Untensive with Practice Progress 2021, 2022

The UNtensive is a week long festival of somatic and dance practices that support people to dive into social inquiry around intersectional race consciousness and restoring agency.

“ARCOS’s virtual UNtensive: We’re Not Going Back in June 2021 was facilitated by anti-racist body-based artist agitators Kai Hazelwood and Sarah Ashkin of Practice Progress. They offered three intertwining streams, each including guest artists, through which participants crafted their own experience. Over the five day gathering participants co-learned, co-dreamed, co-manifested forward into the future we need and deserve.”

The 2022 ARCOS Summer UNtensive, My Body Isn’t Theoretical, will be facilitated by anti-racist body based artist agitators Kai Hazelwood and Sarah Ashkin of Practice Progress. Kai and Sarah are offering three intertwining streams through which participants can craft their own experience throughout the week:

This year, 2022, I share with them the OPEN sequence, Orient, Prepare, Engage, and Nurture. A framework used in the Moving Rasa work that supports organic process.

-“Thank you for sharing your deep, clear, vulnerability/magic/power with us at the untensive. OPEN is so incredible.” -Kai and Sarah