Solo Practice: On Pleasure and Attention
Schedule
Mon Apr 27 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Dance Complex | Cambridge, MA
About this Event
About this workshop:
Facilitated by Alexander Davis, this drop-in workshop is for anyone interested in building a sustainable solo dancing practice. Through guided scores, attention practices, and pleasure-focused improvisation, participants will explore what holds their interest, and what they actually want to spend time doing as movers.
The class offers tools for working alone in the studio (or the living room) that can serve whatever you need them to: generating choreographic material, maintaining a training practice between classes or projects, moving as a form of self-care, or following a thread of personal history into autobiographical work. Drawing on contemporary technique, somatic practice, and compositional thinking, the workshop trusts that curiosity and pleasure are legitimate starting points for serious dancing. No prior experience required, just a willingness to move, notice, and play.
This workshop is held in Studio 7, on the ground floor of The Dance Complex.
About Alexander Davis:
Alexander Davis is a Boston-based homosexual, performer, fiber artist, and choreographer. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Dean College. He holds an MFA from Smith College (2023) and a BA from Keene State College (2014). Davis was named City of Boston Artist Fellow in 2019.
His most recent solo, "Gay Aesthetic: Based on a True Story," premiered at the American Dance Festival in December 2025, where it was developed through a residency at the Samuel H. Scripps Studios. In March, Alex brought "Gay Aesthetic.." to The Dance Complex, in a shared performance with Sara Juli.
His performance work includes collaborations with Ryan Landry's Gold Dust Orphans, Boston Lyric Opera, Global Arts Live, and Urbanity Dance. He assisted choreographer Monica Bill Barnes on Greta Gerwig's film Little Women (2019). Davis's fiber art series Federation of Athletic Gentleman (F.A.G.) was exhibited at Childs Gallery in Interlaced: The Fabric of Art, which he curated. His curatorial work includes Gaze: A History of Male Physique Photography and Closet to Quarantine: Queer Art Then and Now.
Where is it happening?
The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 17.85 to USD 28.52
