Workshops

Hoop + Silk Flow

Stella Sin

Stella Sin is an accomplished burlesque, fire and hoop performer. In this workshop, she combines silk veil with hula hoop to explore a fun different way to flow!

Silk Veil Dancing

Muff Jones

Students will learn how to weight their silk veils, hand placement, and how to guide and manipulate a weighted veil. Students will learn several different moves and be able to tie the movements into a short choreographed sequence.

Parties Against Prison and Poison: Keeping Dance Culture Subversive and Safe

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"Despite the proliferation of PLUR and the popularization of EDM, partying can be subversive (and dangerous)! How do we keep each other safe from the intense criminalization of police, the neglect of promoters, the greed of pill-pushers, and the abuse of our bodily autonomy by anyone? How do we also mobilize our party to push back against these things? Based on the personal perspectives, experiences and practices of the facilitators, this session summons up a short survey of the radical contributions to collective care that electronic music scenes can inspire. Through the tabling of a zine distro and interactive workshop, we aim to instill vital skills for the thriving of our excited lifestyles and explore basic questions like: What are zines? How do I test my drugs? What is security culture? Is my phone creeping? How can our community connect with other struggles? Who gets stitches? Do you have a warrant, officer? We will no longer allow our community to become casualties of a catastrophic drug war and the many other threats to our health we are left to fend with ourselves. Bring your curiosities, questions and critiques. This open workshop is about each of us finding our own important role in relation to the whole festival and dance culture. We Take Care of Each Other.

Prop Maintenance

Kevin Schvanevelt

Salad Tossing Workshop

Antonin Filicetti

Local farmer/chef who really loves salad. Come learn how to upgrade your salad game. Level up your dressings. Diversify your nutritional portfolio. Tips on tossing salad to maximize the sensational experience with optimal dressing coverage.

Fire Safety

Bug Guth and Samuel Williams

Trade Secrets

Chris Foster

Poi 101

Chris Foster

Tech Basics

Miguel Barreto

Singing Bowl Meditation

Morgan

Start your morning off right with a relaxing singing bowl meditation.

Revitalizing Yoga

Bryce Abasolo

I will lead participants through a series of poses that will be focused on revitalizing the body. The start will consist of more active poses followed by restorative poses aimed at calming the mind and breath.

Poi Tosses

Joey Leal

Ecstatic Dance Is Medicine

Jessica Larzelier

Evolving our consciousness, nourishing and healing ourselves through movement and community. Led By Jessica Larzelier

Poi and Nunchaku

Patrick Fitzgerald and MFDerry

Konnect Ions

Sheradan Au Magee

Konnect Ions ~ An Exploration of Electric Movement. During a stretching session while we open up the bodies and breathe into the joints, ligaments, and muscles … I will elaborate on the Electric Body and how we can move with the currents we create and the sound waves that move as electrical currents through our fascinating system. Then moving through exercises, the mind/body/spirit will be opened up and hopefully every participant will learn something applicable to be integrated through the rest of their experience.

Double Hoops and Double Staff

Kellby Weems and Miguel Barreto

Flower Crowns with Bear

Bear Smith

Hands on making a flower crown with greenery and florals. This workshop will be limited capacity due to the cost of materials. Each attendee will leave with a handmade flower crown to wear for the rest of the weekend. Image shown is just an example from the internet on what you can expect. Purchase a ticket to cover materials here: https://konnexionmusicfestival.tickit.ca/events/16975#t-65c3e16df

Single Hoop

Jaytea Hausman

Bloodies and Bass

TentTown

Join TentTown for an hour of dancing and Bloody Marys! Must be 21+

Fans and Swords

Jade Brave and Ariel Adamson

Dance and Movement

Brooklyn Jackson

Contact Staff

Chris On Fire and Kevin Schvaneveldt

Staff

Bug Guth and Heather Fontaine

Singing Bowl Mediation

Morgan

Start your morning off right with a relaxing singing bowl meditation before you head home!