Antumbra 2025: Workshops with the Pearling Principle

We're excited to invite Arielle and Brendan of The Pearling Principle to two days of workshops! They most recently taught at Eclipse in March and are back by popular demand!

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

SATURDAY

12 Check-in, begins outside the venue

12:15 Optional floor warmup time

12:30 - 1:45 Class 1 - Bodytalk: Communicating with Flow & Finesse

Create a dance dialogue grounded in comfortable connection, effortless synchronization, and the freedom of flow.

1:45-2 break/practica/warmup

2-3 Class 2 - The Roots & Fruits of Fusion

Develop a broader understanding and mastery of your expressive palette by exploring the diversity and commonalities found in fusion’s cultural influences.

3-3:15 break/practica/warmup

3:30-4:30 Class 3 - Turning up the Heat

Build up progressively advanced turns and rotation variations, where you can play with intensity levels and use them to create climactic moments as well as a sustained meditative flow.

SUNDAY

12 - Check-in, begins outside the venue

12:15 Optional floor warmup time

12:30 - 1:30 Class 1 - Musicality and the Art of Motion

Dancing with music is a multi-sensory art form. By developing our relationship with what we hear and drawing inspiration from visual arts, we will hone the power to transform our own and our partner’s bodies into living evolving artworks.

1:30-1:45 break/practica/warmup

1:45-2:45 Class 2 - Switching without Hitching

Smooth, seamless and effortless transitions are the heart and soul of changing roles! Develop this delicate art with a variety of techniques and intuitive responsiveness to achieve greater freedom and finesse in any dance.

2:45-3 break/practica/warmup

3-4:30 Class 3 - Better than Binary

Acquire an enticing array of modular components that make for delicious dancing in groups of three or more partners. Arielle & Brendan will be joined by their longtime collaborator Kelly Epstein to offer you some scalable configurations, practical connection, and specific moves to foster both comfort and creativity.

ENTRY:

• OPTION 1: FULL WORKSHOP PASS: sliding scale, $40–200, suggested: $120. This all-inclusive workshop ticket covers 3 Saturday workshops and 3 Sunday workshops. SALES END 5/24/25

• OPTION 2: SATURDAY: sliding scale, $30–150 (suggested: $90). This ticket includes the 3 Saturday workshops.

• OPTION 3: SUNDAY: sliding scale, $30–150 (suggested: $90). This ticket includes the 3 Sunday workshops.

• NOTE: The Full Workshop Pass is only available until the end of the day on 5/24. The entry fee pays for our venue, instructor, and supplies; it also helps fund future Eclipse events.

COVID PRECAUTIONS: This event is mask optional. HOWEVER, COVID testing is required.

You can bring a picture of a negative result from the past 24 hours (including one from the workshops). We will have free COVID tests in case you need one. As always, we welcome and encourage masks, especially at this time of year. We will provide masks for anyone who wants one for the evening.

PARKING: Street parking on Commonwealth Avenue or Brighton Avenue. Attendees will receive an email from us or via Luma with the updated information. You can find a carpool here: https://docs.google.com/.../1Y2sC9sbFFRasNnQDsjOq.../edit...

PUBLIC TRANSIT:

• MBTA B Line: Packard's Corner - 3 min walk or Harvard Ave - 5 min walk

• 57 bus: Brighton Ave @ Comm Ave - 2 min walk; Brighton Ave @ Malvern St - 6 min walk

• 66 bus: Harvard Ave @ Brighton Ave - 7 min walk

OTHER INFORMATION:

• Gender neutral bathroom.

• Space is wheelchair accessible.

• Light refreshments will be provided. We encourage you to bring your own water bottle.

• An Eclipse organizer or staff will be taking pictures. Please let us know if we should remove any images of you at any time.

• Additional accessibility info: If you have any accessibility needs, please email the organizers at [email protected] prior to the event.

• Please read our code of conduct prior to attending: https://eclipse.dance/code-of-conduct/

• Please reach out via Facebook messenger or email if you have any questions.

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