when ↓
August 5 - 9 at 12:45-2:45pm ET

about the sessions ↓ 
Rest in the Wake of Unrest is an immersive restshop series centering the profound necessity of rest and restoration in times of social upheaval. This series invites participants to engage in radical world-building through the lenses of horizontality, the esoteric, and community archival methodologies. Reflecting on rest as a critical, creative instrument, participants will be given the time and space to deepen their understanding and practice of dreaming as a powerful tool for healing, rest reparation, and embodied self-care.

In a cultural and historic moment marked by constant unrest and turmoil, finding moments of rest becomes a revolutionary act. This restshop series will guide participants through a process of using rest to foster radical imagination and community care. By integrating practices that encourage dreaming and horizontal organizing, each session will help participants cultivate and deepen a personal and collective reservoir of dreaming, resilience, and creative vision.

about the artist ↓ 
jaamil olawale kosoko is a multi-spirited Nigerian American author, performance artist, and curator of Yoruba and Natchez descent originally from Detroit, MI. jaamil’s practice considers emergence, queer Black theory, and critical rest-care strategies as conceptual, interdisciplinary forms for BIPOC liberation and reparation. kosoko moves across the creative realms of live art performance, video, sculpture, and poetry merging cultural, political, spiritual, and academic frameworks of inquiry. As an educator and community organizer, they approach politics and education as extensions of their creative process. Through a rooted continued investigation of the elements mentioned above, kosoko seeks to craft perpetual modes of freedom, healing, and care when/where/however possible.

jaamil’s works—including Black Body Amnesia (2022), Chameleon (2020), Séancers (2017), and the Bessie Award-nominated #negrophobia (2015)—have toured to venues and festivals such as Abrons Art Center, Gibney Dance Center, Wexner Center for the Arts, Fusebox Festival, and Montréal Arts Interculturels (CA).

jaamil has received several awards including the 2022 Slamdance Jury Prize for Best Experimental Short Film, 2022 LaBecque Residency (Switzerland), 2021/22 MacDowell Fellowship, 2020 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Choreography, and a 2017-2019 Princeton Arts Fellowship.

who are the sessions for? ↓
This session is open to all levels. The restshop is adaptable and can accommodate virtual participants, and we are happy to explore accommodations that would allow folks with disabilities to participate. People who are interested in Black feminist theory (Sonya Renee Taylor, Tricia Hersey, bell hooks, etc.) will enjoy this restshop.

where ↓
The Railpath Arts Centre
35 Golden Avenue, Toronto, ON M6R2J5

accessibility ↓
The Railpath Arts Center has an accessible entrance and the studios and washrooms are accessible to wheelchair and mobility device users. The closest public transportation are the 506 and 505 streecars, with stops at Dundas west & Sorauren or Howard Park. 

If you are d/Deaf/HOH and would like to attend, please let us know no later than 2 weeks before each session so we can do our best to confirm qualified ASL interpreters. 

sessions cost ↓
Love-In is currently offering a pwyc sliding scale by using the discount codes listed below at checkout. We ask that community members with a consistent income or salary pay at the regular price so that we can support community members with less access to income, wealth, or assets to attend barrier free. Thank you for locating yourself in the place that best matches your economic situation and paying accordingly so that we can make our programs available to more people for years to come! 

SOLIDARITY — 75% off
REDUCED — 50% off
REGULAR — 25% off

abundant
This rate reflects a medium increase on the rate for the session. If you have access to a salary, savings, investments, assets, or generational wealth, paying this rate will subsidize the attendance of someone for whom cost is a barrier to attending. If you are moved to donate $10 or more, there is an option to do so.

supporter
This rate reflects a moderately increased rate for the session and will allow us to partially subsidize the attendance of folks for whom cost is a barrier. Please add a donation of $5 if you have access to a salary, savings, investments or assets. 

regular
This rate reflects the regular cost for the session. Please select this rate if you have access to a regular income and are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation.

reduced
This rate reflects the reduced cost for the session. Please select this rate if you are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation, but have gaps in your income and no access to savings or familial financial support.

solidarity
This rate reflects the solidarity cost for the session. Please select this rate if you are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation, but don't have access to regular income.

access
The option to access this session at no cost ensures that members of our community for whom price is a barrier to participation are able to join us. Please email us at info@tolovein.com to receive this option. 

covid-19 & illness protocols ↓
Masks are not mandatory, but welcomed. Please use your discretion and prioritize your health as needed. Thanks for continuing to work with us to keep our most at risk community members safe.

acknowledgements ↓
The TO Love-In is thankful to gather on traditional Indigenous territory known as Tsi’Tkaronto, “Where the trees meet the water” “The Gathering Place.” This land belongs to the Wyandot, Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg and Mississaugas of New Credit. We recognize these nations and any other Nations (acknowledged and unacknowledged, recorded and unrecorded) as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land. We are grateful to the Elders, and story-keepers who make the first stories of this land known. We honour the history of this place. Agreeing to continually support our Indigenous community and members, and to center Indigenous practice where and when appropriate. With our action, heart, and word, we commit to providing spaces for inclusivity, respect, love, and working to uphold the treaties of these territories. 

Toronto Dance Community Love-In is supported by Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council.