Body + Soul Sundays
JourneyDance + Burlesque to Dance Your Heart Open
Move your body and dance your heart open!
Body + Soul Sundays are a sweet opportunity to connect with our community in-person and explore both types of dance offerings.
Choose the class that calls you most, or make it a mini-workshop and move with us all morning!
We begin with JourneyDance, a free-form guided movement meditation designed to release shame and anxiety, calm your nervous system, expand your capacity to be with your emotions, and build Self Love.
JourneyDance is the dance that brought me home to myself after 10 years of performing on Burlesque stages and a lifetime of dance training, and is a wonderful way to get into your body and move just for the fun and feeling of it.
This isn't about steps or how you look to anyone else, this is about connecting with how you feel and accepting that all of it is OK!
Following a short break, we move into a BodyMagick Burlesque class to explore delicious, sensual movement and strut into our most glittering manifestations -- shining our light for all, but most importantly for ourselves.
Classes are taught by High Priestess of Tease Eva D'Luscious, local and traveling guest instructors.
Sunday, June 2, is Slow & Sexy Floorwork with the incomparable Kate Cloud, aerialist, co-founder of Metalesque Fest and 20 year performance pro!
Floorwork can be daunting, but coach Kate will help you flow flawlessly! You'll get into leg play, hair swoops, and body rolls and incorporate a variety of ways to get up and down from the floor zone. This all-levels floorwork class, with a short choreo at the end. Please bring knee pads and socks to protect your body.
Dance heels should be low enough to keep you safe and high enough to feel good, and have a smooth bottom to facilitate movement. Regular shoes with grippy bottoms may cause injury. Bare feet are sexy and welcome too!
Adjustments and modifications can be given for mobility and experience levels. Please contact us if you have any questions or desire modifications and we'll do our best to work with you!
All skill levels, backgrounds and gender identities are welcome in our classes to celebrate their sensuality, power and joy!
This is your protected space for all parts of yourself to be heard and welcomed. Moving Limiting Beliefs out of your body, tuning into messages that it's time to rest, set boundaries or celebrate wildly, exploring new movement and expression to live in power, pleasure, joy and resilience -- Let's Dance!
Details
1 Sunday per month
SomaSpace: 4050 NE Broadway, Portland, OR
Studio is ADA accessible and offers water and yoga props.
Please bring your own water vessel and dress so that you can move comfortably without restriction. Grippy socks are suggested for colder days.
For JourneyDance. you may want a journal to record anything that comes up while dancing, and a dance veil/scard.
For Burlesque, you may dance barefoot or bring dance shoes. If you have props for special classes, bring those too!
Registration
** Pay in advance for easy arrival or come when doors open to pay on site **
We can accept epayment via apps. Please bring exact change if paying on site.
Drop-In Day Pass: $27 for single class, $42 for both
*Includes credit card fees
A limited number of sliding scale Community Registrations are available on site.
Class Time
JourneyDance 11am-12:30pm
BodyMagick Burlesque 1-2:30pm
Doors open 15 minutes before each class.
** Parking can be hard in this area at this time, so please allow yourself ample travel time. **
** Come at the beginning of arrival time if you'll pay on site. **
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Your Instructors
Eva D'Luscious
Though I'm known as the High Priestess of Tease, I'm a champagne glass half full broad who also loves to please.
Whether it be through BodyMagick Burlesque classes and performances, or guiding women into their power through dance ritual, I bring Bling & Blessings wherever I go!
My Portland, OR, home is surrounded by a garden, and filled with my husband, 2 teenage sons, an absurd amount of costumes and outdoor gear, and absolutely no patriarchal BS.
I've been a Certified JourneyDance Guide since 2020, and added Facilitator Level in 2023. I'm honored to hold space for you to tune into your body and build trust with your own wisdom and power.
Kate Cloud
I'm a burlesque entertainer, aerialist and femecee, captivating audiences since 2004.
I co-founded Portland Oregon based metal burlesque troupe Sign of the Beast Burlesque in 2010 and our annual event, Metalesque Fest, in 2016.
In addition to her my career, I'm an aerial arts coach at Afterglow Aerial Arts and a Burlycon guest instructor.
I regularly hosts burlesque and movement classes at Portland Dance Studio including the popular class “In The Audience Interaction.”
I'm proud of my twenty year career in burlesque and strip clubs, which has given me a unique ability to bond with audiences and express my special brand queer femme power.
*** Reminder that material taught in class and course notes are the creative property of the instructors and may not be shared publicly without their prior written consent. Thank you for respecting Artists!
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