INSTINCT DANCE FESTIVAL
2025 Festival Schedule
Day 01 Saturday: January 4, 2025
7 PM
ANIMAL Dance Performance
Black Box Theater
Day 02, Sunday: January 5, 2025
2 PM
ANIMAL Dance Performance
Black Box Theater
Day 03, Monday: January 6, 2025
9:45 AM - 10 AM
Welcome/ Registration / Warm Up
10 AM - 3:45 PM
Creation Track Rehearsal Time
10 AM - 11:30 AM
Moving Bodies/Dancing Lives
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maree ReMalia
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
Community Space: Practice Share/Jam
Great Room
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2 PM - 3:30 PM
Horton Dance Workshop: Integrating Technique and Healing
Black Box Theater
Taught by Samantha McLoughlin​​
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Down Time/Silent Space
Great Room​​
6 PM - 8 PM
Ecotone: Exploring Sound, Dance + Habitat in Tension
Black Box Theater
Performance Installation by Ellen Smith Ahern and Menghan Wang
Day 04, Tuesday: January 7, 2025
9:45 AM - 10 AM
Welcome/ Registration / Warm Up
10 AM - 11:30 AM
Moving Bodies/Dancing Lives
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maree ReMalia
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
Unfacilitated Space: Practice Share/Jam
Great Room
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Creation Track: Rehearsal Time
Black Box Theater
2 PM - 3:30 PM
Creation Track: Rehearsal Time
Black Box Theater + Great Room
4 PM - 5:30 PM
Let's Make a Dance
Black Box Theater
Taught by Chloe A. Shafer​​
Butoh Awakening: Crafting Presence in Performance
Black Box Theater
Taught by Meshi Chavez
6 PM - 8 PM
Day 05, Wednesday: January 8, 2025
9:45 AM - 10 AM
Welcome/ Registration / Warm Up
10 AM - 11:30 AM
Moving Bodies/Dancing Lives
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maree ReMalia
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
Unfacilitated Space: Practice Share/Jam
Great Room
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Creation Track: Rehearsal Time
Black Box Theater
2 PM - 3:45 PM
Countertechnique
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maya LaLiberte
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Unfacilitated Space:
Down Time/Silent Space
Great Room​​
Creation Track: Rehearsal Time
Black Box Theater
6 PM - 8 PM
Butoh Awakening: Crafting Presence in Performance
Black Box Theater
Taught by Meshi Chavez
Day 06, Thursday: January 9, 2025
9:45 AM - 10 AM
Welcome/ Registration / Warm Up
10 AM - 11:30 AM
Moving Bodies/Dancing Lives
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maree ReMalia
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
Unfacilitated Space: Practice Share/Jam
Great Room
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Creation Track: Rehearsal Time
Black Box Theater
2 PM - 3:45 PM
Countertechnique
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maya LaLiberte
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Unfacilitated Space:
Down Time/Silent Space
Great Room​​
Creation Track: Rehearsal Time
Black Box Theater
6 PM - 8 PM
Butoh Awakening: Crafting Presence in Performance
Black Box Theater
Taught by Meshi Chavez
Day 07, Friday: January 10, 2025
9:45 AM - 10 AM
Welcome/ Registration / Warm Up
10 AM - 11:30 AM
Moving Bodies/Dancing Lives
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maree ReMalia
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
Unfacilitated Space: Practice Share/Jam
Great Room
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Creation Track: Rehearsal Time
Black Box Theater
2 PM - 3:45 PM
Countertechnique
Black Box Theater
Taught by Maya LaLiberte
4 PM - 6:30 PM
Creation Track: Tech Rehearsals
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7 PM
Creation Track Showcase!
Black Box Theater​​
Doors Open 6:45 PM
CASH donations at the door. Proceeds go to performing artists!