DANCE DEEP
I'm embracing my 12th season of 5Rhythms community practice!
We have a good thing going. We've hung in there through thick and thin.
Let's do it again.
We'll dance 7-9 PM
at the Hub at Cowichan Station
2375 Koksilah Road, Duncan, BC
on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month
(except for one change to create a special winter solstice class in December)
Floor is open at 6:45. Door closes by 7:20.
Plan to arrive by 7 and stay until 9.
If your family or work duties prevent this, please email chantell@chantellfoss.com and we'll sort it out together.
Come dance in your own way, for your own reasons, with our community of practice.
My work is to step into our dance aware of where we are, who we are, and how we choose to be in relationship.
I facilitate dance with intent to learn, to create, and to foster liberation.
Healing is movement. Disease is inertia. If you put the body in motion, you will change.
~ Gabrielle Roth, creator of the 5Rhythms
All 15 + welcome. Ramp entrance available. Accessible, gender-neutral washrooms. Chairs available for seated dance.
I offer classes with people across and between cultures, colours, creeds,
genders and sexualities, sizes, life stages, (dis)abilities, and health situations in mind and in respect.
Please do not attend with symptoms of any communicable disease. Masking is welcome.
Please pay at the door: cash or card. E-transfers also accepted.
(chantell@chantellfoss.com)
$25 : Sustainability (standard) rate
By choosing this rate, you help cover the basic cost of running classes. For those who have capacity to meet basic needs,
to pay rent/mortgage and other regular costs, and who can generally choose to buy new items and experiences.
$30 & up : Generosity rate
By choosing this rate, you directly support both class sustainability and below-cost access for fellow dancers who face money barriers. Thank you!
For those who live comfortably, who have ready access to money in times of need or elective expenses, and who want to help make classes more accessible to others.
$20 : Supported rate
For those with limited financial means, who may stress about meeting life needs but who generally can,
and who may have debt that doesn't prohibit paying basic expenses.
$15 : Access rate
For those experiencing income, employment, or housing insufficiency/instability,
or living paycheck-to-paycheck and lacking access to extra money in times of need.
Bottom line : I do not exclude people due to finances, and you are welcome here.
If you want to dance and these prices are a barrier for you,
please email chantell@chantellfoss.com to talk about scholarships/work exchanges.
I set class fees from three commitments: transparency, sustainability, and solidarity.
Transparency:
Offering these classes is not profitable.
I don't offer a 'pay what you want' sliding scale. I use compassionate pricing, which requires mutual honesty to succeed.
Sustainability:
Sustaining regular classes without creating barriers for dancers or undermining myself is tricky.
If you need subsidized fees, that's totally okay and welcome. Please increase your fee if your financial picture improves.
Solidarity:
I give my solidarity by offering reduced fee options and welcoming anyone who can't pay.
I request your solidarity by choosing your class fee from integrity.
Alexis J. Cunningfolk of Worts + Cunning Apothecary's "The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice"
expanded and supported my analysis and approach to a capitalism-resisting, managed sliding scale. Thank you, Alexis!