dance trends, you will now see various styles where partners may deviate from the traditional rhythm to allow for musical interpretation and… Add to Google Calendar See more details International Folk D… International Folk Dancing August 29, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective Dance Studio, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Wednesdays at 7:00 - 9:30 PM The Durham/Chapel Hill International Folk Dance Club is a fun social group for international folk dancing. Newcomers welcome! Schedule 7:00 - Easy dancing 8:00 - Teaching of a new dance 8:30 - Announcements 8:40-9:30 - More dancing See website for more information: http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/chifdc/chifd.html Add to Google Calendar See more details Zouk Night Practica … Zouk Night Practica downstairs studio August 29, 2018 at 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA We will be mixing the best Zoukable music from neozouk and ghetto zouk to hip-hop, R&B, kizomba, and your favorite zouk remixes and cover songs! We can Zouk to it all! Cover $7 or $5 for those attending Zouk classes before the social. Find out about the next Zouk Night on the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1705199716425459/ Add to Google Calendar See more details • • •	30 Acro Jam at Living A… Acro Jam at Living Arts Collective August 30, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Living Arts Collective, 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701, USA Come play with us this Thursday in Durham! Acro jams are non-structured events where we share skills and learn from one another. Cost is $7-15 sliding fee at the door! Add to Google Calendar See more details •	31 Durham Dance Wave Durham Dance Wave August 31, 2018 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 410 West Geer St, Durham Experience authentic self-expression in a safe space free of judgment & instruction. This weekly ecstatic dance event offers an opportunity to explore delicious states of being from stillness to unfettered wildness through self-directed freeform movement in community. The 90 minute practice takes us on a movement journey with musical texture and form. Every Friday, 7:30-9pm at The Living Arts Collective, near downtown Durham. Suggested donation, $7-$10. Read more about the Durham Dance Wave and the weekly Monday Night Durham Dance Wave here: http://durhamdancewave.com/www.durhamdancewave.com/Durham_Dance_Wave.html link: https://www.livingartscollective.com/friday-night-durham-dance-wave/ Add to Google Calendar See more details Nourishment w/ Frien… Nourishment w/ Friends August 31, 2018 at 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm Microgreenery + SUPERFREE goods available after the wave ! Re fuel with plant-based power. Add to Google Calendar See more details • •

FLUSH – a film about poop.

Awareness Through Movement: A Weekly Feldenkrais Class!

Tuesdays, 6 – 7pm Feldenkrais classes emphasize learning to develop more refined movement patterns, designed to bring you more grace, flow, and power - in your dancing, athletics, and everyday activities like walking, turning, rock climbing, playing a musical instrument, and getting up and down off the floor. Rather than pushing to exceed, strain, and [...]

Third Friday Artwalk Gallery, Live music, Mircogreenery

Friday, August 17th, 6 – 9pm We will have an open house highlighting: Artwork created and displayed by Taylor White + Catherine Kramer LIVE piano by Donovan Moran Nourishment provided by The Microgreenery + SUPERFREE Durham Dance Wave- Ecstatic Dance in Durham starting at 7:30-9:00pm The After Wave Music Sharing Taylor White: http://www.taylurk.com/ Taylor White [...]

Partners Massage Techniques

Contact Improv LAB & JAM on Tuesdays

Tuesdays in August, 7 – 9:30pm GENERAL: For the month of August we will LAB & JAM. Each Tuesdays will operate on the same timeline, and each will have a special flavor: 7:00 - LAB and Open Space - Each week will have a structured exploration of Contact Improvisation. Focus will include topics like weight [...]

Triangle Zouk Fundamentals 6-Week Series!

Wednesdays, August 22nd – September 26th, 7:30 – 8:30pm Whether you're curious about Brazilian zouk, or wanting to learn this beautiful partner dance that can be danced to almost any music, here's your chance to dive in with us! This six-week series covers the fundamentals of Brazilian zouk connection and movement. You don't need a [...]

Live Your Art Jam

Sunday, August 19th, 5 – 9pm After a brief interlude, your favourite local Multi-Creative Jam is back and better than ever! We will be celebrating holding these jams for a year since our first one in August 2017, and we hope you will help us celebrate. Join us Sunday August 19th from 5 until 9ish [...]

Bootstraps: An American Fable

DRUM OR DIE: Djembe FUNdamentals Summer Jam

Sunday, July 22nd, 4 –6pm *downstairs lobby* Come and jam with us Sunday, July 22nd 4-6pm, Children are welcome! We will enjoy refreshments and have fun playing all of the rhythms we have studied in class thus far. You do not need to have prior experience or be a previous member of the class to [...]

Third Friday Artwalk Gallery, Live music, Mircogreenery

Friday, July 20th, 6 – 9pm We will have an open house highlighting: Artwork created and displayed by Taylor White LIVE violin compositions by Morgan Fleming Nourishment provided by The Microgreenery + SUPERFREE Durham Dance Wave- Ecstatic Dance in Durham starting at 7:30-9:00pm More about Taylor White: http://www.taylurk.com/ Taylor White is a figurative artist who utilizes the human form to depict [...]

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