The Get Together @ L&SD June 25th 7:30pm
Welcome!
Each month we get together, To throw down on the dance floor, Familiar faces warm into friendships, Cultivating community and aliveness.
These boundaries serve a harmonious gathering:
1. No drinks on the dance floor
2. No phones on the dance floor (we will have designated phones for promo/memories)
3. Love and respect everywhere
4. Face each other, not the DJ
Dress to express, dress to sweat, and come as you are.
If price of the event is preventing you from attending, contact us at [email protected]
It is highly encouraged that you come for the dance class if you haven't been before. We will be practicing The Get Down style consent, finding your beat and rhythm, group dance, finding your edges, finding comfort, and finding release.
If you need any support during the event, find a guardian wearing a pink wristband
Schedule:
7:30 pm Ryan dance class
8:00 pm Jess Here @jesshere_obd Resident DJ
10:00pm - Guest DJ Closing set
About Ryan Ong
I am a queer gender agnostic chinese new yorker, a lifelong dancer and a casual meditation and mindfulness practitioner for 15 years. My practice centers around aligning the unconscious and the conscious mind through movement, boundaries, and wonder. I love to hold space, get people dancing, and getting people in their body. Movement has been a life giving practice for me and I want to share it with my community.
About Jess Here
Dancing DJ in NYC via Kampala and Aotearoa. Braider of cultures, Pirate of genres featuring Afro, House & Vogue music. Jess produces a supermarket of dance floor experiences including The Get Together, Triple D's, and Our Bodies Dance. In the lineage of Alvin Ailey, Germaine Acogny, Gyrokinesis, and PhDJ, we return to breath, blood and sensation on the dance floor as we rodeo in the undercurrent.
Need something? The Get Together Crew is armed with pink light bands and ready to support.
The Get Together dances in the spirit of The Get Down Party.
Produced by Ryan Ong and Jess Here.
This is a queer + gender non conforming + POC produced + centered event. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
When we talk about love + respect,
that includes CONSENT:
Please ask for consent before touching anybody. You can ask verbally, by offering a hand as an invitation, or otherwise clear body language.
No can be communicated with words, a bow, prayer hands, turning away, crisscrossed arms or anything else that signals that you’re not available for connection right now.
If you receive a no, that means the person you’ve asked is taking care of themselves. Rather than taking it personally, we encourage you to practice celebrating their courage, honesty and self care.
A yes can be verbal, a nod or the return of body language that’s been extended. A yes does not mean yes to anything or everything. It is a yes to what’s being offered at this moment, and it can be revoked at any time.
We do not tolerate racism, sexism, classism, misogyny, misgendering, transphobia, ableism, or fat phobia. Ask for pronouns if you don’t know them. Be aware that words and actions can have different context for people of different backgrounds—think about the language you’re using and have a conversation if you’re unsure. If consent is violated or any bigotry is expressed the survivor will be centered and supported. The violator will be expelled immediately, being in this space is a privilege. If you are expelled and would like to come back, please email us to go through an accountability and acculturation process.
Each month we get together, To throw down on the dance floor, Familiar faces warm into friendships, Cultivating community and aliveness.
These boundaries serve a harmonious gathering:
1. No drinks on the dance floor
2. No phones on the dance floor (we will have designated phones for promo/memories)
3. Love and respect everywhere
4. Face each other, not the DJ
Dress to express, dress to sweat, and come as you are.
If price of the event is preventing you from attending, contact us at [email protected]
It is highly encouraged that you come for the dance class if you haven't been before. We will be practicing The Get Down style consent, finding your beat and rhythm, group dance, finding your edges, finding comfort, and finding release.
If you need any support during the event, find a guardian wearing a pink wristband
Schedule:
7:30 pm Ryan dance class
8:00 pm Jess Here @jesshere_obd Resident DJ
10:00pm - Guest DJ Closing set
About Ryan Ong
I am a queer gender agnostic chinese new yorker, a lifelong dancer and a casual meditation and mindfulness practitioner for 15 years. My practice centers around aligning the unconscious and the conscious mind through movement, boundaries, and wonder. I love to hold space, get people dancing, and getting people in their body. Movement has been a life giving practice for me and I want to share it with my community.
About Jess Here
Dancing DJ in NYC via Kampala and Aotearoa. Braider of cultures, Pirate of genres featuring Afro, House & Vogue music. Jess produces a supermarket of dance floor experiences including The Get Together, Triple D's, and Our Bodies Dance. In the lineage of Alvin Ailey, Germaine Acogny, Gyrokinesis, and PhDJ, we return to breath, blood and sensation on the dance floor as we rodeo in the undercurrent.
Need something? The Get Together Crew is armed with pink light bands and ready to support.
The Get Together dances in the spirit of The Get Down Party.
Produced by Ryan Ong and Jess Here.
This is a queer + gender non conforming + POC produced + centered event. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
When we talk about love + respect,
that includes CONSENT:
Please ask for consent before touching anybody. You can ask verbally, by offering a hand as an invitation, or otherwise clear body language.
No can be communicated with words, a bow, prayer hands, turning away, crisscrossed arms or anything else that signals that you’re not available for connection right now.
If you receive a no, that means the person you’ve asked is taking care of themselves. Rather than taking it personally, we encourage you to practice celebrating their courage, honesty and self care.
A yes can be verbal, a nod or the return of body language that’s been extended. A yes does not mean yes to anything or everything. It is a yes to what’s being offered at this moment, and it can be revoked at any time.
We do not tolerate racism, sexism, classism, misogyny, misgendering, transphobia, ableism, or fat phobia. Ask for pronouns if you don’t know them. Be aware that words and actions can have different context for people of different backgrounds—think about the language you’re using and have a conversation if you’re unsure. If consent is violated or any bigotry is expressed the survivor will be centered and supported. The violator will be expelled immediately, being in this space is a privilege. If you are expelled and would like to come back, please email us to go through an accountability and acculturation process.
