Co|Lab

What is Co|Lab?

Co|Lab is a community choreography laboratory in which local artists and community members, ages 18+, of all backgrounds and abilities collaborate alongside Dance Exchange artists to create an original dance work. The Co|Lab program culminates in a performance at Dance Exchange. 

This year, Co|Lab will be led by Executive Artistic Director Cassie Meador in collaboration with other Dance Exchange artists. The new work will build on Cassie's latest work, Climate Callings, which will include research connected to the Future Fields project and an opportunity for participants to reflect and create in relationship to their own climate stories and journeys. 

What is the rehearsal and performance schedule?

Rehearsals

Saturday, October 7 - 3:00-7:00pm
Saturday, October 14 - 3:00-7:00pm
Saturday, October 21 - 3:00-7:00pm
Saturday, October 28 - 3:00-7:00pm
Wednesday, November 1 - 7:00-9:00pm
Thursday, November 2 - 7:00-9:00pm
Friday, November 3 - 7:00-9:00pm
Saturday, November 4 - 3:00-5:00pm

Performance

Saturday, November 4 at 7:00pm

What can I expect in Co|Lab?

Co|Lab invites participants into a collaborative process for devising a new dance work that draws on the contributions of each participant. Co|Lab isn’t about “learning dance moves” but about creating a dance together that draws on our unique stories, bodies, and movement experiences. While each Co|Lab rehearsal will be slightly different, you can typically expect to…

• Get your body moving during a guided warm up that invites choice-making and supports you in adapting movement to your own body. 

• Explore the Dance Exchange Toolbox as well as other collaborative ways of working that include both dance-making and other art forms  

• Share your movement ideas and knowledge and learn from others in the room.

• Draws on contributions of the community that forms through Co|Lab

• Have an opportunity to bring your creative and movement experiences to the making, as well as learn from others in the room

• DX choreographic tools, link to the DX Toolbox and new artistic processes that the guest artist is bringing

• Experience joy of moving and performing with other people and expand your movement experience  

What is the tuition for Co|Lab?

Early Bird Prices (by September 18) 

Regular Tuition: $300
Partial Tuition Scholarships: $150
Returning Co|Lab Participant Discount: $270

Regular Prices (after September 18) 

Regular Tuition: $345
Partial Tuition Scholarships: $150
Returning Co|Lab Participant Discount: $310

Limited scholarship opportunities are available. If price is a barrier for you, please let us know in your registration or reach out to registration@danceexchange.org. 

Refund Policy

If you cancel your registration on or before the Early Bird Deadline, you will receive a full refund. If you cancel your registration after the Early Bird Deadline, you will not receive a refund but your payment can be credited to a future Organizing with Artists for Change Institute or Co|Lab within one calendar year. Please email registration@danceexchange.org. 

COVID-19 Policy

To keep our intergenerational community safe, masks and social distancing are encouraged during Dance Exchange classes. Read our updated COVID-19 policy here.