November Newsletter / #GivingTuesday

November Newsletter

#GivingTuesday 
Consider donating to Visceral Roots ~
artists committed to telling the stories of our local community 
and spreading awareness for social justice

Quote And Reflect
“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”
― Rumi

Co-Director Noah
I am moving in my head a lot these days. I’m shaking my right leg minimally. Holding space for what feels like the death of dance inside of me. I’m stressed but trying hard to hide the cycles of trauma that are alive because of sickled cells. My hands, eyes and face dance rhythmically, recalling the freedom I felt in Atlanta when my body was at its prime. ô
Prime. Borrowed time prime, o prime time encores with each throbbing ache. Each seasonal pain has pissed on the stage and prima ballerina’d around my pelvis. This caused me to 2, 7, 4 and 8 for some sort of melodic peace and stillness. So my breath & heart beat can wade in this movement with me. Our dance continues onward.

Co-Director Ashley
Dance is my escape and also my enemy. It's a hard passion and dream to follow throughout the entirety of your life. Every dancer I know has had a phase or two of "oh, I don't dance anymore" - WELL I'm in that phase and its icky to say the least. A lot of it was due to the pandemic....but even before then my life shifted as I added Mother to my many titles and hats I wear. How do you dance through it all ? How do you keep making time for something that you feel like time as no regrets for ? I continue to try to include dance, chasing that feeling of ultimate freedom, but ultimately, dance is something that is deeply embedded within the soul and its magic is always waiting to be called upon. 

Witness And Engage

RAWdance CONCEPT Series
VR will be showing an informal Dance film that shows an in-process work we plan to debut in 2022! Join us
Friday, Dec. 10th @ 6pm
TICKETS HERE 
 
In Dance Article
Ashley Gayle got a chance to write an article about her passion for Jazz Dance for Dancer's Group most recent publication. Please read it and share your thoughts with us! 

Dance With Us

Co-Director Ashley Gayle teaches an OUTDOOR Beg/Int Jazz class on 
Saturdays from 9:45-11am.
It's the perfect time to try a class!
If you're interested in performing with Visceral Roots, come check out class and get familar with our movement vocabulary! 

Reg for Outdoor Jazz

SUPPORT US
Visceral Roots has always made work about social issues that are important to us.
You can help by donating to our company, so we can continue being thoughtful artists creating change in our community.
 
#GivingTuesday [Nov. 30th, 2021]
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