Groove + Connect
with
Saira Barbaric
SEP 26 | 5 – 6:30 PM
Join Saira Barbaric for a movement workshop of improvisation, games and disco. Experience Saira’s developing style that brings together burlesque, club dance, pleasure practice and play for a sensual and lighthearted dance session. Beginning with history and cultural context, we will warm up, move on our own and find ways to travel together and connect. Led by the rhythm and the goals of the games, movers will get a taste of Soul Train with a queer crip guide and an accessible framework to support a wide range of disabilities, ages and skill levels.
Workshop and games were originally created for Axis Dance Company’s summer 2023 Choreo-Lab as rehearsal prompts for the in-progress work, A NEW GUEST.
ARTIST BIOS
SAIRA BARBARIC (he/they/she/ze) is a Black disabled nonbinary multidisciplinary artist. Based in Seattle in 2016, Saira creates collages, events, performance art and short films. Their work has shown in movie theaters, nightclubs, performance spaces and public parks around Seattle, across the U.S. and in European cities like Rome and Berlin. Saira co-founded the queer porn crew, Scumtrust Productions and the burgeoning dance-media project, MouthWater. Check out Barbaric-art.com for more about Saira’s projects and practice.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
Mouthwater: Disabled Arts Festival
All events will be ASL interpreted. All venues have step-free access to the bathrooms and performance spaces. There will be a variety of seating and ear plugs available in venue spaces. Please reach out to cripdancedoula@gmail.com