[Virtual] On the Underside of Flesh: An Offering to Black Fascia

This is a [Virtual] MELT Workshop
happening online via Zoom.

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Pre-registration is required. No drop-ins.
Participants must register for the full workshop

Workshop Description:

This is a workshop for Black people. This workshop listens to the fascia as an ancestral inheritance and technology.

Fascia: the thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber, and muscle in place, and can transmit mechanical tension generated by muscular activity or external forces.

Considering the physical and psychic impacts on Black flesh over time, what has landed and lingered on Black fascia? What of our blood memories is inscribed on this connective tissue that suspends our organs in their cavities? What somatic, spiritual, and energetic interventions can we offer our fascia as practices of repair and reclamation? This workshop is an invitation to stay in the expansive, elastic, tender, and slippery layering the fascia provides. We will move from this inner wrapping to practice being more articulate when shaping space, time, and energy through the body.

Guided by the brilliance of Black feminist thought, somatic listening, movement scores, and the collective energy of the online gathering space, this workshop experiments with literal and metaphoric fascial possibilities.

We will work slowly.

[Image Description: Photo of Jennifer Harge. She wears a knitted hat, a red flannel and black pants. She is in a kneeling position with her hands clasped.]

Accessibility Note:

-This workshop includes auditive guidance.
-This workshop includes presentation formats such as Powerpoint, Slideshow, or Google Slides.
-To request ASL interpretation, please email [email protected], subject line "ASL - MELT, Jennifer Harge" at least two (2) weeks prior to the workshop start date.
-To request Audio Description, please email [email protected], subject line "AD - MELT, Jennifer Harge" at least three (3) weeks prior to the workshop start date.

For access-related requests or questions, contact [email protected], subject line "MELT, Jennifer Harge."