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We’ve added another SADLIBS workshop next Tuesday! For those looking to connect, celebrate LIFE and imagined futures, it’s not to be missed RSVP & more info: https://bit.ly/2xFefoI This workshop is completely FREE Limit: 10 people per workshop... Note: internet and a device with video & sound necessary #sadlibs #mastonfig #language #writing #workshop #words #joy

SADLIBS is almost full, but there’s two spots left in each workshop, Tomorrow & Saturday. RSVP now before they’re gone! https://bit.ly/2xFefoI

SADLIBS AN OBITUARY WRITING WORKSHOP DURING COVID 19 I’ve been thinking a lot about LIFE these days. And about how the awareness of my own mortality can contribute to living. As we’re reforming and reshaping ourselves to adapt to these very new times, perhaps we should be composing a narrative about our old selves to share with the world. Wouldn’t it be great if we could design our own demise, attend our own funeral and compose our own biography?... SADLIBS is an obituary-writing workshop that is open to anyone who is curious about what it means to be alive today. Participants will meet on Zoom where they will be randomly assigned a writing partner. Partners will go to private breakout rooms where they will pose each other questions in order to gather information that will be used to draft an experimental obituary. Obituaries will be shared with the other workshop participants in a safe environment that prioritizes care, humor and empowerment. Connect with us, joyfully. Wednesday, April 22nd from 2-4 PM Saturday, April 25th from 6-8 PM RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2xFefoI This workshop is completely FREE Note: internet and a device with video & sound necessary

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Join us for #dancesforsolidarity next Wednesday at Mast on Fig, a Dance Workshop led by choreographer Sarah Dahnke // RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3cJxZr7 In this Dances for Solidarity workshop, participants will be guided through the process of embodying choreography created by our collaborator Dushaan Gillum, who is incarcerated in solitary confinement in Texas. After moving through this process, we will work to create a movement-based response and transcribe this movement... into text that can be mailed back to Dushaan. This workshop is based on the process that Dances for Solidarity utilizes when creating live performances of choreography created behind bars, often performed by formerly incarcerated individuals. Dances for Solidarity works to transcend societal biases and allow system-affected people to transform their circumstances and reclaim freedom by creating movement in conversation with the criminal justice system. Join us in this practice, and join us in this movement. *** Dances for Solidarity began in 2015 as a letter-writing campaign. Choreographer Sarah Dahnke and several dancer and activist collaborators composed The Dance for Solidarity, a 10-step dance sequence that was sent to over 150 people in solitary confinement throughout the United States with an invitation to perform this dance knowing that at any moment, another person in solitary or in the outside world could be performing the exact same steps at the same time. The project has since expanded to co-create original choreography with several incarcerated collaborators and utilize their movement scores in live performances, aiming to reclaim human dignity through dance while also raising conversations about punishment, fairness, and justice as it relates to the prison system. See more

Dances for Solidarity: a workshop led by choreographer Sarah Dahnke, that aims to transcend societal biases toward system-affected people, and reclaim human dignity through dance. By embodying choreography created by an individual currently experiencing incarceration, and creating a response, participates will engage in a conversation that seeks to reclaim freedom through movement. Wednesday March 18, 7-9PM $15 suggested donation RSVP via link in bio No one turne...d away for lack of funds In this Dances for Solidarity workshop, led by choreographer Sarah Dahnke, participants will be guided through the process of embodying choreography created by our collaborator Dushaan Gillum, who is incarcerated in solitary confinement in Texas. After moving through this process, we will work to create a movement-based response and transcribe this movement into text that can be mailed back to Dushaan. This workshop is based on the process that Dances for Solidarity utilizes when creating live performances of choreography created behind bars, often performed by formerly incarcerated individuals. Dances for Solidarity works to transcend societal biases and allow system-affected people to transform their circumstances and reclaim freedom by creating movement in conversation with the criminal justice system. Join us in this practice, and join us in this movement. Free with RSVP: a copy of Dancing Through Darkness, a book of choreography created by Dushaan Gillum More info via link in bio! #dancesforsolidarity #dancingthroughdarkness #sarahdahnke #mastonfig #highlandpark #cypresspark See more

