Interfusion Festival X (IFX)

Drawing from her own background as a burlesque/vaudeville and butoh dancer, Vangeline teaches a workshop that explores the link between sensuality and Butoh, as well as receptivity and its impact on the nervous system. This workshop will also draw from the techniques of Noguchi Taiso. No dance experience is necessary, this is an all-level class and beginners are welcome. Some experience with mindfulness or somatic practice can be helpful. This workshop is trauma-informed.
*Participants will have free access to Vangeline’s online lecture on the topic as a companion to the workshop.

  🌶️  Mild: The workshop does not invite sensuality or sexuality. There will be no facilitator invitations to cuddle or share moving touch, plus no welcoming or invoking of sexual energy. Any partner dancing that occurs will default to or center open position.

Join us to explore the fascinating world of neuroplasticity and its profound connection to well-being.
We are here at this festival because we are grovers and movers, lovers of play, and folks that like to boogie on the dance floor!! And, learning new movement patterns floods the brain with dopamine- the brain’s reward, satisfaction, and pleasure hormone. It’s why we like it so much!
In this playshop, we will discover other ways to increase happiness and well-being by stimulating neurogenesis (the birth of new brain cells) and neuroplasticity (the birth of new neural pathways).

🌶️Mild: The workshop does not invite sensuality or sexuality. There will be no facilitator invitations to cuddle or share moving touch, plus no welcoming or invoking of sexual energy. Any partner dancing that occurs will default to or center open positio