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Description
“Sit with us” is a contemporary dance piece that will be performed at the Aikido Peace Education Center, 1101 N State St. in Bellingham, on July 26, 2025, 6 pm. The process of this dance project begins with exploring personal struggles from unhealthy and controlling environments. This piece aims to tackle, emphasize, and reiterate how bodies socialized as feminine are seen as a threat, are damaged, and can be controlled or instructed. The dancers explore their body's knowledge of the corrupt performance of "goodness" or "correctness" instructed by cultural norms of femininity. We also explore our body’s genuine feelings of sensuality, rage, and strength and experience how these feelings appear differently under the audience’s gaze. By literally sitting with our bodies and their many diverse qualities of knowledge formed by our lived experiences, "Sit with us" proposes an alternative way of engaging with each other.
The cast consists of six dancers who represent different phases of life: Bodies navigating experiences of girlhood, womanhood, and gender-expansive identities, bodies socialized within female gender roles and shaped by cultural norms of femininity.
*Please note the venue is only accessible by stairs. Please contact us if you need any assistance.
Date & Time
Sat, Jul 26, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Details
AIKIDO PEACE EDUCATION CENTER
1101 North State Street #200Bellingham, Washington 98225
