HomeClasses and EventsAbout our Classes and WorkshopsStarship Somatics – Fall 2025
A number of masked dancers, one wheelchair user, some people, standing, some lying down, are moving together in front of a projection of water in pink and white. Photo by Petra Kuppers.
ID: A number of masked dancers, one wheelchair user, some people, standing, some lying down, are moving together in front of a projection of water in pink and white. Photo by Petra Kuppers.

Starship Somatics engage our bodymindspirits as portals, as trancemobiles that honor pasts and jet us toward speculative futures, into the earth and among the stars, in flux and transformation. Our classes will use improvised movement (inner and outer movement, as is accessible and appropriate to you), dream journeys, writing, and drawing as our transportation devices: firmly grounded in the sensory immediacy of our beds, sofas, floors and windows, and flying wide to honor ways of being of all kinds.

All welcome, grounded in disability culture values.

What to expect:
Our classes will use improvised movement (inner and outer movement, as is accessible and appropriate to you), dream journeys, writing, and drawing as our transportation devices.

For class-related questions, please email programs@movementresearch.org.

Accessibility Notes

  • This class includes auditive guidance.
  • Automated closed captioning will be available for all Zoom workshops and classes.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request” at least three (3) weeks prior to the class date you plan to attend.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org.

Register for this class

Virtual

This is a FREE class!
Donations are encouraged and appreciated!

  • To take this class for free, please enter $0 in the donation box. 
$

Faculty

Petra Kuppers

Petra Kuppers

Petra Kuppers (she/her) is a community performance artist, a disability culture activist, and a wheelchair dancer. She uses social somatics, performance, and speculative writing to engage audiences toward more socially just and enjoyable futures.

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