Austin Fusion Festival is happening November 3-5 at Flow Yoga Westgate.

Workshops during the day between 2-9pm and socials each night from 9pm-2am. Saturday night has a showcase that is open for anyone who wants to audition. This is a magical dance weekend you won’t want to miss!

Everyone is required to show a negative Covid test when they check in to the festival. Only one test for the weekend is necessary. If you feel sick please stay home.

If you have any questions please contact Austin Fusion Festival on Facebook or reach out to Jana at [email protected] or 210-215-1725

Schedule of the Event

Friday Class Schedule

Check in 7-7:25pm
7:30-8:45pm

Not-Your-Average Fusion Intro Class (Consent class)
Vanessa Yxcea
This is not an instructional dance-movement class. Rather, this class is an introduction to some of the social core values of fusion dancing: authenticity, boundaries, and consent. We will be setting the tone for an evening full of both new and rekindled dance connections, of establishing and honoring boundaries, and of proactive curiosity to explore our movement expression, our community, and ourselves. This class is a facilitated practice to role play and explore real-life scenarios you may encounter on the social floor over the weekend, such as declining a dance or how to accommodate a partner with specific boundaries.

Friday Social Schedule

9-9:30pm
DJ Jana

9:30-10:30pm
DJ Jana-Fusion Room
Mr. Moo-Micro Room

10:30-11pm
Staff Introductions

11pm-12am
DJ Oliver-Fusion Room
DJ Ariella-Micro Room

12-1am
DJ Gracie-Fusion Room
DJ Brian-Micro Room

1-2am
DJ Jaclyn-Fusion Room
DJ Elena-Micro Room

Saturday Class Schedule

2:15-3:30pm

Fusion Room:
Comfort, Clarity, Stability, and Flow William Wagert
Learning to lead and follow more clearly and more connected with your partner. Learning how to feel better in our own body and enjoying movements more while adding more stability and flow into our dancing

Micro Room:
My Micro Mantra Karen Jang
Micro; intention and focus. It is the quieting of our minds, the feeling of our bodies, the peace that comes with presence. At its heart, Micro is the art of mindfulness in motion. This class is my personal philosophy of Micro and how we apply that to all of our dancing. Make the most of every move to maximize conversation. Move at the speed of connection to synchronize your journey.

3:45-5pm

Fusion Room:
Mirroring and Matching William Wagert
finding connection through matching our partners body and then learning to diversify through adapting and suggesting change in the partners body.

Micro Room:
Belly to Belly: Bringing Belly Dance Into A Partnership Jaclyn Rising
Embark on an exhilarating journey as we delve into the captivating art of belly dancing, elevating isolations to unprecedented heights! Prepare yourself for a crash course that not only unravels the secrets of this enchanting dance style but also empowers you to unlock newfound control over your body. And that's not all- brace yourself to put your newfound skills into action as you delve into the realm of partnered fusion dancing like never before!

5-7pm:Dinner Break

Fusion Room: open for privates
Micro Room: open for privates

7-8:15pm

Fusion Room:
Partner Fusion for Pros Tzoul
Dance like people are watching. Perfect your technique, add some new moves, and develop your styling. Create shapes from music and look spectacular doing it. Enhanced confidence leads to better dances. Be memorable on the dance floor, by learning the structure of"A Good Dance". Be a force that helps shape Partner Fusion into the future by learning how to stay true to your movement in a partnership. Learn the definition of terms taught to professional dancers from a variety of styles.

Micro Room:
Isolations and Body Mechanics Angel Kim Spicer
The ability to isolate specific parts of the body from one another will unlock a new world of movement, aesthetics, and possibilities in your dancing. Refining these body mechanics will not only teach you how to create precise patterns and movements in your own or another’s body, but will also make learning new movement styles easier, visibly improve your own quality of movement, and open new frontiers that you and your dance can play within. We’ll explore isolations throughout the whole body, leading and following these isolations, and concatenating different isolations into dynamic combinations.

8:15-8:55pm

Fusion Room: open for privates
Micro Room: open for privates

Saturday Social Schedule

9-10pm
DJ Brian-Fusion Room
DJ Oliver-Micro Room

10-11pm
DJ Ariella-Fusion Room
DJ Angel-Micro Room

11pm-12am
DJ Elena-Fusion Room
DJ Gracie-Micro Room

12-12:45am
Showcase

12:45-2am
Laughing Matters-Fusion Room
DJ Colby-Micro Room

Sunday Class Schedule

2:15-3:30pm

Fusion Room:
Catch and Create Tzoul
Send your partner into a free spin, catch em and create. How good does it feel to send it, and send it again. Working with magnetic forces gives your relationship room to stretch, then compress and play with the electricity generated. Catching someone in motion is about releasing fear and trusting your inside-tuition. Follow the momentum of the partnership, grip firmly to your balance, and ease into the possibility of any direction. Lead Follow based curriculum, no experience required.

Micro Room:
What Box? (Creativity & Accessibility) Vanessa Yxcea
What is limiting the expansion and creativity of our dance? What makes us feel stuck, trapped, or "boxed in" to our old habits? In this class we will acknowledge and examine the boxes that confine our creative potential. Through a series of curiosity-driven exploratory dance games, we will challenge each other to deconstruct our boxes so we can freely “Dance Outside The Box!” As time allows, we will also reconstruct new boxes that we actually enjoy playing in, “If we fits, we sits! I mean, we dance!”

3:45-5pm

Fusion Room:
Do Cool Sh*t / Make The Dance You Want to Have Angel Kim Spicer
Incorporate solo movement and styling choices into the context of partnership! Learn how to have nuanced, two-way conversations, practice active speaking and listening while leading or following, and throw in your own movement and styling choices without disrupting the connection point or your partnership - unless you want to! Take agency and ownership over what you can control in your own dancing and have the fun, creative, and expressive dances you want - regardless of the skill, imagination, or movement choices of your partner.

Micro Room:
Micro Harmonies Karen Jang
We often say dance is a conversation but a unique thing in Micro is that you do not need a lead/follow dynamic. The movements are so small you can actually whisper at the same time. Instead of talking, it becomes more like singing. You can sing the same part, sing harmonies, or sing different parts entirely. Come learn how to tune your movements and responses to create beautiful harmonies together.

5-7pm-Dinner break

Fusion Room: open for privates
Micro Room: open for privates

7-8:15pm

Fusion Room:
Layers of Touch Willam Wagert
Focusing on quality of touch and diversification of moments through the manipulation of pressure. Reciprocating touch and learning how more and less pressure affects our body.

Micro Room:
Turn Techniques Jana Matthews
Have you ever wanted to do those cool multiple spins, but always fall out of them or don’t know how to lead them? In this class we will learn techniques from ballet, Modern, and jazz dance to perfect our turns and spins. We’ll start off with solo exercises and then go into partner work.

8:15-8:55pm

Fusion Room: Practica
Micro Room: Open for Privates

Sunday Social Schedule

9-10pm
DJ Colby-Fusion Room
DJ Elena-Micro Room

10-11pm
DJ Colby-Fusion Room
DJ Jana-Micro Room

11pm-12am
DJ Gracie-Fusion Room
DJ Jaclyn-Micro Room

12-1am
DJ Oliver-Fusion Room
DJ Ariella-Micro Room

1-1:15am
Thank youz


1:15-2:15am
DJ Angel-Fusion Room
DJ Brian-Micro Room

Date: Nov 3-6, 2023

Location:

Flow Yoga Westgate -  4477 S Lamar Blvd #420 Austin, TX 78745

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