All Bodies Speak: an Introduction to the Danceability Method with Michaela Knox
This workshop is affiliated with FYS 556, Embodying Activism and is made possible by the Bates Learning Associates Program.
Please come for all or part of the below programming. All are welcome: students, staff, and faculty!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
10-1pm DanceAbility Method introduction workshop
1-2pm lunch break
2-4pm open community class*
4-5:30pm wrap up, reflection, discussion circle with Bates students/staff.
*Michaela will be inviting some of her students to join the community class!
Michaela Knox is a Maine-based performer, choreographer, and teacher. She is the founder of Spark Inclusive Arts and a Master teacher of the Danceability method. She holds an MA in Educational Leadership from the University of New Mexico. She performed with 20 moons Dance Theatre from 2014-2018 in Durango Colorado and is currently the Artistic Director of YES Dance Theatre Ensemble in Bath, ME.
Knox is passionate about supporting others in the discovery and research of their self-expression. She considers it her life’s work to help dissolve barriers between people with and without disabilities with the hope of creating a more inclusive society for all people.