Facts:

A Master Class with Jasmine Hearn

Jasmine will guide a warm up of our bodies using touch, sensation, imagination, and memory. After a short break, we will spend time unraveling and responding to prompts with movement, dance, sound, and writing.

You will be asked to take care of yourself.

You will be asked to move and rest with the body, voice, experience, and space that you have in the present moment.

You will be asked to follow the range of your pleasure.

Here’s how this workshop works...

This is a one-hour online class that you will have access to in your own time and space, and will be able to access again and again, as you wish, though an internet connection. We ask that you not share this as a teaching tool, or send to others, on an honor system.

What will you experience?

This session invites participants to reference every way they know how to move while using memory and imagination to respond to prompts presented by Jasmine. It is a guided practice of awareness of the body in the present moment. Participants are also encouraged to rest when needed and listen to their inclinations as they move while following Jasmine if they feel inspired to. Throughout the class, participants are asked to write or draw an ending, middle and beginning (in that order) and take note of certain shapes that come up as they are improvising.

An important takeaway from this session is understanding how to use memory and imagination as tools to stimulate movement. Jasmine explains their definition of the word fact. It is a memory that is listened to and trusted - it is eventually brought into history where it is built on an idea or action. This connects to the recurring theme in the class about moving from where we know and referencing what we have learned.

You will leave this class with a deeper understanding of the movement that lives in your body and have the ability to reference that when responding to open-ended, improvisational prompts.

About Jasmine

Jasmine Hearn was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston, TX.

They are an interdisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, organizer, teaching artist, a 2021 Bessie nominated and a 2017 Bessie award winning performer. Jasmine’s commitment to dance is an expansive practice that includes performance, collaboration, and memory-keeping. https://www.jasminehearn.com

FAQs

Q: How do I access the class?

A: You will be sent a PDF with a password to view the class on Vimeo.

Q: Can I download this content?

A: The class is not for download, but the link to access it through Vimeo will remain valid in the future in case you wish to revisit the class.

Q: Can I share this class with others or use it for teaching?

A: We kindly request that this single purchase class is for your use only. If you wish to license it for academic purposes or group sharing, please reach out and we can arrange an agreement to allow you to use it for large audiences, with the permission of the teacher.