Intro to Play with Power & Gender through Dance (Berkeley)
Schedule
Sat Jul 12 2025 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Wildcat Studio | Berkeley, CA

About this Event
Do you love connecting on the dance floor?
Are you interested in Dominance & submission as a spiritual path?
Do you want to learn & practice presence skills in community?
Are you interested in heart-centered liberation?
If your heart lights up reading these... come join us for the intro to see if the 3 month immersion is for you! This will be our 5th cohort as we grow incredible community in the larger bay area.
The intro includes:
- the story of how I came to create this (ballet as my intro to kink)
- a devotional performance ritual
- guided consensual dance duets to explore the archetypes of the Dom & sub
- Q&A about the 3 month immersion (Play level 1)
We ask everyone to rapid covid test right before coming & to show your test when you arrive.
https://vimeo.com/232932199
Learn about the 3 month immersion here
2025 cohort dates
All applicants are required to attend 1 intro, if you have not already.
Intros
- Sat, March 29, 2 - 5 pm in San Francisco
- Sat, June 28, 2 - 5 pm in Sebastopol
- Sat, July 12, 2 - 5 pm in Berkeley
- Sat, July 26, 2 - 5 pm in Sebastopol
Immersion (Sebastopol)
1. Sat, Aug 9, 2 - 7 pm
2. Sat, Aug 23, 2 - 7 pm
Optional Relational Mapping: Mon, Aug 25, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (online, open to loved ones)
3. Sat, Sept 6, 2 - 7 pm
4. Sat, Sept 13, 2 - 7 pm
5. Sat, Sept 27, 1 - 7 pm DEEP DIVE WEEKEND
6. Sun, Sept 28, 1 - 7 pm DEEP DIVE WEEKEND
7. Sat, Oct 11, 2 - 7 pm
8. Sat, Oct 25, 2 - 7 pm
9. Sat, Nov 8, 2 - 7 pm
Interested?
- Hold the dates in your calendar & budget for tuition
- Register for an intro
- Apply (applications open in April)
- Select applicants will be invited to interview
- If you are invited to join, confirm your space with payment
Facilitation Team
🏳️🌈 Z (aka Zahava Griss, lead facilitator, they/them) dancer, love coach, & kink educator for personal & cultural liberation. Z has delighted in guiding erotic community ritual for 25 years.
🏳️🌈 E. Lowry (assistant, they/them) trauma informed kink explorer & guide for 12 years.
photo of Bernadette & Z by Anna Maynard
Where is it happening?
Wildcat Studio, 2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley, United States