Becoming the Music: A Musicality Intensive 3-week series

DATES: May 14, 21, 28. Time: 7:30-8:30pm, Berkeley, CA

Becoming the Music: A Musicality Intensive

Listen deeper. Move differently.

This workshop is an invitation to experience musicality as a lived, embodied practice—where listening, sensation, and expression merge.

We’ll explore the subtle relationship between sound and movement: the pauses that create anticipation, the shifts that stir emotion, and the textures that invite a response. Musicality lives in nuance, and in this space, you’ll begin to access and express it with greater depth and clarity.

Through guided visualizations, prompted movement explorations, and structured improvisation, you’ll be supported in:

· relaxing into the music

· trusting your instincts

· becoming more present in your body

· exploring emotional tone and dynamic range

· allowing movement to arise organically from sound

· This workshop is part music appreciation, part dance exploration, and part trust practice—held within a supportive and encouraging environment.

A unique element of this experience is the inclusion of guided partner work, where dancers will take turns witnessing one another and offering thoughtful, structured feedback. This practice helps sharpen your eye, deepen your understanding of what you’re seeing, and expand your ability to articulate nuance. As a dancer, it offers a powerful opportunity to be seen, to receive input with openness, and to better understand what is and isn’t coming through in your movement.

This process is carefully facilitated to feel safe, constructive, and accessible for all levels.

Each session will also include dedicated time for practical dancing and integration, allowing you to apply these tools in real time and begin to embody a more intuitive, expressive relationship with the music.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to not just dance to the music—but to feel as though the music is moving through you.

Purchase the 3-week series in advance for $80 to reserve your spot.

Walk-ins are welcome at the price $30 per session and pay at the door. Cash, Venmo, Zelle

Advance tickets here for the whole series, walk-ins pay at the door.

Location: Spring Fall Dance Studio, Located in: Sawtooth Building

Address: 2547 Eighth St #20, Berkeley, CA 94710

Thursdays May 14, 21, 28. Time: 7:00-8:30pm

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