Mindful Bodies and Reflective Practices with Urban Bush Women

All students, faculty, and staff are welcome; please register by January 30 to secure your spot before registration opens to the broader community.

Mindful Bodies and Reflective Processes 

This participatory workshop focuses on self-care, rejuvenation, and (re-) constructing healthful images of ourselves and our communities. As we move, share stories, and discuss holistic practices from food choices to daily stress relief, Urban Bush Women BOLD Facilitators offer simple tools for reinhabiting our bodies and reinforcing holism from the inside out. We also bring out and affirm the wisdom that is already in the group, fostering resource exchange and building community. The goal is to bring ourselves to balance, thereby bringing our families and communities to balance as well. No dance or fitness experience is necessary…just a body and a willingness to exhale!

About Urban Bush Women (UBW)

URBAN BUSH WOMEN is a groundbreaking Black women-led theatrical dance company and social activism ensemble. Founded in 1984 by visionary choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, UBW is an engine and amplifier for the stories of Black Women+. UBW combines radical performance, deep engagement, and ancestral knowledge from the African diaspora into a force that is urgent, forward-looking, and essential. UBW has defied expectations for over 40 years. The very bodies of its founding members – Black women of various shapes and sizes – changed the landscape of who could be seen on stage as a dancer. The work placed the concerns of such women center stage. UBW embraces radical storytelling to activate social change. Whether creating genre-defying work for the stage, guiding the development of Black Women+ choreographers and producers, organizing for justice through artmaking, UBW is an innovator, operating at the vanguard. www.urbanbushwomen.org

Registration & Seat Reservations

Because this workshop relies on participation and space is strictly limited, we want to ensure every spot is utilized. When you register, you are committing to a spot in a community circle; an absence is a lost opportunity for a peer.

For Students: Commitment Deposit

A $20 refundable deposit reserves your place in this high-value workshop.

• How to Register: 1. Fill out this registration form. 2. Visit Alison Flannery in the Center for Art and Dance (CAD) 200 to drop off your deposit.
• Getting Your Deposit Back: Stop by Alison’s desk after attending the event to pick up your $20.
• Access: We want this experience to be accessible to everyone. If the $20 deposit is a barrier to your participation, please let us know—we will ensure you can join us.

For Faculty & Staff

• How to Register: Fill out this registration form.
• No deposit is required for faculty and staff. We invite you to register with the understanding that your presence is vital to the group and that capacity is limited.

Sponsored by the Koenig Endowed Fund and Dance Department