when ↓
July 29 - August 1 at 3:45-5:15pm ET

about the sessions ↓ 
FLuCTuate StEaDy offers movement practitioners a space for genuine creative curiosity. During our time we will move through a flow of practices that will build upon each other, through the hours and the days together. The intent is that you will leave having discovered a deeper sense and capacity for navigating real time consent in creative practice, gained a greater sense of wholeness, more access to joy, and for holding the complexities of yourself and others with more ease. Through the triad of somatics, writing, and improvisation, we will curiosly explore consent, self recovery work, and joy.

about the artist ↓ 
Leelee Oluwatoyosi Eko Davis’ practice is rooted in the foundations of contemporary dance and intermedia creation methodologies. As a disabled, transgenderqueer artist of Nigerian/French/Algonquin descent, working in decolonial frameworks is central to their research and creations. Being from Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Leelee has had the opportunity to train and work professionally across Turtle Island. Their artistic goals are to merge performance and life, stage and experience, building a bridge to revealing the human condition. They can most commonly be found, producing their own work as a solo artist, however often collaborate across milieus. Leelee has had the profound pleasure of collaborating with artists and interpreting for choreographers such as Jolene Bailie, Dayna Danger, Raven Davis, Jesse Dell, Yannick Desranleau, Vanessa Dunn, Audrey Dwyer, Reginald Edmund, Johnny Forever, Gambletron, Chloe Lum, Ryan MacNamara, Kate Nankervis, Alexandra Tigchelaar on works for theatre, film, and stage. Eko Davis also works as a program designer, facilitator, and consultant in the field of Social Innovation and Adaptive Change and is a Co-Artistic Director at the Toronto Dance Community Love-In.

who are the sessions for? ↓
Are you a dance artist or a performer with a movement practice? 

Do you have a desire to access real time yes/no/maybe during creative and choreographic sessions?

Are you cultivating knowing what’s right for yourself at any given moment?

Can you make a commitment to voicing your needs with more ease?

Would you like to understand how to better navigate power dynamics for the creative process?

Is recovering your sense of well being, autonomy, and self determination important to you?

If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then this session aims to address these things and you might enjoy participating ✨ Open to all levels of practice. Folks will have an easier time in this session if they are able to consider, and try out ideas in a group setting. Ongoing explicit consent is part of the practice and cultivating our capacity to step in or out at any given moment will be engaged.

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.