Hold me. Let me hold you. Together we can hold THIS. / There’s still some spots left for Gregory Barnett’s Bawlroom Dance Workshop this Saturday, exploring intimacy, movement and trust. RSVP via link in bio! Saturday, March 7 7PM-9:15PM $20 suggested donation ... When I ask to hold your limbs, I ask for the honor of holding the desires living inside them. When my eyes look into yours at length, I rescind all urges to project my will onto yours. When your weight proves calm in my grip, I acknowledge the immeasurable value of your dreams, and care for them as if they are my own. Amen While learning footwork patterns and embrace variations of ballroom dance, we will consider what genuine intimacy is and how to offer it. We will use voice, extended periods of eye contact, and touch to create bonds of trust between each other. Any vulnerabilities exposed during our initial intimacy practices will be regarded as gifts deserving of ongoing recognition and consideration through out our working. We will celebrate the connections earned with a loosely guided Ball/Bawl, holding each other however able. Gregory Barnett makes dances, altars, imagery, and stories believing he is better for it. His work attempts to locate junctures between lineage (memory) and prayer (desire) in an effort to maximize will's potential (with mixed success.) In lieu of pursuing a sociology degree, Gregory became a prostitute and children’s gymnastics instructor. He has shown work in Los Angeles and other cities since 2004. #mastonfig #gregorybarnett #danceworkshop #intimacy #nela #cypresspark #highlandpark

Join the conversation with Dance Artist/Choreographer Ame Henderson & Visual Artist Aleesa Cohene, as they discuss the work-in-progress Two, Four, Six with dancers and collaborators Jared Gradinger and Angela Schubot this Friday at @mastonfig Friday March 6th, 7PM RSVP via [email protected] FREE... Visual Artist Aleesa Cohene and Dance Artist Ame Henderson present work-in-progress, Two, Four, Six. Working with three pairs of dancers, Cohene and Henderson facilitate and document Gestalt Couples Therapy sessions with Gestalt therapists, Bob and Rita Resnick (Los Angeles). Following the therapy sessions, Cohene and Henderson direct movement experimentation and build choreography. Henderson (Toronto), Cohene and two of the participating dancers, Jared Gradinger and Angela Schubot (Berlin) will be in discussion about the process and the work. See more

Two, Four, Six: Aleesa Cohene and Ame Henderson discuss their work-in-progress this Friday at Mast on Fig Visual Artist Aleesa Cohene and Dance Artist Ame Henderson present work-in-progress, Two, Four, Six. Working with three pairs of dancers, Cohene and Henderson facilitate and document Gestalt Couples Therapy sessions with Gestalt therapists, Bob and Rita Resnick (Los Angeles). Following the therapy sessions, Cohene and Henderson direct movement experimentation and build ...choreography. Henderson, Cohene and two of the participating dancers, Jared Gradinger and Angela Schubot (Berlin) will be in discussion about the process and the work. Friday March 6th, 7PM RSVP via [email protected] FREE Ame Henderson is a dance artist of settler ancestry living and working in Tkaronto/Toronto in the Dish with One Spoon Territory. With a practice that spans publication, performance and exhibition, her work activates dance and choreography to propose experiential modes of being together. Aleesa Cohene’s work with video, sculpture, and scent reconfigures and reframes cinematic material to investigate the clichés, codes, and stereotypes that make up dominant cultural narratives. Photo credit: Marco Braunschweiler

Help Homeless Youth at Our Meal Prep Day at Mast on Fig! This Sunday 1/3, RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3a1ImED My Friend’s Place is an organization based in Hollywood that offers comprehensive services to nearly 1,400 homeless youth between the ages of 12 and 25, and their children, each year. For more than 3 decades, My Friend’s Place has been assisting and inspiring homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. ... Mast on Fig invites local families to join us in decorating paper bags with inspiring imagery and positive messaging and filling them with healthy, non-perishable snacks that My Friend's Place will then distribute to homeless youth. We aim to use creativity, art and food to nourish those in need of our support. Sunday, March 1st (1-3 PM) Limit: 25 people All ages welcome! Please visit myfriendsplace.org for more info

Lend a hand at our Snack Kit Making Workshop for Homeless Youth, next Sunday 3/1 at Mast On Fig! My Friend’s Place is an organization based in Hollywood that offers comprehensive services to nearly 1,400 homeless youth between the ages of 12 and 25, and their children, each year. For more than 3 decades, My Friend’s Place has been assisting and inspiring homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. Mast on Fig invites local families to join us in decoratin...g paper bags with inspiring imagery and positive messaging and filling them with healthy, non-perishable snacks that My Friend's Place will then distribute to homeless youth. We aim to use creativity, art and food to nourish those in need of our support. Sunday, March 1st (1-3 PM) RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3a1ImED Limit: 25 people All ages welcome Please visit https://www.myfriendsplace.org for more info See more