June Outdoor Queer Dance Workshop with Angelina Benitez & Maggie Cee

Queer Dance Workshops are a chance for queer folks of all identities and experiences to connect through dance. Featuring a rotating roster of teachers and dance styles, these workshops are a time to simply dance around joyfully with other queer people. These special workshops will be held outside near Egleston Square in Jamaica Plain.
Our June workshop features contemporary dance with Angelina Benitez and ballet with Maggie Cee.

Angelina Benitez, also known as she moves + makes is inspired by play, poetry, queerness, engaging the senses, and her nonbinary, biracial life experience. They are a dedicated teaching artist to movers of all ages and experiences in the Greater Boston area; from toddlers, to families, to professionals, to seniors. This 2025 Next Steps for Boston Dance grantee graduated from Salem State University in 2018 with a B.A in Modern/Contemporary Dance and has returned there as a guest artist in residence. She is a vital team member at High Street Studios in Ipswich, a co-founding member of a contemporary dance collective, The Click, and recently, a teacher for TransDans. She has shared her work at VERSE / VISUAL, Human Movement Lab, Dancing Queerly, Salem Arts Festival, 24 Hour ChoreoFest, Roots and Routes, and more. Stay in touch with their work or find ways to get involved @shemovesandmakes on Instagram.

Join Angie for a mindful Contemporary class that will have you circling, twisting, and tuning-in. We'll test our balance, take in our surroundings, and learn a little choreography. All while making choices to best serve ourselves. Please bring a blanket and cushion to sit on if you'd like for some stretching on the ground.

Maggie Cee is a dancer, educator and performer. Her solo dance/theater performance, “Ladies at a Gay Girls’ Bar, 1938-1969” premiered in 2019 and has been seen at the Queerly Festival in NYC and Fringe festivals nationally and internationally. The show is avialable for local and touring performances. Maggie is the founder and director of “The Femme Show”, a variety show featuring dance, spoken word, performance art, and drag exploring queer femininity. Maggie co-founded the “Dancing Queerly” Festival with J. Michael Winward. Teaching ballet is Maggie’s “day job” and her passion. Maggie has presented “Ballet is For Everyone” at LGBTQ youth conferences and the 2012 Femme Conference and received a Boston Pride Foundation grant for a series of Queer Ballet classes in 2015. She teaches currently offers two levels of Adult Ballet for all bodies and genders at Mass Ballet in Framingham. www.massballet.com

Exact location details will be sent to registrants. Some parking is available. It is about a 10 minute walk from Stony Brook on the Orange Line and near bus stops for busses 42, 22, 44, and 29.
Queer Dance Workshops offers $10 stipends for participants to travel to and from the in-person outdoor workshops. This is intended to alleviate some financial pressure for those who might not otherwise be able to enjoy the workshops. If a stipend would make your workshop experience more doable or enjoyable, click the “travel stipend” option in the RSVP form.

Learn more about how travel stipends work here.

There is a question about access needs in registration. In particular, if you need ASL interpretation please note it in your rsvp or email me at [email protected] as it is often easier to get interpretation with a confirmed need. Unfortunately, I will need at least a week's notice to ensure interpretation.

Workshops are free, but please consider donating (no more than $20) to help pay our wonderful teachers.
Workshops are funded in part by the Massachusetts Culture Council's Creative Experiences grant. Thank you!