Messy Movement (Class)

sometimes your body knows before you do.
sometimes it's been holding things you don't have words for.
this is a space to move that stuff around.
to shake, stretch, pause, breathe, flail a little. whatever's real for you at that time.
come engage in a space where you can explore how you need to move. how your body needs to tell a story that needs to be expressed. experiement with being witnessed and witnessing others telling our stories.

this expressive arts creative practice is birthed from a need to move around in, and exist in the messy, uncertain, and murkiness. it is a practice that integrates socio-economic realities into a movement modality in order to tell a story of lived experience.

the practice has been shaped out of my lived experience as a cancer survivor, a mental health practitioner, a creative/expressive artists, community organizing, and growing up on the SWAMP!

I have learned so much from alligator and I am excited to share it with you and explore the mess, the muck, the mud. some join us!
this space is adapted to various levels of abilities and comfort levels with being seen (you can choose how you show up, how you engage, and how you show your story).

Morgan Hopson (they/them) is a dancer, mental health practitioner, community organizer, and artist/creative whose work lives at the intersection of surivorship, somatics, creative expression and collective socialist movement.

Their foundation in dance and embodied movement deeply informs their work, shaping how they understand the body as a site of memory, resistance, and transformation. In addition to their mental health experience, Morgan has developed and facilitated community trainings and workshops on topics including body sovereignty, eating disorder recovery, and creative/expressive arts healing practices, with a focus on accessibility and collective socialist movement.

As a community organizer, Morgan works in housing justice efforts and broader grassroots advocacy, working to challenge systemic socio-economic inequities that impact mental and physical well-being. Their lived experience as a cancer survivor further shapes their approach, honoring the complexity of survivorship, resilience, and ongoing transformation.

Morgan is also an artist whose creative practice spans movement, writing, and other expressive forms, using art as both a personal healing modality and a tool for community connection, imagination, and liberation.

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