Community Event, Dance, Music, Visual Art

(POSTPONED) Moving Music (Undue Burden)

Dance aerobics workshop and musical performances by & for Disabled, Sick, neurodivergent, and MAD people in Philadelphia
When
Sat, Nov. 2, 2024 from 1-6pm
Where
5212 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19139
Price
Pay-what-you-can ($15 suggested donation)
A photograph of And Keller (he/she/they) performing at Automat gallery at the Crane Arts Building in August of 2022. And is standing at the right edge of the photo. He is a light skinned person with a dark stubbly beard. She is wearing a blue-gray ball cap, blue, pink, and gray button up shirt and black shorts and sandals. They are standing at a microphone stand playing guitar. And is standing in front of three of Pam Price's paintings hung on the wall behind him. The paintings are bright turquoise, pink, orange, yellow, red, purple and green abstractions. On the floor to the left of And, is an amp, PA speaker, and mixer. Her guitar case is on the floor in front of and to the left of them.

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Moving Music features an accessible dance aerobics workshop from Queerobics and multimedia musical performances from local Disabled artists. This event centers Disabled, Sick, neurodivergent, and MAD people in Philadelphia. Disabled Philadelphians and nondisabled accomplices of all ages are welcome.

Part of Undue Burden (Oct. 19 – Nov. 23, 2024), a community archive and event series celebrating the experiences of Disabled people.

Note: If you are questioning whether you are disabled enough, this space is for you. If you are a nondisabled accomplice, this space is for you. This space centers sick, MAD, neurodivergent, and Disabled community members, and we also understand that these identities and experiences may overlap with other forms of systemic oppression and otherness, that some identities might resonate while others might not. We will not police your identity, but rather we create space for exploring these forms of identity and the creative potential of disability art-making. You are welcome here in all your questions and complexities.

Programmed by Shannon Brooks; Access Support from Aubrey Donisch; Production support from Josh Meakim

COVID-19 Protocols

Members of our community are severely immunocompromised. Please follow guidelines to keep each other safe. If you have questions or need more information to support you in following the COVID guidelines, please reach out to hookandloopphl@gmail.com.

  • High quality, well fitting masks required at all times, except for necessary sips of water.
  • For those who can’t wear masks, we’ll ask you to take a rapid antigen test at the door. Tests will be provided.
  • Snacks and food may be enjoyed outside the venue.
  • Please rapid test the day of the event. Photos of negative tests required at the door or we will provide tests for you to take if you forget.
  • Please do not attend if you have symptoms.
  • We will be providing air purification.
Event Schedule

1-2pm: Queerobics Workshop

An accessibility-centered, all-levels dance aerobics class led by Queerobics, a collective of queer, trans, and chronically ill dance artists. Class will feature some spooky Halloween favorites! Dance Captains Leigh and Eli will guide attendees through a warm up, cool down, follow along dances, and creative improvisations, including low impact variations and participation from a seated position.

3-6pm: Musical Performances

Content warning: Performance by Anna Young will be loud! Earplugs will be plentiful and provided.

Experience multimedia performances from local sound/music artists (George Shands, Parker Gabriel, Ash Phillips, Jfresh, Layer Meat aka Anna Young) in the round. Performances will happen in the center of the room.

Throughout the performances, audiences are invited to float between different areas of the theater specified to care for our emerging needs. There will be spaces for laying, resting, dancing, and creating stamps from air dry clay to be used later in our ‘Touching Craft’ program.

Shannon Brooks will facilitate an open practice for musical improvisation, listening, and movement guided by the ideas of Deep Listening from Pauline Oliveros. All artists and audience members are invited to participate.

ASL interpretation on-site from 4-6pm.

3-6pm: Archive/Access Engagement

Audiences are invited to add to our creative community captioning installation, a cozy desk-like space nestled next to the performances where audiences can document written captioning and/or drawings expressing what they are experiencing. These descriptions and drawings will be projected into the space, serving as our live, creative community captioning. Anything written or drawn will be later printed out and pinned to our fabric installation.

Accessibility Notes
  • Please see our access landing page for general access considerations and Covid protocols for events.
  • ASL interpretation on-site from 4-6pm.
  • Community-led creative captioning installation for performances.
  • The venue and restroom are wheelchair accessible.
  • Masks required and provided.
  • Please rapid test before you attend and bring photo proof, and stay home if you are sick. PCR tests will be provided if you forget.
  • Air purifiers provided.
  • Snacks and food may be enjoyed outside the venue.
  • Auto captioning provided.
  • QR codes available for audio descriptions of archive materials.
  • Low sensory areas provided.
  • Comfy and larger seating provided.

Share additional accessibility needs through the ticket registration page, or by emailing Mary Zhou (mary@paintedbride.org). Please share by Oct. 19 to allow us adequate time to prepare. We will do our best for requests received after this date.

Featured Artists
Man in power wheelchair, wearing a black hat and a red shirt, smiles at the camera with a colorful background.
George Shands
The photo was shot by Gavin Riley, date unknown. The image is of the subject, Parker Gabriel, turned approximately one eighth of the way from the camera, but otherwise facing it.
Parker Gabriel
Jfresh
Jenna holding up an amazing dress she made for the Disco Kitchen fashion show support center for creative works.
Jenna Powers
Wendy Moreno
A masked group of Queerobics participants outdoors, lined up behind a large, multicolored
QUEEROBICS
a picture of Anna singing into a microphone wearing an all black gloved body suit. Bathed in purple lighting. Photo by Rachael Warriner.
Layer Meat aka Anna Young
Ash Phillips is pictured holding a red, semi-hollow bodied guitar with a leather guitar strap. They are wearing a grey, wide-brimmed hat, studed earrings in each ear, a green button-up up shirt, and pin-striped blazer. They are looking intently towards the camera.
Ash Phillips
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