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LASSES
MOVE
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CURRENTLY:
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Feel Your Feels with Nicole
April 2nd-May 21st | every Wednesday
12-1:15pm
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Creature Creation with Jimmy
April 8th-29th | every Tuesday
7-8:30pm
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Slow Flow Yoga with Jimmy
Wednesday April 16th, 23rd: 6-7pm
Wednesday April 30th: 5:30-6:30pm
Find each class to register for on our calendar​
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*Drop In Ballet & Contemporary with Christina TBA on Instagram*
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HORIZON BODY
with SEAN HILTON
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Horizon Body is a rhizomatic movement practice that holds space for bodies to experience new versions of themselves.
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During the 75 minute practice, you will be invited to embody modes of moving, initiated by prompts from Sean Nguyen-Hilton, that centers the body as a site of possibility. Though the time and space of Horizon Body isn’t fully prescribed, it has the potential to be a healing, connecting, and grounding experience.
All bodies are welcome to join.
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CREATURE CREATION
with JIMMY JOYNER
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This is less of a class and more of a facilitated time to ask ourselves “what else?” We will mobilize the body and generate heat so that we may move through new versions of ourselves. Through prompts, games, and maybe even a combo, we can move collectively and have dance do what it needs to do for us.
Creature Creation is an “all levels” offering.
NATHAN'S BALLET
with NATHAN GRISWOLD
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A fast-paced ballet class, designed to focus the body using ballet technique.
Levels intermediate and up welcome.
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FEEL YOUR FEELS
with NICOLE JOHNSON
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A movement practice using the physical body to process, feel and move into our emotional bodies. Participants will be led through a series of prompts and somatic practices, but the movement and experience is completely self-generated.
No dance experience necessary.
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BODY LANGUAGE
with NICHOLAS GOODLY
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Through improvisational and choreographic prompts, we will be folding movement practices into language practices. The aim is to discover how poetry and prose translates to the vocabulary of contemporary dance, using the physical body as a tool for our writing practices, how to express what’s in the body and put it on the page (and vice versa). We will be bringing text to life in a 3-dimensional space. You will be asked to create small phrases, share a dance floor with your peers, and watch the work of artists on the cutting edge of multidisciplinary performance art. This class requires you to move, to be relaxed in your skin, a willingness to be seen, and to take literal big leaps of faith.
Wear comfortable clothes, no previous dance experience required.
CONTEMPORARY
with CHRISTINA MASSAD
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Christina’s contemporary class explores the different physicalities that the body and mind can offer together. The possibilities of this time together range from guided improvisation, learning choreography, partner work, observing, receiving, and giving. Together we’ll push to discover a new version of ourselves while sweating, having fun and uplifting those surrounding you in the space.
Levels intermediate and up welcome.
Testimonials
"Fly on a Wall is a team that truly listens to its community, and works tirelessly to foster safe spaces for artists by and large. If you are interested in an inclusive environment that encourages open-mindedness, intention & play, open classes with Fly are exactly what you're looking for. Every time I leave a class, I leave feeling accepted and valued as an artist."
-Scott Wheet
"Open classes at Fly are exactly that. Open. A space that’s not closed, discriminatory, or blocked up. I can unfold every morning in whatever place I’m at without evaluation. I could find something new about myself or my body, but I could also find nothing at all. And their playlists are certain to bring an immediate dose of joy."
-Bailey Jo Harbaugh
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"Inclusive, welcoming, encouraging, a place safe enough to make new discoveries. No judgement zone"
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"Fly on a Wall open classes have been one of my favorite places to be since their inception. The environment of love, acceptance, and support for the artists in the room is amazing. Fly classes provide a space to grow, learn, explore, and challenge yourself as a dancer. Some days I feel as though I’ve been to “dance church” after class. I am beyond grateful for the beautiful voices and encouragement of my Fly family."
-Cinnamon Dizon
"As a professional mover, Fly’s classes have given me the space to openly and further explore my bodies natural vocabulary all the while leaning And keeping in tune with ancient structures and vocabularies of movement. To simplify, I am able to express the chaos and order within side my being."
-Cara Celeste
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“As a self-proclaimed bunhead, I love how Fly classes allow me the freedom to explore different facets of my technique and seamlessly fuse classical + contemporary genres.”
-Rebekah Diaddigo